Resources
…American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, was founded in 1996 as the first private voluntary greenhouse gas registry in the world. Carbon Sequestration External Website Analysis…
Forest Health
…the impact of regional issues such as periodic Pine Bark beetle outbreaks, Heterobasidion Root disease, and non-native exotics such as the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Gypsy Moth, and the Redbay ambrosia…
Georgia Wood-Using Industries Directory
…Species: yellow pine, eastern white pine, mixed hardwoods Products:shavings, animal bedding, mulch By-Products:none Phone: 770-781-9949 Email:sales@a1hls.com Website: www.a1hls.com AA Farms, Inc. Physical Address: 4227 Royston Hwy. Canon, GA 30520 County:…
Invasive Plant Control Program
…include Non-native privet, Chinaberry, Japanese climbing fern and Chinese tallowtree (pictured above). We encourage landowners to join our efforts. Private, non-industrial landowners* who own at least 10 acres of forested…
Conservation Woodland Program
…of nonnative plants into southern forests continue to go unchecked and unmonitored. Invasive nonnative plants infest under and beside forest canopies and occupy small forest openings, increasingly eroding forest productivity,…
Building Healthy Forests for Birds
…chicks, and native plants host many more insects than non-native plants. Non-native plant species that have overtaken areas are termed invasive. Common examples of invasive species in Georgia include Chinese…
Dirty Dozen List – Nonnative Invasive Plants (2019)
The Dirty Dozen List of Nonnative Invasive Species is ranked by the total acres occupied according to Forest Inventory and Analysis data
Quantifying the Value of Non-Timber Ecosystem Services from Georgia’s Private Forests
2011 study led by Dr. Rebecca Moore at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources quantifying the value of non-timber ecosystem services from Georgia’s private forests.
2021 Dirty Dozen (Top Twelve Nonnative Invasive Plants) List
72 counties have had cogongrass detections since 2007, and to date 34 of the 72 counties have no active cogongrass. Georgia’s proactive treatment program assists landowners across the state, and 85% of all known cogongrass spots in Georgia are considered inactive.
The Georgia Forestry Commission documents all known cogongrass infestations.Invasive Species: Any plant or animal that has been introduced and aggressively competes with and displaces local native communities; normally having no native enemies to limit reproduction and spread.
The Dirty Dozen List of Non-native Invasive Species is ranked by the total acres occupied according to Forest Inventory and Analysis data. Honey Suckle and Fescue are not included in this list. Credit for the data used to make this list to the US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Program and The Georgia Forestry Commission FIA Foresters.
Longleaf Restoration
…protected the last reserves of high-quality longleaf habitat. Bringing Back the Longleaf Population The longleaf ecosystem has become an object of intense concentration by federal, state, non-profit and private entities….
