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Wayne County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 504,700
Acres of Forest: 439,500
Percent of Forest: 87.1



Forest Type

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Pine

182.6

41.5

Hardwood

118.1

26.9

Pine/Hardwood

84.2

19.2



Forest Ownership Profile

Owner

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Government

118

26.8

Private

322

73.2



Harvested Timber Volumes

Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle

Pulpwood, Cords

Year

Pine

Hardwood

Pine

Hardwood

2007

37,964

16,588

82,431

21,115



Industry

# of Establishmetns

Other Mills

 3

Pole Mills

 2

Softwood Mills

1

Plywood Mills

 1

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