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Tom Busch
Timberland Associates, LLC
Web site: http://timberlandassociates.com
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2150 CR 750
Dumas, MS 38625
United States
Phone: 662-791-9443
Mobile: 662-837-0381
Email: tom@timberlandassociates.com
Service Area:
Tennessee and Virginia
We provide a wide range of forestry and silvicultural services. These include management plans, timber inventory including understory and herbaceous plants (if desired), timber appraisals, pine and hardwood tree planting, site prep, bottomland hardwood stand improvement, boundary line maintenance, nonnative invasive plant control, and beaver control and dam removal.
Education:
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Experience:
8 yrs. in various forest management activities with an industrial forestland owner.
15 yrs. in wood procurement for a major pine sawmill and hardwood sawmill.
15 yrs. as a forestry consultant to private landowners in west TN and north MS.
Success story:
Performed a timber stand improvement cut in some bottomland hardwood stand in the Hatchie River bottom. This activity concentrated the estimated of growth of 4 to 5 tons per acre per year on the best trees and the more valuable oak species. It also provided enough sunlight to the forest floor to recruit advanced oak regeneration, which will be nurtured to become the next stand when the overstory is removed at final cut.
Questions that Tom Busch has answered for the My Land Plan community
How do I find out how much my pine timber is worth, and sell it?
Maple trees in my oak stand
How do I make my woods more resistant to insect attack?
"Clear and plant" versus "let nature takes its course"
We are clearing 13 acres in NE texas. we will plant pine and oak next january/february. how do I control weeds,grass and new tree groth in the next 7-8 months?
What needs to be done to keep my woodlands free of Poison Ivy?
Assisting beavers to save trees?
My pine forest understory is plagued with sassafras. Other than regular cutting, is there any way to discourage it?
Does the county or state offer no charge ID help?
How do you control Russian olive?
We have 36 acres in Union County Mississippi of cut over land with a kudzu problem on about 15 acres of it. There are many hills and valleys. We want to begin replanting it, but the kudzu is the issue. Where do we start?
I have approximately 16 acres in Clinton County, Michigan. A large part of my woods is made up of visibly distressed or standing dead ash. As I burn wood, would it be advisable to get all of the ash down and cut as soon as possible to promote new growth
How do I know if my trees can be sold?
Cost share programs in Tennessee?
is it feasible to cut timber from 1 acre of land for income. We would not want clearcutting, but select cutting of some premium trees.
What do I do about Multifloral rose?
Why not provide each states "county tax map" and "public records" websites?
Herbicide for pine replanting
is there a better time of the year to clear cut and replant 19 acress of 16 year old Pines
Mowing between seedlings - I have planted pine seedlings at 8' spacing and completed the first of two annual weed sprayings. One of my goals is to keep the land accessible by bush-hogging some trails and between the rows of trees. The seedlings are
Services Offered
Enjoy It
  • Wildlife habitat improvement
  • Plant/wildlife survey
  • Aesthetic enhancements (timber stand improvement)
Protect It
  • Marking boundaries
  • Water quality protection/BMPs
  • Natural disaster damage assessment
  • Timber theft appraisal and expert witness testimony
  • Pest and weed assessment/prevention
  • Managing pest/weed outbreaks
Make it Healthy
  • Timber stand improvement
  • Water quality protection/BMPs
  • Pest and weed assessment/prevention
  • Tree planting
Profit From It
  • Management plan
  • Timber sale administration
  • Inventory
  • Timber stand improvement
  • Cost share sign ups
  • Hunting leases
  • Appraisal and valuation
  • Natural disaster salvage and recovery
Map It
  • Recreation – trails, points of interest, special sites
  • Natural features – wetlands, streams, waterfalls, water bodies, unique areas
  • Historic/cultural features – wells, stone walls, homesteads
  • Resources – forest types and stands
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