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The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is a
Retrieved 2013-05-02 The agency is under the direction of a State Forester with five Departments (Business Support, Forest Information, Forest Management, Forest Protection, and Forest Health). There are four administrative regions in Mississippi. Each region is staffed by a Regional Forester, with either 6 or 7 Area Foresters assigned to individual regions.
16th Section School Trust Lands
Retrieved 2013-05-03
Mississippi Forestry Commission
{{authority control State agencies of Mississippi State forestry agencies in the United States Government agencies established in 1926 1926 establishments in Mississippi
The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is a State Agency
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in Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
with headquarters in Pearl
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. The Forestry Commission was authorized to: The agency was created in 1926.
Mission
The mission of the Mississippi Forestry Commission is:Program areas
The Mississippi Forestry Commission has two major program areas: *''Forest Protection and Information'' This program area is concerned with protection of the state's forestlands from wildfire, as well as, the detection, evaluation, and control of forest pests that include insects, diseases, and invasive plants. *''Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory and Forest Management'' This program area provides an assessment of statewide forest resources usinggeographic information systems
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to estimate forest removals, regeneration, and development of forest cover. The agency manages two state forests (Kurtz and Camden) and the state's forested 16th Section School Trust Lands.
Organizational structure
There is a ten-member Board of Commissioners appointed by the Governor of Mississippi.Mississippi Forestry Commission StructureRetrieved 2013-05-02 The agency is under the direction of a State Forester with five Departments (Business Support, Forest Information, Forest Management, Forest Protection, and Forest Health). There are four administrative regions in Mississippi. Each region is staffed by a Regional Forester, with either 6 or 7 Area Foresters assigned to individual regions.
16th Section Lands
The Mississippi Forestry Commission provides resource management on the state's 480,000 acres of forested 16th Section School Trust Lands in a cooperative arrangement with theMississippi Secretary of State
The Mississippi Secretary of State is an officer of Mississippi originally established under the Article IV, §14 of Mississippi Constitution of 1817, and was reestablished under Article V, §133 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.
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and local school districts. For some school districts in Mississippi, revenues from 16th Section timber sales and associated hunting and fishing leases have been their only source of funds.Retrieved 2013-05-03
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Mississippi Forestry Commission
{{authority control State agencies of Mississippi State forestry agencies in the United States Government agencies established in 1926 1926 establishments in Mississippi