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Wilkinson County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 434,000
Acres of Forest: 381,100
Percent of Forest: 87.8



Forest Type

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Pine

161.3

42.3

Hardwood

209.8

55.1

Pine/Hardwood

10.8

2.8



Forest Ownership Profile

Owner

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Government

30.5

8

Private

351

92



Harvested Timber Volumes

Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle
Pulpwood, Cords

Year

Pine

Hardwood

Pine

Hardwood

2007

20,663

6,390

104,347

32,975



Industry

# of Establishmetns

Chip Mills

1

Pole Mills

1

Hardwood Mills

2

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