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Monday, October 29, 2007

MIFI Goes International

October 29, 2007 MIFI Goes International

The Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory is conducting two very specific resource analyses with international connections.  Two seperate Scandina

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Tuesday, October 22, 2007

BlueFire Ethanol Joins the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory in Feasibility Study

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTCBB: BFRE) and the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory (MIFI) will conduct a study to determine the feasibility of a cellulose-to-ethanol production facility using forestry waste

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Study: Katrina caused major harm to south Miss. Forests

A new study confirms initial reports following Hurricane Katrina that found the massive storm left forests in south Mississippi with widespread damage.

The study that included contractors and federal forest crews d

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Friday, April 21, 2006

SPECIAL REPORT: BREAKBULK; Less PL-480, more wood: Port of Lake Charles diversifies breakbulk cargo

The Liberty Sun recently loaded a record-breaking 54,000 tons of rice nearly 1 million bags at the Port of Lake Charles. The rice, destined for the Philippines, came from Louisiana millers and was USDA PL-480 cargo, or

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Monday, April 3, 2006

(Re)building boom; Softwood lumber imports climb steadily amid shifting trade patterns, recovery from hurricanes

For decades, Canadian exports have accounted for the lion's share of U.S. softwood lumber imports. But the charges and countercharges that have marked the trading partners' lumber relationship in recent years have forced t

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Friday, December 7, 2001

Task force: More information needed on Mississippi forests; jp/stf/rh

Mississippi's $11.4 billion forestry industry can be more lucrative for companies and landowners if more and better information about the industry is revealed, a task force says.

One way to accomplish that is for t

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