Mississippi

    

 

Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi and Florida - NPS photo

        

  • Green Ash Research Natural Area, in Delta National Forest, Mississippi (Sharkey County): seventy acres of virgin bottomland hardwood forest dominated by Nuttall oak, American elm, and green ash.  The Delta National Forest is located in the deltaic floodplain of the Mississippi River. Situated in the west-central part of the state, it is about 15 miles north of Vicksburg and near Interstate 20. It is one of the few hardwood forests remaining in the Mississippi Delta and the ONLY bottomland hardwood National Forest in the nation. http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/miss/ 
  • "Old King Shortleaf"  http://www.samlindsey.com/logging/old_boss.asp THE WORLD’S LARGEST PINE A Graphic Story About ‘Old Boss” as Told by Albert R. Israel of the S.P.A. “Old Boss”, the world’s largest pine tree, was grown in the G. M. & N. territory, near Louisville, in Winston county, Mississippi. It was cut by the Legan & McClure Lumber Co., Estes, and was shipped out over the G. M. & N. in the finished state. It stood 120 feet high, was 91 feet to the first limb and measured seven feet and three inches across the stump. It was four feet and one inch through at the first limb. 
  • Forest Legacy Documents http://www.mfc.state.ms.us/
    Forest Legacy Chapter 1-6 and Appendix   100 pages  (5.3 MB)
    Forest Legacy Appendix   118 pages  (3.7 MB)
  • National Forests in Mississippi - Possible Old Growth in Mississippi
    http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/mississippi/forest_plan/old_growth_data/
  • The Nature Conservancy http://www.nature.org/pressroom/ip/about/mississippi.html
    Southern Forests Conservation Project http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/mississippi/