Public Outreach
The Mississippi Forestry
Commission maintains an active Public Outreach program designed to
heighten the public's awareness of the agency's mission, services, and the
importance of the forest resources. The Public Outreach program
utilizes mass media outlets (e.g., radio, television, and newspaper) to
broadcast public service announcements and general forestry information to
the public at large. Public outreach activities are carried out
locally to reach individuals at the community level. Mississippi
Project Learning Tree (PLT)
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The Mississippi
Forestry Commission is the main sponsor of the MS PLT program. PLT is
an Environmental Education Program that trains teachers to bring the
environment into the classroom. For more information on PLT, visit the
following:
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Canon
Envirothon
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The Mississippi
Forestry Commission helps provide environmental education to high school
students through the State Envirothon program. High School teams
complete in environmental subject areas of forestry, wildlife, aquatics,
soils, and other topics. For more information on the Canon Envirothon,
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Natural
Resource Summer Camp
The Mississippi
Forestry Commission and the Mississippi State University College of Forest
Resources partner to provide high school students the opportunity to learn
about careers in natural resources. This week long camp is held on the
campus of MSU in June of each year. Students learn from and get one on
one instruction from many natural resources professionals. Students learn
about forestry, urban forestry, GIS & GPS, fire management, wildlife
& fisheries management, forest products and more. There are
classroom activities, field trips, lab exercises, hands on activities, and
more. 2008 Summer Camp is June 1st to June 5th.
Click here for more
information. Conservation
Education
The Mississippi
Forestry Commission is actively involved and has many partners to bring environmental
education to students and adult audiences. Classroom visits and
landowner field day are a regular part of our outreach activities. Arbor
Day and Earth Day
The Mississippi
Forestry Commission plays an active role in Mississippi's Arbor Day each
February (second Friday in February) with events from the State Capitol to
the classroom. Tree planting ceremonies occur statewide. Earth
Day events also occur statewide on April 22nd with tree give away
programs and tree planting ceremonies. For more information on the Public Outreach Program, contact:
Jimmy Mordica Director of Public
Outreach and Conservation Education
477 South Gate Road Hattiesburg,
MS 39401 (601) 583-4240 office (601)
450-1609 fax
(601) 942-1114 cell
jmordica@mfc.state.ms.us
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