Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative
…Co-Op has set a goal of increasing that to 6% or an additional 20,000 acres. With a long-term goal of reaching 20% – 30%. Plans for the Co-Op The current…
Five-Year Plan
…GOAL 2: Increase active participation of local communities to advocate for community forests through education and tree plantings. STRATEGIC GOAL 3: Promote the development and enforcement of local tree ordinances….
Carefully Planned “Good Fires” Prevent Bad Ones
…from early February through mid-April. The Forest Service goal is to safely apply low-intensity controlled burns to reduce the duff layer common in thick overgrown unmanaged forest areas that choke…
Resources
…PDF Center for Watershed Protection Learn how to conduct Urban Tree Canopy assessments and goal setting. Canopy Studies & Inventories, Community Planning, Urban & Community Forestry External Website Certified Burner…
Forest Biomass
…heaters, furnaces, and boilers. The major use of wood pellets is by European-based utilities that co-fire wood pellets with coal to produce electricity. Large quantities of pellets are also used…
Teacher Conservation Workshop
…1970’s, PLT has been recognized as a leading environmental education program. Project WET is Water Education for K-12 Teachers! The goal of Project WET is to promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge,…
Would wood work? Builders eye mass timber for construction, conservation
…into the atmosphere from cars, trucks, coal plants, cement makers, deforestation and agriculture has since returned to historically high levels. The federal government’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half…
Fire Danger Rising – Public’s Help Needed
…vehicle exhaust equipment can easily start fires when grass and vegetation are dry. “Remember, too, that flammables such as gas and charcoal starter fluid shouldn’t be used on an outside…
Make That Paper!
Conservation Woodland Program
…and Objectives Whether you want to grow trees as an investment, vegetables to eat, wildflowers for beauty and pollination or to grow big deer for hunting, defining an overall goal…
