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Marion County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 314,500
Acres of Forest: 260,500
Percent of Forest: 82.8



Forest Type

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Pine

110.5

42.4

Hardwood

75.7

29.1

Pine/Hardwood

47.2

18.1



Forest Ownership Profile

Owner

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Government

11.7

4.5

Private

24.9

95.5



Harvested Timber Volumes
Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle
Pulpwood, Cords

Year

Pine

Hardwood

Pine

Hardwood

2007

28,824

5,724

82,626

26,724



Industry

# of Establishmetns

Chip Mills

1

Other Mills

 1

Pole Mills

 2

Hardwood Mills

 1

Softwood Mills

3

Statistics derived from the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory and US Census