MFA's Vision is to serve as the "Voice of Forestry" in Mississippi. Our Mission is leading diverse groups to promote landowner rights, environmental stewardship, member prosperity, and community understanding. MFA members and staff work to accomplish our Mission by conducting public affairs, communication, and education programs that will foster better understanding and appreciation of conservation, development and use of forestland and resources.
Mississippi Forestry Association, organized in 1938, is a not-for-profit organization representing a broad range of members in Mississippi’s forestry community such as timberland owners, professional foresters, logging contractors, forest products manufacturers, wood fiber suppliers, state and federal agencies, and suppliers of products and services.
2009 MFA Officers
· President: Ellen Dabbs, Brandon
· 1st Vice President: Ruth Cook / Hattiesburg
· 2nd Vice President: Jim Shepard
· Treasurer: Guy Vise III / Madison
· Past President: Harold Gordon, Louisville
2009 MFA Committees & Chairs
Committee / Chair
Annual Meeting / Joe Spinks
Communications / Steve Grado
County Forestry Associations / John Kushla
Government Affairs / Steve Butler
Membership / Ellen Dabbs
MSU Forestry Liaison / David Barge
SFI State Implementation Committee / Mark Smith
Strategic Planning / Jim Shepard
Teachers Conservation Workshop / Angela Holland
Timber Harvesting & Safety / David Livingston
Tree Farm / Trey DeLoach
Youth Forestry / Patrick LeMoine
Who is MFA?
