Mississippi

    

 

Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi and Florida - NPS photo

Mississippi

 

 

On March 14, 2010 the Eastern Native Tree Society and Western Native Tree Society switched from discussion lists on Google Groups to a new discussion list in a Bulletin Board format at: http://www.ents-bbs.org/index.php  Posts made since the inception of the BBS on March 14, 2010 will be sorted and archived on the BBS. Click on the link to go to the equivalent section on the new BBS. This website will continue to serve as a front end for the ENTS and WNTS groups. It will continue to serve as a repository of older posts, and will serve as the host site for special projects and features that are not well suited for a BBS format. Please visit the BBS for the latest information and trip reports.

 

Field Trips

 

 

 

 

 

        

  • 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/