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Miss. forests flourish despite major weather events

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Research from the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) and the Mississippi Forestry Commission have announced findings of the 2006 Forest Inventory and Analysis report, titled "Mississippi's Forests, 2006." The report shows, among other things, that despite heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi's total tree volume increased by 25 percent since the last inventory was conducted in 1994, while forestland area increased by 6 percent.

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