For instance, winter is typically the hardest months for us to log due to wet conditions mixed with cooler temperatures. Wet soils do not dry as fast in the winter, which makes it harder or impossible for us to remove cedars for logging during those times. We often have to wait longer periods after rainfall before resuming in order to not disrupt the soil- since disrupting the soil is the antithesis of our goal with prairie restoration logging.

The Black Belt Prairie region, though rich in culture and history, is more in reference to the environmental features. Ranging from northeast Mississippi, swooping into central Alabama, and ending in west central Alabama, the Black Belt Prairie region was so named due to the dark, fertile soils that created a beautiful and diverse ecosystem. A mixture of grasslands and forestland, this area once comprised over 355,000 acres according to an 1830s land survey.