Fifty nine acres of land on two parcels next to Taw Caw Creek have been targeted for timber harvests, records show.
The first tract, a 27 acre parcel, will see a final harvest of all trees, the contract shows, for which Alvis J. Bynum will receive $52,922.93 from Charles Ingram Lumber Company.
The second tract is 32 acres and will see the Henry C. Bynum Revocable Trust receive $65,752.72 for a final harvest from the same company, a family business in Effingham.
Both tracts lie due west across the water from the county-owned Taw Caw Creek Park off Wash Davis Road, which spans 36 acres and features a playground, trails, fishing piers, boat ramps and a boardwalk.
Furman Brodie, vice president of Charles Ingram Lumber Co., said the contract gives them until Sept. 1, 2015 to fulfill the terms, which is an ample amount of time, he said. The mature timber is destined to become lumber, but it's difficult to predict how long the harvest will take due to many variables.
"It's hard to say because you have to move loggers around from one tract to another depending on a lot of different things, like weather," and which tracts are dry or wet, he said.
Charles Ingram Lumber Co. can trace its roots to 1931 and produces 120 million board feet of Southern Yellow Pine annually. The trees used to supply their mill come from a surrounding 75 mile radius, according to their website.
