Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce
Part 602 - Program Areas
Chapter 4 - Forest Management
Rule 2-602-4.3 - Guidelines for Determining Harvest Size on School Trust Land
Current through September 24, 2024
Guidelines for Determining Harvest Size on School Trust Lands
A. Maximum size for thinnings has been set at 120 acres. The maximum sale size for regeneration sales has been set at 110 acres.
B. Sale size for initial (1st) thinnings may exceed 120 acres if the proposed sale consists of the entire strata.
C. Intermediate thinnings, 2nd and 3rd thinnings, which exceed 120acres, will be divided into smaller sale sizes.
D. Regeneration sales that exceed 110 acres in size will require District Forester approval.
E. All sales that exceed these established limits must have the District Forester's approval. The District Forester will notify the State Forester and Assistant State Forester of these sales.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-45 et seq. (Rev. 2010).