by MBJ Staff Published: September 4,2012
Tags: commodity, crop, damage, disaster, farm, farmer, farming, flood, flooding, forest, forester, hurricane, livestock, loss, lumber, natural disaster, rain, ranch, rancher, row crop, severe weather, storm, timber, tree, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind, wood
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Even as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac were leaving Mississippi last Friday, Mississippi State University Extension agents were assessing its impact on crops that were so close to harvest. Lodging, or laying down, can be a significant harvest challenge in wind-blown fields, especially corn. Extension corn specialist Erick Larson is cautiously optimistic [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 27,2012
Tags: agriculture, education, educator, forest, forester, forestland, forestry, higher education, information, inventory, lumber, research, researcher, science, scientists, technology, timber, tree, university, wood, woodland
STARKVILLE — Researchers at Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center have created the Mississippi Forest Monitoring and Information System, a forest inventory and information system that combines satellite remote sensing data and ground surveys. It is the first time forest-related satellite data and ground measurements have been combined on such a large scale [...] [...]
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Forestry Commission says the first Southern pine beetle outbreak to hit southwest Mississippi in nearly 20 years has apparently doubled in size and shows no signs of slowing. The Enterprise-Journal reports officials are urging landowners in Franklin, Amite, Wilkinson, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln and Copiah counties to check for the beetles, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
Tags: breach of contract, contract, county, county government, courts, energy, forest, forestland, fuel, judge, judicial, lawsuit, lumber, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, sue, suing, timber, tree, wood, wood pellet
MAGNOLIA — An Aug. 13 trial date has been set in U.S. District Court in Jackson in a breach-of-contract lawsuit by Pike County against a wood pellet company that never built a promised mill. The Enterprise-Journal reports Indeck Energy Services of Buffalo Grove, Ill., bought land from Pike County in 2008 with plans to build [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
Tags: brownfield, cleanup, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, federal government, lumber, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, pollution, public safety, timber, wildlife, wood, workplace safety
PURVIS — The cleanup at the former Davis Timber Co. site should be completed within weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency says. Just last week, workers were putting the final loads of clay over a 3.1-acre where contaminated dirt and water-bottom muck were moved, said Scott Martin, remedial project manager with the agency’s Region Four office [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 19,2012
Tags: acquisition, forest, forester, forestry, invesdtor, invest, investing, investment, land, lumber, purchase, real estate, timber, tree, wood
JACKSON — The Hancock Timber Resource Group of Boston and Jackson-based Molpus Woodlands Group have purchased the 1.88 million acre timberland portfolio of Forest Capital Partners, the companies report. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Hancock Timber is acquiring 376,000 acres in Louisiana, 573,000 acres in Oregon, 138,000 acres in Idaho and 264,000 acres [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 12,2012
Tags: beetle, forestry, forrest, harvest, home, homebuilding, house, housing, lumber, market, pest, price, tax, tax-free sales, thinning, timber, tree, wood, woodland
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Landowners debating the timing for their next timber sale should send trees to the market sooner, rather than later. James Henderson, assistant forestry professor with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said increases in housing starts are contributing to gradual timber price improvements, but better reasons to harvest could be related to insects [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 9,2012
Tags: agriculture, beetle, forest, forester, forestry, habitat, insect, lumber, pest, timber, tree, wood
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI — Southern pine beetle populations are on the rise in southwest Mississippi, and foresters are warning of a potential outbreak and urging landowners to be on the lookout for the tree-killing pests. The Mississippi Forestry Commission says populations of the borer beetles that attack and kill live trees are increasing in the area [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 21,2012
Tags: agriculture, appeal, bench, court, decision, fire, fired, firing, forest, forester, forestry, judge, judicial, judiciary, log, logger, logging, lumber, ruling, terminate, termination, timber, tree, wood
FRANKLIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the firing of a Franklin County forester who opposed a logging plan pushed by the state. The decision overturned a 2010 order by Franklin County judge who found the Mississippi Forestry Commission’s firing of Stephen Oglesby was wrong. According to court records, Oglesby was at [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 23,2012
Tags: conservation, environment, federal agency, federal government, forests, hardwoods, Nature, trees, wetlands, wildlife, wood
WEST MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its partners report they will invest nearly $32 million this year in financial and technical assistance for five water quality and wetlands improvement projects in seven Mississippi River Basin states. When fully implemented, the projects will prevent sediment and nutrients [...] [...]
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