HATTIESBURG — The tornado that tore through the Hattiesburg area and The University of Southern Mississippi campus on Feb. 10 did more than damage buildings. The F-4 twister also drastically altered the University’s landscape. Approximately 75 trees that created a picturesque “front porch” of the campus were lost in the storm that cut a destructive [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 31,2013
Tags: damage, destruction, disaster recovery, disaster resonse, emergency, flood, flooding, injury, natural disaster, power outage, powerline, rain, state agency, tornado, tree, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has received reports of damage from 11 counties as a result of severe weather that moved through Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. “We were very fortunate that only one minor injury was reported,” said MEMA director Robert Latham. The counties reporting damages are: • Coahoma: Damage to [...] [...]
PASCAGOULA — The Chinese tallow — or popcorn tree — is described as an invasive, noxious plant and they will soon be disappearing in Pascagoula. The Mississippi Press reports the city’s Beau Beautification Division will begin removing all Chinese tallow trees right of ways and parks the first week in February. The city will replace [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, case, commission, court, employment law, fire, firing, forest, forester, forestry, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, logging, lumber, state agency, terminate, termination, timber, tree, wood
FRANKLIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Franklin County forester fired for opposing a logging plan pushed by the state. The Supreme Court let stand a ruling by the Court of Appeals which last year sided with the Mississippi Forestry Commission. The Appeals Court decision overturned a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: agriculture, construction, economic development, employment, energy, forest, fuel, green, job, lumber, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, sustaiable, timber, tree, wood, wood pelet, work, worker
GLOSTER — A British power generator will build a pair of mills in southwestern Mississippi and northeastern Louisiana to make wood pellets to burn for electricity in the United Kingdom. A unit of Drax Group, PLC will spend more than $200 million to build mills in Gloster and near Bastrop, La., each capable of yearly [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 10,2012
Tags: agriculture, employee, employer, employment, forest, forestry, layoff, lumber, sawmill, shift, timber, tree, unemployment, wood, work, worker
VICKSBURG — Anderson-Tully Company is shutting down a second shift at its Vicksburg sawmill and is laying off 80 employees by Jan. 4. The company tells the Vicksburg Post the move has been in the works for two months because of a depressed housing market. “This is a core business decision to right-size production to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 14,2012
Tags: agriculture, damage, farm, farmer, farming, grower, harvest, holiday, hurricane, producer, production, rain, storm, tree, tropical, Weather, wind, yield
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Christmas tree growers were thinking about the holidays when Hurricane Isaac made landfall Aug. 28, knowing the winds and rains would bring additional work before trees would be ready for the 2012 harvest. Stephen Dicke, Extension forestry professor at Mississippi State University’s Central Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Raymond, said storm [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 9,2012
Tags: Alternative energy, alternative fuel, biofuel, energy, forest, forester, forestry, fuel, green, manuacturing, manufacture, manufacturer, plant, production, REFINERY, timber, tree, wood
COLUMBUS — Alternative fuel firm KiOR says it started production in October in Columbus, and plans to make its first commercial shipments before November’s end. CEO Fred Cannon told analysts on a conference call the technology is working “and producing a high-quality oil. I am extremely pleased with the performance of our technology at Columbus.” [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 7,2012
Tags: environment, forerster, forest, forestry, greenhouse gas, pollution, rail line, railroad, railway, report, timber, train, transportation, travel, tree, wood
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has issued its fifth-annual corporate sustainability report, documenting progress on the railroad’s efforts to reduce its business impacts on the environment. The 2012 report can be found on Norfolk Southern’s environmental website, www.nssustainability.com. It highlights advances made in the five years since the company launched a sustainability program with [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 7,2012
Tags: agriculture, award, beetle, education, forest, forester, forestry, higher education, insect, pest, pine tree, prevention, public university, research, science, scientist, timber, timberland, tree, wood
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State University Extension Service recently gained national recognition for a program designed to protect the state’s timberlands from an insect pest. The Mississippi Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program received the 2012 Family Forests Education Award at the Society of American Foresters’ national convention, held in Spokane, Wash. The honor is given [...] [...]
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