“Stop the Pop” MS Forestry Commission needs your help mapping popcorn trees
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Forestry Commission and Plan-It Geo have launched a new online tool for communities and individuals to report sightings of the...
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Southern pine beetles bringing harm to Mississippi trees
by Sarah Ulmer
Mississippi is having a breakout of tiny beetles that use pheromones to gather sufficient numbers of reinforcements to overwhelm healthy trees....
MS Forestry Commission worker helping with Harvey
by Alex Paton
Hurricane Harvey is continuing to wreck havoc for the people of Texas, but Mississippians are sending some of their best to help with the relief...
Twenty Mississippi firefighters head to massive Montana wildfires.
by Jared Bounds
Over 123,000 acres of Montana wilderness has burned in recent forest fires. In response, the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) has deployed a twenty-person Type-2 Initial...
Mississippi Forestry Commission to cut 75 jobs, will affect wildfire safety coverage
by Jared Bounds
Budget shortfalls in the state budget have created the need for a “restructuring” and “reduction-in-force” within the Mississippi Forestry Commission for the 2018 fiscal year....
Crews battle wildfires; over 500 acres burned
by Sarah Ulmer
Fire can consume everything in it’s path. It will destroy homes, buildings, and wildlife. The Mississippi Forestry Commission has been following two wildfires in the...
Burn Ban issued for Rankin County
by Sarah Ulmer
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss.- A burn ban has been issued for Rankin County. ...
Forestry Commission warns of fall wildfire risk
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- The heat is slowly leaving with fall with cool temps already in the forecast for Mississippi. This is causing things to dry up,...
Burn Bans: Where You Cannot Burn Anything Outside in Mississippi and Why
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–More counties are being added to a growing list of places where you are forbidden to burn anything outdoors in the state. The latest...