Another Woods Fire Endangers Homes

(Jackson County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to extend the county burn ban to July 18.)


GAUTIER -- For the third time this summer, a woods fire has endangered homes in a Jackson County city.

Media reports said Monday's fire covered a 10-acre area in north Gautier. The fire lasted about two hours as it burned woods on Francis Street and Kingfisher Drive, where six homes were threatened, and other roadways.

Gautier Homes Have Close Call with Woods Fire
The Sun Herald/July 12, 20110

Agencies helping to fight the 3:30 p.m. blaze included the Gautier Fire Department, Jackson County Central Volunteer Fire Department, Mississippi Forestry Commission, U.S. Forest Service, and Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge.

Back to the Woods: Fire Threatens Neighborhood
The Mississippi Press/July 12, 2011

Pascagoula Tree Giveaway Postponed

PASCAGOULA -- Due to weather forecasts, the “Tree Give-Away” planned for today has been rescheduled to 9 a.m. Feb. 17 at the west end of Krebs Avenue parking lot in the downtown area.

Property owners in South Mississippi's six counties can receive free trees to plant through Replant South Mississippi. The Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain is overseeing the distribution of these three- gallon hardwood trees.

Recipients will be given instructions on the best way to plant the trees and are asked to plant clear of overhead and underground utilities.

In the past two years, Replant South Mississippi has given away 46,717 trees through a partnership with the Land Trust and funding assistance from the Mississippi Forestry Commission.

Go to Itmcp.org for more information.