LT. GOV. BRYANT TO HOST FORESTRY SUMMIT FRIDAY
JACKSON – The Lt. Gov. will be hosting a Forestry and Forest Products Summit to discuss some of the most challenging issues affecting forest landowners, sawmills, paper manufacturers, timber harvesting and wood fiber suppliers in our state.
Lt. Governor Phil Bryant’s Mississippi Forestry and Forest Products Summit
Date: Friday, October 29, 2010
Time: Beginning at 9:00 a.m. with opening remarks from Lt. Governor Phil Bryant
Location: Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, Mississippi
History and Future Promise – From Pathways for Forestry Onward
9:10 a.m. Former Governor William F. Winter
9:25 a.m. State Forester Charlie Morgan, Jr., Mississippi Forestry Commission
Strategic Resources Equals Competitive Advantage
10:10 a.m. Secretary of State Office
10:25 a.m. Mississippi Development Authority
10:40 a.m. Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory
10:55 a.m. MSU College of Forest Resources
Why Mississippi, Why Now?
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Osmond Crosby, Enviva Pellets Wiggins, Wiggins, MS
Pat Thomasson, Thomasson Co., Philadelphia, MS
Challenges to Overcome
1:15 p.m. Timber Harvesting – Cecil Johnson, MLA
1:25 p.m. Forest Products Manufacturing – Charlie Thomas, III and Floyd Sulser, MLMA
1:35 p.m. Pulp & Paper Manufacturing – Marcez Mitchell, International Paper
1:45 p.m. Forest Landowners – Dr. John Green, 2004 Outstanding Tree Farmer, Hattiesburg, MS
Pressing Ahead
2:20 p.m. Chairman Warner McBride, House Transportation Committee
2:30 p.m. Executive Summary – Lt. Governor Phil Bryant
The media is invited to attend.
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Magnolia Tribune
