Mississippi Forest Stewardship Program

Stewardship, helping landowners care for all their natural resources

The Forest Stewardship Program promotes natural resource planning on private, nonindustrial forest lands. Landowners not currently under forest management are encouraged to utilize stewardship management through the development and implementation of a Forest Stewardship Management Plan, which is based on sound management principles designed to restore and protect forest resources and improve fish and wildlife habitat. 

    The Forest Stewardship Program is funded by the USDA Forest Service. The program is carried out in Mississippi by the Mississippi Forestry Commission. Technical assistance is provided by local federal, state, and private natural resource agencies and organizations. The State Plan for the Mississippi Forest Stewardship Program  provides the framework for how the Forest Stewardship Program is conducted in Mississippi. The plan also contains stewardship background, guidelines, and forms for landowners and resource professionals. 

   The Mississippi Forest Stewardship Program promotes the active and informed participation of private landowners in the management and use of all natural resources in their care. This program has been established on the concept that forest landowners can receive the best in total resource management by combining quality natural resource planning with sound management principles. Click here for a brochure explaining the Mississippi Forest Stewardship Program.