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Mississippi Forestry Commission
The Mississippi Forestry Commission is proud of its service to the public and its protection of the state’s valuable forest resource. Committed to delivering quality services and assistance to both rural and urban landowners, the Forestry Commission looks forward to the continued privilege of caring for Mississippi’s trees and forests. Serving Mississippi Since 1926.
The Mississippi State University Extension Service provides research-based information, educational programs, and technology transfer focused on issues and needs of the people of Mississippi, enabling them to make informed decisions about their economic, social, and cultural well-being.
ACT is the only national organization solely focused on the needs of those engaged in urban forestry. Our work is improving the environment where 80% of Americans live and work: our cities, towns, and villages.
As trees grow, they help stop global warming by removing carbon dioxide, storing carbon, and releasing oxygen.
TreeLink provides the knowledge and local TreeBanks offer a proactive way for anyone to act on their green intentions and support local community trees. Dollar for dollar, there is no better investment in the local environment.
An interactive tool has been developed at Urban Forestry South to guide communities through a planning process that will create a simple, customized management plan for their urban fores.
Urban Forestry News - Spring 2011 click here
MUFC will assist cities, counties and other organizations write these proposals. Contact Donna Yowell, executive director at dyowell@aol.com or 601-672-0755 or
164 Trace Cove Drive, Madison, Mississippi 39110
www.msurbanforest.com
1. The National Arbor Day Foundation has a complete (I mean complete) storm damage PR package at : http://www.arborday.org/media/stormrecovery/
2. This web site gives some good basic advice and then directs to a link at the bottom for more particulars on caring for storm damaged trees: http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/shared/article.asp?DocumentID=1108
3. Following is a link to the Mid-America Regional Council (Kansas City
area) website where there are links to 2 pdf files that will be of interest. The first, Tree Information Guide is a series of 7 one page bulletins, designed for city staffs and officials - probably exactly what you want, except you will need to modify tree species, etc. for Mississippi. The other is a tree policy guide for cities. A coalition put these together after a bad ice storm here in KC. They have been very useful: http://www.marc.org/watershed/trees.htm
4. The Right Tree Right Place website, www.RightTreeRightPlace.com ,also put together at the same time, is also still active. This was designed for homeowners, also in the KC area, but much of the information will apply anywhere. This is best used by just giving out the website address (once some people are back on line). It helped a lot with those homeowner calls about 'what should I plant' and 'should this tree be removed'. This site does link to the NADF storm recovery information too.
5. Booklet "Storms over the Urban Forest is available from the Mississippi Urban Forest Council free by request or web site: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/uf/sotuf/sotuf.htm
6. Scenic Communities Resource Guide and Toolkits lists statewide organizations and agencies offering technical and financial assistance on a variety of natural resource issues. Look under Scenic Communities of Mississippi on this web site.
7. USDA Forest Service's comprehensive on-line resource for urban forestry Information in the southern region, including tree ordinances, manual and other ... http://www.urbanforestrysouth.org/
8. Economics - Costs or values of trees within the urban forest. ... Management of the total aggregation of trees found in a given community. ...
Department of Forestry/MSU Extension Disaster Tax Deductions
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/uf/sotuf/chapter_11/appendix_keywords.htm
http://www.treesafterthestorm.org/
Trees And The Storm - Katrina 2005
Treelink Weather Resources
Storms over the Urban Forest
Urban Forestry South (Trees and Storm Damage)
Alabama Cooperative Ext. System (Safer Trees Guide)
"If Trees Could Talk" Along the MS Gulf Coast
For additional technical or financial assistance in recovery and replanting projects please contact the Mississippi Urban Forest Council, Donna Yowell at 601-672-0755 or dyowell@aol.com or the Mississippi Forestry Commission at 601-359-1386.
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