Mississippi Forest Recovery Task Force Timber Damage from Katrina

Pine Pulpwood - $204,000,000
10,164,000 Cords

Hardwood Pulpwood - $92,000,000
4,425,000 Cords

Pine Sawtimber - $755,000,000
2,157,000 MBF

Hardwood Sawtimber - $234,000,000
1,052,000 MBF

Total damaged volume in cords, pulpwood and sawtimber: 24,211,773 cords

Total damaged volume in cubic feet, pulpwood and sawtimber: 3,099,106,948 cubic feet (3.1 billion cubic feet)

TOTAL TIMBER DAMAGE $1,285,000,000 (estimated)

HURRICANE KATRINA COMPARED WITH HURRICANE IVAN IN ALABAMA - 2004

----20+ million tons of forest products from Ivan
•MS Katrina estimates approximately 60 million tons

----Total timber value damaged $610,000,000 from Ivan
•MS Katrina equals approximately $1.3 billion

----12 counties with timber damage from Ivan
•MS Katrina reported 38 counties with damage

----AL salvaged approximately 25% after Ivan
•MS Katrina salvage efforts begun and ongoing

You may request a detailed damage assessment in an Excel spreadsheet from Wayne Tucker, MIFI, P.O. Box 6350, MS State, MS 39762-6350Phone: 662.325.5498, Fax: 662.325.5500E-mail: tucker@mifi.state.ms.us