Drax partners with Molpus Woodlands to fuel BECCS operations in the Southeast US

The sustainable fiber supplied will enable high-quality carbon removals, to be sold as credits on the voluntary carbon market HOUSTON, Jan. 31, 2024 — Carbon removals and renewable energy company Drax Group has announced a new partnership with Molpus Woodlands Group (Molpus). The agreement will provide Drax with an option to purchase sustainably sourced woody […]

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Trace Carbon Solutions and Molpus Woodlands Group Announce the Evergreen Sequestration Hub in Louisiana

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27, 2023 Trace Carbon Solutions, LLC (Trace) and Molpus Woodlands Group (Molpus), on behalf of a client, announced today that they have signed a servitude agreement providing Trace with exclusive rights to develop and operate a carbon sequestration site, to be called the Evergreen Sequestration Hub (Evergreen Hub), on approximately 20,000 […]

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Molpus Woodlands Group Expands Scholarship Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2023 Ridgeland, Mississippi—Molpus has expanded the Molpus Woodlands Group Annual Scholarship Program to help bring further diversity to the forestry management profession. Through a partnership with five new universities, the expansion is increasing Molpus’s program to ten universities located throughout the timber growing regions of the U.S.  Five new scholarships […]

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  • Molpus Woodlands Group Announces the Closing of 124,521 Acre Transaction

    Jackson, Mississippi – The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC (Molpus), a timberland investment management organization (TIMO), headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, has announced today, on behalf of a client, the successful purchase of a major tract of timberland, approximately 124,521 acres. Molpus acquired these acres from Rock Creek Capital, who purchased the acres from International Paper Company […]

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  • Molpus Timberlands Management’s Ruth Cook Receives Award

    Contact:  Michael R. Cooper, Molpus Woodlands Group, 601.948.8733, ext. 21 Mississippi Forestry Association (MFA) honored Ruth Cook of Hattiesburg, with the MFA 2009 President’s Citation Award. MFA presented the award at the Awards Breakfast, part of the 2009 Annual Meeting in Tupelo. The President’s Citation Award is given to an individual that provides special assistance […]

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  • Molpus Featured in Pensions & Investments Article

    Contact: Michael R. Cooper, Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC, 601-948-8733 ext. 21 January 29, 2010 In the January 11, 2010 edition of Pensions & Investments, Dick Molpus, president of The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC, is featured concerning the growth of timberland investing in 2010 and the recent decrease in timberland pricing.  In the article “Investors Are […]

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  • Land Acquisition Extends Cumberland Trail

    Contact:  Michael R. Cooper, Molpus Woodlands Group, 601.948.8733, ext. 21  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is helping the state of Tennessee extend the Cumberland Trail corridor another 19 miles, while protecting priority land for the public with the purchase of a key tract in the trail’s development, TPL announced Sunday. TPL bought […]

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  • Senator McConnell and Congressman Rogers Celebrate the Protection of 4,021 acres as part of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

    Project Partners reach milestone in protecting the drinking supply for Middlesboro, KY Middlesboro, KY. On Wednesday, May 27, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell joined the National Park Service (NPS), The Trust for Public Land (TPL), local officials and other supporters to celebrate the protection of 4,021 acres of the Fern Lake watershed as part of Cumberland […]

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  • Molpus Timberlands Management Reports Positive Environmental Impact With More Than 130 Million Trees Planted

    Planting trees makes a positive environmental impact today and for future generations. In honor of Arbor Day, Molpus Timberlands Management reported today that the company has planted over 130,000,000 tree seedlings on client properties since 1999. Also during that time, the Molpus managed tree nursery in Elberta, Alabama has produced over 170,000,000 seedlings which were […]

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