Hancock-Harrison County Forestry & Wildlife Assn.

05/13/2026

04/28/2026

The Hancock-Harrison CFWA will be hosting a Quail program May 26th in Gulfport. RSVP required. See below for details.

03/25/2026

Landowners, foresters and loggers interested in cost-effective reforestation strategies are invited to attend a Natural Forest Regeneration Workshop in Noxubee County. The registration fee is $10 for landowners and $40 for foresters and loggers to receive continuing education credits.

Registration is required by May 8. To register, contact the Noxubee County Extension Office at 662-726-5723 or register online here: https://ow.ly/bCoA50Yx2Hk

Four Category A Board of Registration for Foresters continuing forestry education hours and Category I Professional Logging Manager hours will be available for foresters and professional loggers.

Participants should wear boots and appropriate outdoor clothing for the field session.

02/10/2026

The carbon market is highly complex and often relies on large tracts of timberland being locked into carbon contracts for decades. Mississippi landowners have been able to take advantage of some of these contracts, and in the past, short-term options existed for owners of small tracts of land.

Curtis VanderSchaaf, a forestry specialist with MSU Extension, knows it can be difficult to understand the carbon market and the amount of carbon sequestered in timber. He recently made some careful calculations to estimate the amount of carbon contained in pine logs on a fully loaded log truck.

“This is an initial step to determine what is the net carbon footprint per truckload of pine logs given the carbon stored in the wood versus the diesel usage of the truck itself and other timber harvesting vehicles,” VanderSchaaf said.

He began by looking at the different types of log trucks and the loads they each can carry, coupled with state laws on weight limits. For an example, he assumed a 59,000-pound payload per truck, which is 29.5 tons of pine logs.

“If this is green weight, simplistically, you can assume dry weight is 50% of green weight and carbon is 50% of dry weight,” he said. “That means there is 7.38 tons of carbon per load of pine trees, or the equivalent of 24.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide.”

While trees that have been logged are sold for timber, delaying harvest and letting them grow keeps the carbon sequestered in the trees, giving the standing timber a potential value to the carbon market. Many carbon markets essentially pay forest owners not to harvest their trees for a set amount of time.

Full article: https://ow.ly/qlvy50YbQVf

01/30/2026

MDAC will begin accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program starting this Sunday, February 1. The application period will remain open until Sunday, February 15, 2026. All Mississippi counties are eligible for the application period.

Read more at: https://agnet.mdac.ms.gov/agManage/uploads/3270.pdf.

12/23/2025

The Hancock-Harrison County Forestry & Wildlife Association will host its Annual Business Meeting & Program January 29th beginning at 6 PM. Preregistration is required. See flyer below for details.

12/23/2025

Below is the Hancock-Harrison County Forestry & Wildlife Association January newsletter.

12/20/2025

Important Update for Mississippi Forestry: We fought back against the ridiculous European Union Deforestation Rule - and we made a difference. This week we won a temporary victory when the EU voted to DELAY the EUDR a full year until December 31, 2026.

But the fight’s not over. This morning we are celebrating a win, but we must keep fighting the foreign influence of the EUDR until it no longer applies at all. The strategy now shifts to fighting back through our U.S. trade negotiations with Europe. Thanks again to our federal delegation, and we must keep the pressure up. During this window of time I will be traveling to Washington as we continue working with President Trump and the Trump Administration, and if need be I will go again once again to Europe to fight back against this foreign influence over our Mississippi land.

In the meanwhile, today I am asking all timber buyer companies to stand with our landowners and remove the EUDR language from your timber buying contracts. Thanks for your assistance for our Mississippi landowners, loggers and forestland managers, Mississippi’s second largest industry. Read article in comments.

12/06/2025

The have invaded MS!

Humans primarily spread Emerald Ash Borer by transporting infested firewood, wood pallets, and other ash products. Here are some prevention tips to help prevent the spread of EAB.

12/06/2025

Become a Certified Burn Manager in the state of Mississippi by taking the Certified Burning Short Course from the MS Forestry Commission.