Wade Norris Logging, LLC has operated successfully since 1992. Being located in Jackson, Tennessee, we are able to serve all of West Tennessee.
Wade Norris was honored as FRA’s 2016 South Central Region Outstanding Logger and the 2014 Tennessee Master Logger of the Year by the Tennessee Forestry Association.
The company works with various sawmills in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky to obtain the best price for our customers’ timber…
Private non-industrial landowners control 81 percent (11.4 million acres) of the forest land in Tennessee, while wood-using industry own 3 percent (374,00 acres) and 16 percent (2.3 million acres) is publicly owned by federal, state, and other public agencies. FIA 2012
Forests in Tennessee cover 14 million acres, encompassing 52 percent of the State's land area. FIA 2012
Approximately 89 percent of the trees in Tennessee's forests are hardwoods. More than 120 spice tree species occur in Tennessee. FIA 2012
Tennessee's forests are aging. A greater percentage of acres have trees in the mature or overture age classes, than in the immature age classes. FIA 2012
The standing wood volume or inventory continues to increase statewide at the rate of 2 percent per year. FIA 2011
Forest harvest and wood manufacturing uses 1/2 to 1/3 of the wood grown in Tennessee each year. The remainder of the growth continues to accumulate on trees or is lost through natural mortality. An estimated 230,000 acres of forests are cut each year with partial harvests occurring for 65 percent of the total annual area cut, Final harvests accounting for 28 percent and other harvests (7 percent) for timber stand improvement activities. FIA 2012
Tennessee is among the top three hardwood lumber producing states every year. TN Dept. of Agriculture 2012