The Mississippi Forestry Commission is charged in MS Code Section 49-19-3 to "promote sound forest management practices which maintain the integrity of the environment and provide for our state's future natural resource needs".  The Mississippi Forestry Commission offers a variety of forest management services to private non-industrial owners of relatively small acreages.  Landowners with large forest ownerships are routinely referred to private consulting foresters.

The Mississippi Forestry Commission offers these Forest Management programs:

• Carbon Sequestration or Carbon Credits
• Forest Health
• Forest Inventory
• Forest Legacy
• Forest Resource Development Program (FRDP) 
• Forest Stewardship Program In Mississippi      
• Mississippi's Forest Assessment and Resource Strategy                        
• Private Lands Programs
• Public Lands Programs
• Reforestation Tax Credit In Mississippi
• Resources Analysis/Economic Development
• Seedling, Forest Tree
• Water Quality and Forestry Best Management Practices