mississippi laws |
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Ad Valorem Taxes - Assessment
The Forest Harvesting Law
Forest Resources Development Program
Mississippi Prescribed Burning Act
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Activity Act |
mississipi regulations
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Best Management Practices (non-regulatory BMPs)
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state resources |
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Mississippi Forestry
Commission
301 N. Lamar St, Suite 300
Jackson, MS
39201
Phone: 601-359-1386
Fax: 601-359-1349 |
The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is a public
service agency created by the Mississippi Legislature whose
mission is to provide leadership in forest protection, forest
management & information about the forest of
Mississippi. |
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Private
Lands Management Program |
The MFC is charge in Miss. Code Section 49-19-3 to "promote
sound forest management practices which maintain the integrity
of the environment and provide for our state's future natural
resource needs". The MFC offers a variety of forest management
service to private non-industrial owners of relatively small
acreages. |
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The
Forest Resource Development Program |
The FRDP provides financial assistance to eligible
landowners for establishing and improving a crop of trees.
This program helps offset a landowner's expense by sharing the
cost of implementing specific forestry practices designed to
produce timber and enhance wildlife development. |
university resources |
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Mississippi State
University's College of Forest Resources and Wildlife Research
Center
107 Thompson Hall
Mississippi State, MS
39762
Phone: 662-325-2952
FAX:662-325-8726 |
The only College of its kind in the state, the College of
Forest Resources is one of the nine degree-granting colleges
and schools at Mississippi State University. The school was
founded in 1954 to provide education, research, and service
opportunities on forests and associated renewable natural
resources for the state, region, and nation. |
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Forest and
Wildlife Research Center, MSU
107 Thompson Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-2952
FAX:662-325-8726 |
The mission of the FWRC is to expand through research the
fundamental and applied knowledge upon which forestry, forest
products, and wildlife and fisheries disciplines are based; to
assist in conserving, developing and using the forest, forest
products, wildlife, and fisheries resources of Mississippi,
the nation, and other countries through research, technology
transfer, and other service activities. |
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Department of Forestry,
MSU
100 Thompson Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-2946
FAX:662-325-8726 |
The Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University
is responsible for teaching, research, and extension programs
relevant to the management and use of the resources of forest
ecosystems. |
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MSU Extension
Service - Forestry Resources
375 Thompson Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-3150
FAX:662-325-8726 |
The Extension or "service" mission of the Department of
Forestry at Mississippi State University is to provide
educational opportunities and disseminate current information
to forest landowners, forest industry and other clientele
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organizations |
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Mississippi Forestry
Association
620 N. State St., Suite 201
Jackson,
MS 39202
Phone: 601-354-4936 |
Promoting Sustainable Forestry in the Magnolia State. The
mission of the Mississippi Forestry Association is to serve as
the "Voice of Forestry" in Mississippi by conducting public
affairs, communications, and education programs that will
foster better understanding and appreciation of conservation,
development, and use of forest land and resources. |
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Southern Forest Based
Economic Development Council
Misissippi Forestry
Commission
Jim Sledge, State Forester
301 N. Lamar St,
Suite 300
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: 601-359-1386
Fax: 601-359-1349 |
The council acts as an information source for landowners,
forest industry, economic developers and other forest
interests. Private landowners...can be informed about
environmentally responsible management to ensure that their
forests will provide benefits for future generations... As the
market expands, we must assure that the abundant natural
resource values, such as wildlife and clean water, are
maintained. |
