Forest, Farm, and Homeowners: Address Heirs Property, Unlock Your Wealth, and Mitigate Natural Disasters
…What does it mean to own heirs’ property and why is it a problem? How does estate planning prevent heirs? How do heirs’ property impacts property owners beforehand after natural…
Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests
Executive Summary Georgia is an ideal place to live and work – offering a quality of life that is unmatched. We are business friendly, benefit from a temperate climate and…
My Internship Experience Working with GFC State Lands
…prism to determine the basal area within a given variable plot. I learned to use a hypsometer to effectively determine the merchantable and total height of trees to be cut…
STEM & Forestry
…a direct connection to science, but what about the other three fields – technology, engineering, and math? Mathematics calculates a tree’s height, diameter at breast height (DBH), and crown spread….
Forest Biomass
…Merchantable Stem Wood The wood in the stems of sound trees greater than 5″ in diameter at breast height (dbh) has been traditionally used for lumber, wood panels, paper, and…
Biomass Suppliers Directory
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CONCERNING SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE OUTLOOK FOR 2024
…locations statewide this spring, GFC Forest Health specialists say heightened activity can be expected in the Piedmont, mostly central, region of Georgia in 2024. Five counties have high probability (>50%)…
International Leaders Visit a Privately-Held Property in Georgia to Learn About Sustainable Forestry and Community Resiliency
…estate planning and heirs property issues. As the group traveled through the property, they found a fully-intact snakeskin of an eastern coachwhip outside of a gopher tortoise burrow that DNR…
Think Trees for the Holidays
…a tree to grow to cutting height. * The most popular Christmas trees are Leyland, Carolina Sapphire and Blue Ice cypresses. * The average customer makes two cuts on their…
