Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
…Landowner receives a signup incentive payment of 32.5% of the first full year annual rental payment, plus a onetime practice incentive payment of 50% of the eligible installation costs, plus…
Think Trees for the Holidays
…hiking and many types of outdoor recreation. Everyday products for our lives, such as paper and lumber. Plus, live trees are recyclable, and it’s easier than ever now to find…
Choose a LIVE Christmas Tree for 2020!
…such as paper and lumber. Plus, live trees are recyclable, and it’s easier than ever now to find a place to drop off your tree for use as mulch. Here…
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
…the average cost of the approved conservation practices or a 30-year easement, for which the landowner may receive 75% of the easement value of the enrolled land plus 75% of…
Georgia Forestry Commission Responds to Southern Wildfire Emergency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 The long, hot summer of 2023 has been uncomfortable for Georgians, but for other states across the South it has been even worse. Forty-plus…
Resources
…for trees plus more. Community Planning, Tree Ordinance, Urban & Community Forestry PDF Redbay Laurel Wilt Recovery Plan (2015) Overview of efforts to reclaim and replenish areas impacted by Laurel…
How Fire Earns GOOD Marks in the Forest
…that can fuel dangerous wildfires, plus it plays a strong role in forest regeneration.” Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Mark Williams said last year DNR’s Wildlife Resources Division…
STEM & Forestry
…through the papermaking process at a paper mill. Plus, download a free copy of the “Making Your Own Paper” activity from Project Learning Tree’s Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide….
GFC Tracking Palmetto Berry Thieves
…$500,000 plus to landowners. Most saw palmettos grow naturally in the forest. The berries may be sold in Georgia when proper documentation procedures are followed. According to a GFC investigator,…
Bloom-time BOLO for Invasive Weed in Georgia
…producing fluffy, white, plume-like seed heads. As many as 3,000 seeds can be found on a single head, and the seeds’ silky hairs are blown free and scattered by the…
