Adams County News & Events

Youth Field Day and Wood Magic Science Fair

A Conservation Field Day was held October 15, 2004, at Jefferson College in Natchez. Area students visited seven different stations during the day; water relay, conservation, law enforcement, soil science, Natchez Indians, and forestry.

USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, Mississippi Forestry Association, MSU Extension Service and Mississippi Department of Wildlife conducted the field day. Four groups from Cathedral, Trinity, Morgantown, and McLaurin schools attended with 20 students in each group.

Wood Magic Science Fair also held demonstrations throughout the day showing wood products, strength and everyday uses.

Adams County Sends Five Youth to Tara Wildlife

Tara Youth Camp Scholarship Winners - Pictured (front, center) Tyler Brumfield, (back, left to right) Tanner Martin, Andrew Davelle, Jordan Smith, and Harrison Burns.

Five youth from Adams county recently attended a Youth Conservation Camp at Tara Wildlife, near Vicksburg. Tara Wildlife and the Mississippi State University Extension Forestry Department conducted the camp. Scholarships to attend the camp were funded by the Adams County Board of Supervisors through Public Law 106-393. The campers studied hunter safety, CPR and First Aid, and received "Certification" in those fields. Campers learned how to shoot with archery equipment, .22 caliber rifles, and shotguns. Other instructional topics were tree identification, predator control with live traps, and paddling a canoe. The program is expected to continue next year. All Adams County youth ages 9 through 16 are eligible to apply for the scholarships. For more information contact your MSU Extension Service County Office at 601-445-8201.

Adams County Small Forestland Owner Workshop

A workshop for forest landowners was held on April 3, 2004, at Co-Lin Community College. Forty-one landowners attended.

A wide variety of topics and presenters were provided: Marc Measells, Extension Forester with Mississippi State University, talked about timber marketing and some of the environmental issues that face landowners; "Can I make money growing trees?" was the topic of Bill Brown, consulting forester; and Jim Blough, attorney, concluded the program by discussing the importance of wills and timber deeds for selling timber.

This program was provided as a portion of an "Enhanced Forestry Education Program" through Public Law 106-393. The funds were allocated through the Adams County Board of Supervisors.

Regional Forestry Field Day

A Forestry Field Day was held near Natchez on October 16, 2003. Fifty-five people from Adams, Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Pike, and Wilkinson Counties attended.

The program emphasized hardwood tree planting and wetland management along the Mississippi River Delta. Cost share and partnership programs were discussed since tree planting and management of these areas can be very expensive.

Gary Young, Lower MS Valley Watershed Coordinator, U.S. Forest Service, and Calvin Lunceford, Private Lands Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, discussed the Restoring the Delta and the Partners Program, which allows landowners to have trees planted or water control structures installed at very little cost to the landowner.

Representatives from the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resource Conservation Service discussed the Conservation Reserve, Forestry Incentive, and Wetland Reserve Programs.

During lunch, Mike Oliver, Regional Biologist, Ducks Unlimited Inc., presented a slide presentation titled "History of the MS Valley to Today."

This program was sponsored by the Adams County Board of Supervisors through Title III of Public Law 106-393 "The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.