Animal Tracks Activity
Activity for discovering animal tracks around your home.
Pine Bark Beetles
…Control Managing healthy forests is the best way to prevent pine bark beetle attacks. Attacks generally occur when trees have been damaged or are weakened by overcrowding, drought, saturated soils,…
New Online Tool Tracks Georgia Wildfire Activity
* Georgia law no longer requires notification to the Georgia Forestry Commission by people planning to burn yard debris. Charges may apply if wildfire results from escaped burning and evidence…
Vigilance Urged as Insect-Attacks Emerge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 31, 2023 The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) is urging residents in four Georgia counties to be on the lookout for damage signs from the destructive southern…
State Managed Forests
…is a Wildlife Management Area that allows archery hunting only. Broxton Rocks Forest 350 acres State land tract Coffee County Waycross office: (912) 287-4915 The GFC manages Broxton Rocks Forest…
Fire Prevention Week 2020
…Firewise Fact Sheet – Roofing. Decks/Porches: Similar to roofs and gutters, fuels can accumulate on or under decks and porches. It is critical to keep these areas clear of fuel…
Building Healthy Forests for Birds
…gain. In general, large, unfragmented forest blocks provide better habitat, especially for breeding birds, than small forested areas. The edges created by small forest fragments allow predators and nest parasites,…
GFC’s Rural Fire Defense Program (RFD)
…serviceable firefighting brush trucks, pumpers, or tankers. In many instances the Commission has furnished pumps, hose, reels and miscellaneous items to the cooperators as they become available through the Federal…
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) in Georgia
…hemlock’s role in the forest. Identification/biology HWA is an aphid-like insect that uses its sucking mouthparts to feed on fluids from hemlock trees. From fall through early summer, they are…
Timber Sales
Large tracts of land are maintained and preserved by the State. GFC manages several land properties owned by the State of Georgia. All of them operate under a multiple-use Forest…
