Would wood work? Builders eye mass timber for construction, conservation
…we’ve got to get builders and contractors to be willing to adapt and use mass timber.” The International Code Council, which sets building standards, now allows wooden buildings to rise…
FAQs
…Approximately 1,100 secondary manufacturers convert wood products into furniture, manufactured homes and buildings, paper products and more. View our wood-using industries directory. How important is Georgia’s forest industry to the…
Special Committee Tackles Carbon Credit Tracking in Georgia
…credits: building-embedded carbon, which measures the total amount by mass of carbon stored within the building products used; and embodied-carbon, a holistic evaluation using a Life Cycle Assessment to measure…
Building Healthy Forests for Birds
…filled with non-native, ornamental species that end up outcompeting our native flora and spilling into forest, pastures, and grasslands. Native plants are built to thrive in their environment, and these…
Carbon Registry
…carbon and/or reduce carbon emissions and to issue carbon credits to the builder/developer for carbon sequestered and reductions in embodied carbon as compared to conventional building practice. The details of…
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…
Georgia Marks National Forest Products Week October 17-23
…and occupants of the mass timber buildings, who enjoy the look and warmth of wood over other materials. Several mass timber buildings have been built, are under construction, and being…
Georgia Forestry Commission hosts a Fall Huddle with Leadership and Partners
…Huddle” at Lake Blackshear Resort in Cordele, Georgia. Personnel from across the agency gathered to receive agency updates, technical training, leadership development, and team building. The event provided a great…
Forest Biomass
…of these smaller trees. Trees greater than 9″ dbh can be used for lumber and other building products, and are higher in value. Defects in trees sometimes will cause larger…
Howard E. Bennett Museum
The log cabin that houses the museum was built to replicate a depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) cabin in Albany, Georgia. The original cabin had been used since the 1950’s…
