Getting Started with Adopt-A-Stream
This workshop is based on the manual Getting To Know Your Watershed. Volunteers learn about the process of registering the stream, wetland or lake that they will monitor.
GFC U&CF Technical Assistance Program
…(for parking, streets and other codes) that take away open space? What are the new codes, standards and practices to adopt that will make our city less paved and more…
Resources
…Health Specialist, as they discuss the characteristics, common look-a-likes, and location of Cogongrass. Cogongrass Video Cogongrass.org Comprehensive information on cogongrass in Georgia along with links to other southeastern state efforts…
Care For Your Community’s Trees
…interaction with the community, politicians and other agencies How to care for your community’s trees Adopt a tree ordinance. Develop a tree risk management program that includes: Systematic scheduled inspections…
Community Forestry Assistance
…while still accommodating growth? What essential elements should we include to update our codes or adopt new ones? Urban Forest Management or Master Plan Where are trees needed most urgently?…
Tree Ordinances
Some ordinances apply only to street trees, while others apply to all public and privately owned trees. Many communities adopt tree ordinances when citizens perceive an immediate need to protect…
Southern Pine Beetles
…Bugwood.org. Figure 5: Active southern pine beetle spot – Photo by Gerald J. Lenhard, Louisiana State University, Bugwood.org. Needles turn pale green to yellow to red, then brown (Figure 5)….
Cogongrass.org
Comprehensive information on cogongrass in Georgia along with links to other southeastern state efforts on cogongrass
Don’t Move Firewood.org
The Don’t Move Firewood campaign is an outreach partnership managed by The Nature Conservancy. The overarching goal of the campaign is to protect trees and forests all across North America from invasive insects and diseases that can travel in or on contaminated firewood.
EAB – GAinvasives.org
Detailed information about emerald ash borer (EAB) from the Georgia Invasive Species Task Force.
