Your Windstorm Resources Guide

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Foresters can be a great resource after a windstorm.

Credit: USDAgov Flickr

If your woods have sustained windstorm damage, there’s no reason to deal with that damage alone. Professional assistance and government aid are available to help you. Contact:

• Your county, district or consulting forester
• Your local USDA Farm Service Agency state center
• Your Cooperative Extension Service local office
• The Mississippi State University Department of Forestery has developed the Windwoodutilization.org site that also includes useful resources for landowners. 
• The FSA Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP), in case you qualify for reforestation funds
• A trusted accountant, in case you qualify to write off part of your lost or damaged timber on your income taxes

For more on windstorms:

• Damaging winds, from the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
• Facts about “derechos,” or extreme windstorms