Georgia  Forestry
C o m m i s s i o n
  Protecting and Conserving Georgia's Forests

 

Websites, GFC hosts or is a cooperator


Arbor Day in Georgia

Georgia Forestry Commission Fire Weather Forecast

Team Agriculture Georgia - multi-agency collaboration for limited resource farmers

Georgia's Virtual Forests - virtual tour of various geographical forest stands in GA
GaGROWS.com - Georgia Recognizes Our Woodland Stewards
GaCarbon.org - Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry  

 

  Websites, Others host


Forest Fire - Forest Management - Forest Marketing (biomass;carbon sequestration) - Wildland-Urban Interface

GA Government - US Government - State Forestry websites and NGOs - Legislation/Research and Maps/Technology

News/References, Audio/Visual, and Other - Educational                     


       

     Community Forests 

Firewise

Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture
Georgia Quality Growth Partnership

Georgia Urban Agriculture Council
Georgia Urban Forest Council

Interface South - wildland urban interface issues

International Society of Arboriculture - home page

International Society of Arboriculture - find a certified Arborist page

Keep Georgia Beautiful

National Arbor Day Foundation

Park Pride

State of Georgia Professional Licensing Board

Trees Atlanta

TreeLink

University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Urban Forestry South - USFS Southern Region

    Forest Fire           top

American Red Cross - Wildfire

Federal Excess Personal Property Program

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Fire & Aviation Management – USNPS Bureau of Land Management

Fire & Aviation Management – US National Park Service

Fire & Aviation Management – USDA Forest Service

Fire Management – USDI Fish and Wildlife Service

Fire Management – The Nature Conservancy

Fire Prevention Week - National Fire Protection Association NFPA

Firewise.org – wildland urban interface issues
Georgia Arson Control, Inc.

Georgia Office of Homeland Security  
Georgia Prescribed Fire Council

Georgia State Climatology Office

Georgia911.org
Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology - National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)

Healthy Forests and Rangelands
How Fire Works and How Wildfires Work - howstuffworks.com
InciWeb - an interagency wildland fire incident information management system

Interface South - wildland urban interface issues

International Association of Wildland Fire                  

Lightning Safety - National Weather Service - US NOAA
Natural Hazards - Wildfires - US Geological Survey

National Interagency Fire Center - Nation's primary wildfire support center   

National Lightning Safety Institute
On Fire (explore the basics of combustion) - NOVA online
Outfitting Wildland Firefighters - NOVA online
Prescribed Fire - Georgia Forestry Commission
Safety - 10 Standard Fire Orders and 18 Watch Out Situations - National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
Six Minutes for Safety - Federal Fire and Aviation Safety Team

Smokey Bear - "Only you can prevent wildfires" - USDA Forest Service
Warming Climate Fuels Mega-Fires - CBS News 60 Minutes; 10.21.07
Wildland Fire Edition - USDA Forest Service Natural Inquirer, written for middle school age

Wildland Firefighting in Georgia - Georgia Forestry Commission
Wildland Fire Updates - NIFC
Why does smoke come from a fire? - Howstuffworks.com
Working Together for Safer Communities - Georgia Forestry Commission streaming video

   

   Forest Management     top

American Tree Farm

Bobwhite Quail Initiative (BQI) – Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA DNR)                               

Bugwood - University of Georgia (UGA) 

Center for Forest Business - UGA

Cooperative Forestry - USDA Forest Service

Conservation Programs - Georgia USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)

Firewise – wildland urban interface issues
Interface South - wildland urban interface issues
Forest Inventory and Analysis

Forest Land Enhancement Program (FLEP) - USDA Forest Service

Forest Legacy Program (FLP) - USDA Forest Service

Forest Stewardship Council

Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) - USDA Forest Service      

Forest2Market

Georgia Environmental Protection Division - GA DNR
Georgia GROWS - gagrows.com

Longleaf Alliance

Longleaf Pine On-Line Forum

Master Timber Harvester Program

National Agroforestry Center

National Association of State Foresters

National Register of Big Trees - American Forests

National Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation

National Timber Tax Website

Wild Turkey Woodlands Landowner Program - National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF)

Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program - US Fish & Wildlife

Project WINGS (Wildlife Incentives for Non-game and Game Species) - Georgia Power

Society of American Foresters

SouthernForests.org - Southern Group of State Foresters
State of Georgia Professional Licensing Board

Southern Regional Extension Forestry (SREF)

TimberMart South

University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

                 

    Forest Marketing     top

Biological and Agricultural Engineering - UGA

Department of Community Affairs

Forest Inventory and Analysis
Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry - gacarbon.org

Georgia Department of Economic Development

Georgia Economic Developers Association

Georgia Environmental Protection Division - GA DNR

GeorgiaFacts.net 

Georgia Forestry Association

Georgia Tech AWPL 

Herty Foundation

Master Timber Harvester

Non-Timber Forest Products – Virginia Tech 

OneGeorgia Authority

Pew Center

Southern Forest Research Partnership (SCFP)

Tree Products - bookmark to section in Educational

University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Forest Products Laboratory - USDA Forest Service  

Biomass Energy

Bioenergy Research Centers - US Department of Energy

Energy Initiatives - USDA Rural Development

Strategic Energy Initiative - Georgia Tech
Encyclopedia of Southern Bioenergy - Forest Encyclopedia Network
Forest Bioenergy - Southern Forest Research Partnership

Carbon Sequestration   

Carbon Trading: A primer for forest landowners - Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Climate Registry - collaborative organization
Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry - gacarbon.org

Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry Act

 

     Wildland-Urban Interface     top

Fire in the Wildland Urban Interface Series - Univ. of FL Extension

Firewise

Firewise Communities

Interface South

Reports and Success Stories for GA - National Fire Plan - USDAFS & USDI

Urban Forestry South - USFS Southern Region

  Educational     top

Air-Climate-Weather

Clean Air Campaign for Georgia

Digital Library for Earth System Education

Georgia State Climatology Office

Climate Change and Climate and Weather – US EPA

Jetstream - Online Weather School - NWS Southern Region

National Weather Service: US NOAA 

          Careers

Ag and Forest Resources Division - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Careers in Agriculture - Georgia Agriculture Education
Career Videos - website sponsored by US Department of Labor

Occupational Outlook Handbook from US Department of Labor

Society of American Foresters Career Center

50 Careers in Trees - Tree Foundation of Kern

Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources - Careers in Forest Resources - University of Georgia

Conservation & Environmental Education

Agriculture in the Classroom

Conservation Education for Teachers - USDA Forest Service

    Ecosystems Matter; Investigating Your Environment

Earthday.gov

EEK! (Environmental Education for Kids) - Wisconsin DNR

Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia

Environmental Education in Georgia (eeingeorgia.org) and Southeast Enviromental Education

Environmental Kids Club: US EPA 

Environmental Literacy Council  

Environmental Stewardship - US EPA
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

North American Association For Environmental Education (NAAEE)

Project Learning Tree

Georgia Project Wet

Project Wet

Project Wild

Teaching KATE (Kids About the Environment) - also Pre-KATE

The Student Center - US EPA         

Fire

American Red Cross - Wildfire

FEMA Kids

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)  - Wildfire Information

Fire Prevention Week - info from NFPA

Fire Wars - NOVA

Firewise – wildland urban interface issues

Interface South - wildland urban interface issues

Peshtigo Fire page

National Fire Prevention Association

National Historic Lookout Register

Smokey Bear - Fire         

Outdoor Classrooms

Backyard Conservation - USDA NRCS

Backyard Wildlife Habitat - National Wildlife Federation

Backyard Woods - National Arbor Day Foundation

Schoolyard Habitat - National Wildlife Federation        

          Soil

Glossary of Soil Science Terms – Soil Science Society of America

Kids Questions About Soil and Stuff – USDA NRCS

Soil profiles & photos – USDA NRCS

Soil Science Education Page – US NASA 
The Dirt on Soil - discoveryschool.com

What on Earth is Soil? – US EPA 

          Trees & Forests   top

Abundant Forests Alliance
Agriculture and Forest Resources Program - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

American Forests Historic Tree Company

Backyard Woods - National Arbor Day Foundation

Bugwood - University of Georgia
Eco-Links - info on numerous forestry topics from the Temperate Forest Foundation 

Educational In Nature Series - Georgia Pacific
Education Station - Georgia-Pacific

Encyclopedia of Southern Forest Science – USDA Forest Service

Firewise – wildland urban interface wildfire protection

Forest History Society 

Forestry - FAO
ForestEncyclopedia.net

Forestry Tools - South Carolina Forestry Commission

Forests Matter - Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Georgia Envirothon Study Materials - georgiaenvirothon.org
Georgia Forestry Association - gfagrow.org
Georgia State Tree - Georgia Secretary of State
Georgia Wildlife Species Fact Sheets - Georgia DNR, WRD
Glossary of Forestry Terms
GrowingIdeas.com - Weyerhaeuser; great interactive site
Guide to Learning About the Longleaf Fire Forest - The Longleaf Alliance

Interface South - wildland urban interface issues
Making Tree Cookies - Project Learning Tree; Sources - Acorn NaturalistsNature Watch

National Arbor Day Foundation

Natural Inquirer - USDA Forest Service, middle school audience

National 4-H Forestry
Society of American Foresters
State of the Forest: A Report on Georgia Forests 2007 - Georgia Forestry Association
State of America's Forests - Society of American Foresters

Temperate Forest Foundation

Trees Atlanta

TreeLink

Tree Rings, The Study of - University of Arizona

Treetures

US Forest Service History

Urban Forestry South - USDA Forest Service, Southern Region

Virtual Forest Tour - Virginia Tech
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources - University of Georgia

Web of Life Activity Booklet (pdf) - USDA Forest Service

Tree Health

Bugwood - UGA

Dogwood Diseases and Problems - UGA Cooperative Extension

Fusiform Rust on Pines - UGA Cooperative Extension

Key to Diseases of Oaks in the Landscape - UGA Cooperative Extension

Key to Diseases of Pine in the Landscape - UGA Cooperative Extension

Pruning Shade Trees - UGA Cooperative Extension

          Tree Identification   top

Index of Ohio's Trees - Ohio Department of Natural Resources

National Plants Database – USDA NRCS

National Register of Big Trees - American Forests

Silvics of North America - USDA Forest Service

Tree Identification - National Arbor Day Foundation

Trees Field Guides - eNature.com
Tree Species Fact Sheets, Georgia - Dendrology at Virginia Tech

University of Wisconsin 

Virginia Tech Dendrology

What Tree Is It - Ohio Public Library Information Network & Historical Society

          Tree Products    top

American Forest and Paper Association

Educational in Nature - Georgia Pacific

Everything But The Squeal - Missouri Department of Conservation

From a Tree - Temperate Forest Foundation

     The Miracle Resource eco-link  (pdf - 1 M)

     Biomass for Energy eco-link (pdf - 163 K)

     Engineered Wood Products eco-link (pdf - 2 M)

     What's Good About Wood eco-link (pdf - 140 K)

Guide to Furniture Woods - Howstuffworks.com

Gum Naval Stores - FAO

Maple Syrup - Massachusetts Maple Producers Association
Naval Stores images - UGA Bugwood

Non-Timber Forest Products – Virginia Tech 

Paper Hall of Fame

Paper Making - TAPPI Institute

Paper and Papermaking Virtual Tour - Robert C. Williams Paper Museum

PaperRecyles.org - the Paper Industry Association Council

Pencil Pages – Incense Cedar Institute
Products Made From Wood List (pdf) – University of Kentucky

SPANPINE - Southern Pine Awareness Network

Toilet Paper Encyclopedia - Toilet Paper World

Wood You Believe: We Get So Much From Trees - Idaho Forest Products Commission

Traditons of Turpentine - Valdosta State University (GA)
Wood Grain - Dendrology at Virginia Tech

Water

Adopt-A-Stream

American Heritage Rivers – US EPA
ConserveWaterGeorgia - Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Georgia Association of Water Professionals
Guide to Tadpoles of the Southern U.S. Coastal Plains - US Geologic Survey

National Wetlands Inventory 

Non-Point Source Kids Page - US EPA

Water Science for Schools – US Geologic Survey

Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment - COMET

          Wildlife/Insects

Backyard Wildlife Habitat
Birding Resources - Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Cornell Lab or Ornithology

Georgia Endangered Species - US Fish and Wildlife

Georgia Rare Species - Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources

National Audubon Society

National Wildlife Federation

Species Fact Sheets - Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources

Snakes of Georgia and South Carolina - University of Georgia

US Endangered Species - US Fish and Wildlife

  

GA Government     top

Digital Library of Georgia

Georgiacollege411

Georgia Department of Education

Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

GeorgiaFacts.net 

Georgia.gov - State of Georgia website portal

GeorgiaHire

GeorgiaInfo - University of Georgia

Georgia Land Conservation Program - Georgia DNR

Georgia Natural Heritage Program - Georgia DNR

Georgia Secretary of State

Georgia911.org

New Georgia Encyclopedia  

Professional Licensing Board - Georgia Secretary of State

University System of Georgia

Unannotated Georgia Code

Vanishing Georgia - Photograph Archives

Virtual Vault - Georgia Secretary of State

 

U. S. Government   top

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

GPO Access - U.S. Government Printing Office

National Park Service (NPS)

National Science Foundation 

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

                1. National Plants Database

United States Department of Education

United States Department of Interior (USDI)

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF)

         

State Forestry – the other 49     top

       

NGOs - Non-Government Organizations   top

American Forests

American Forests Foundation (AFF)

American Rivers 

Georgia Forestry Association

Georgia Wildlife Federation (GWF)

Keep Georgia Beautiful

National Association for Interpretation

National Wildlife Federation (NWF)

Nature Conservancy

Society of American Foresters (SAF)

Temperate Forest Foundation

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

   Legislation & Research     top

Unannotated Georgia Code

Biomass material and taxes - HB1018 (2006)

Clean Air Act - U.S. EPA

Clean Water Act - U.S. EPA

Farm Bill 02

GA Burn Permit Law

Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry Act

GA Endangered Species

GA Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975

GA Forest Heritage Trust Act of 2004
GA Forest Land Protection Act of 2008 - HB 1211 (2008)

GA Forestry Commission State Forester Qualification Change - SB 116 (2007)

GA Land Conservation Council - HB 98 (2005)

GA Land Conservation Tax Credit Bill - HB 1107 (2006)

GA Rare Species and Natural Community - GA DNR

On-Line Publications Search - USFS Southern Research Station

Southern Forest Resource Assessment

US Endangered Species

  

   Maps & Technology

Explaining GPS - Global Positioning System - UGA Extension

National Atlas

Mapping Sources – US Geological Survey   

 

    News & References    top

Digital Library of Georgia

Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental News Network

Georgia County Guide

New Georgia Encyclopedia  

Society of American Foresters Forestry in the News

Virtual Reference Desk – US Department of Education 

Worldwatch Institute  

 

   Audio/Visual    top

Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting Podcasts
Georgia Public Broadcasting Digital Library

Find-A-Photo - U.S. Forest Service

ForestryImages.org - University of GA & USDA Forest Service

Forest History Society Photograph Collection

Interface South Photo Gallery

Photo and Video Gallery - Historical - USFS

US Fish & Wildlife Digital Library

Vanishing Georgia - Photograph Archives

Virtual Vault - GA Secretary of State Office

   

   Other   top

Forest Shop - Pick a book, any book, about forestry (adults and children's selections)

Georgia Forestry Pageant