In Mississippi, it looked like they used fire to control the undergrowth in the cultivated forests. What I saw in the Tombigbee forest was full-on logging of mature trees, not brush clearing, but I think it was harvesting of mature trees from cultivated parts of the forest.With regards to Alabama's forestry industry, after they replant the new growth trees after harvest, they go back in at some point and clear out undergrowth again so that logging is easier. I think that is the situation that Sooner was referring to in his post.