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…is the use of renewable forest biomass to produce energy products such as wood pellets, industrial heat, electricity, and transportation fuels. As forests grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide from the…

Carbon Sequestration

Forests have the capacity to both store and emit carbon. Through the process of photosynthesis, trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store carbon in the stem, roots,…

Howard E. Bennett Museum

…museum houses several unique dioramas built by Georgia Forestry Commission Forester Louie Deaton. Each diorama is intricately constructed and the details are impressive. Dioramas include a logging town, nursery operations,…

Carbon Registry

…the world’s atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are increasing by about three billion metric tons every year. As air pollution increases, so do the number of health problems for Georgians. Planting…

BREEZING INTO SUMMERTIME

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…scrubbing them clean. Through tiny pores on tree leaf surfaces, trees take in air that includes toxic pollutants. By a solar-powered process called photosynthesis, the leaves pull in carbon dioxide…

Careers

…fire control activities under limited supervision Operate and monitor a voice and data communications system consisting of: two-way radio, telephone and computer data communications network Assist in location, dispatching of…

Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests

…amount of hard work happening quietly and mostly unnoticed. Without fanfare, forests keep our air clean. They filter our water. They absorb carbon dioxide. They help control erosion. And they…

Environmental

…importantly, trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. Studies show one acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people every day. According to American Forests, the forests in Atlanta…