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Pearl River County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 505,100
Acres of Forest: 381,900
Percent of Forest: 75.6



Forest Type

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Pine

127.4

33.3

Hardwood

153.9

40.3

Pine/Hardwood

38.2

10



Forest Ownership Profile

Owner

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Government

30.8

8

Private

351.4

92



Harvested Timber Volumes

Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle

Pulpwood, Cords

Year

Pine

Hardwood

Pine

Hardwood

2007

22,849

5,594

117,436

19,213



Chip Mills

1

Other Mills

 2

Pole Mills

 3

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