The Mississippi Forestry Commission has laid off 25 workers, including all its arson investigators and equipment mechanics, and eliminated six vacant positions because of state budget cuts.

FIRE STILL 60% CONTAINED, FORESTRY COMMISSION TO LIFT BURN BAN SAYS. The South Carolina Forestry Commission said on Monday that the fire remains at 2,059 acres and 60% contained.

The South Carolina Forestry Commission said Wednesday that the fire remains at 2,059 acres and is now 65% contained. The agency said recent rainfall has varied across the fire area, with ...

ALBANY, Jan. 19.--The Forestry Commission met here to-day, and discussed the reports received from their agents, who have been investigating the condition of the State lands in the northern part ...

The Mississippi Forestry Commission is laying off 75 workers, and while the agency said it spared firefighting crews in last year's cuts, this year's reorganization includes cutting approximately ...

The Forestry Commission’s Wood said he doesn’t dispute that, but the commission believes they still are a problem. “The Bradford pear is like the abortion debate or religion,’’ he said.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After a weekend of fighting fires across the state, the South Carolina Forestry Commission says one major fire, the Carolina Forest Fire in Horry County, remains Monday ...

The Forestry Commission is lifting the ban after evaluating conditions in these counties and in consultation with county fire officials.(Above video is Gov. Henry McMaster's news conference on ...

Pictured with an enclosed trailer donated by the Mississippi Forestry Commission are current and former MSU SAF members, left to right, Daniel Grebner, forestry senior, Starkville; Assistant Professor ...

The South Carolina Forestry Commission said Wednesday that the fire remains at 2,059 acres and is now 65% contained. The agency said recent rainfall has varied across the fire area, with ...