Mississippi Business Journal » woodland http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MSU researchers create new forest inventory system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/27/msu-researchers-create-new-forest-inventory-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=msu-researchers-create-new-forest-inventory-system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/27/msu-researchers-create-new-forest-inventory-system/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:22:10 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=61866 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/27/msu-researchers-create-new-forest-inventory-system/feed/ 0 Solid prices, beetles prompting timber owners to harvest http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/12/solid-prices-beetles-prompting-timber-owners-to-harvest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solid-prices-beetles-prompting-timber-owners-to-harvest http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/12/solid-prices-beetles-prompting-timber-owners-to-harvest/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:19:20 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=59562 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 [...]

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