Arson Investigations
The Georgia General Assembly passed a law giving GFC the authority to enforce the fire laws of the state nearly 100 years ago. To combat arson and enforce Georgia’s forestry…
Forest Services Contractors
Search by Company Name, Contact Info, Service Area or Specific Services Goodroe Forestrty Services RT 1 BOX 245, Pineview,GA J.H. Goodroe Office Phone:912-892-3620 Mobile Phone: Fax: 912- 954-3808 RxBurner? No…
Carefully Planned “Good Fires” Prevent Bad Ones
…of the forest that depend upon it. Long ago before western settlement, frequent low-intensity fires would have burned across the forests of Georgia, shaping forest plant communities. Prescribed fire promotes…
Forest Stewardship Program Map
Contacts and map.
Heterobasidion Root Disease (formally Annosum Root Disease) in Georgia
…trees in their pine stand. These stands were thinned one to five years ago and are located mainly on sandy to sandy loam soils. First impressions are that these stands…
Meet GFC’s Director: Tim Lowrimore
…into my new role is a lot like “coming home” for me. I served the GFC as a field forester many years ago, after graduating from the University of Georgia…
GFC Centennial
…of the foundational issues raised a century ago ring familiar today. While Georgia landscapes are covered with more than 24 million acres of trees, land use changes pose an ongoing…
Reflections on the Big Fire of 2007
Fourteen years ago, the Georgia Forestry Commission was leading an intense battle against one of the worst fires in U.S. history. A downed power line sparked the blaze on April…
Landowners Can Help Reduce Wildfire in Georgia
…this. Smokey Bear taught us a long time ago to be careful with fire and most of us know the rules about keeping our yard debris fires safe. We watch…
Would wood work? Builders eye mass timber for construction, conservation
…18 stories. Georgia legislators approved a bill a few years ago prohibiting cities from outlawing mass timber in construction. Lowrimore and others expect corporations, and their financiers, to get on…
