Green Infrastructure Resources
…aquifers, reduces flooding, and moderates the climate. promotes healthy exercise and access to more locally grown food. Maintaining a Green Georgia Coast Multiple state and local partners have been utilizing…
Environmental
Cleaner, Cooler Air Trees trap lung-damaging dust, ash, pollen and smoke from the air. Shade from trees reduces temperatures and helps keep air pollutants from becoming even more volatile. Most…
Health & Recreational
Physical inactivity and obesity are on the rise. The majority of Americans are not active enough and do not meet suggested daily standards of moderate activity to reduce risk factors…
Ecosystem Services
…the past decade, many efforts have been made to place value on ecosystem services and to establish market-based incentives that reward landowners for maintaining and enhancing the ecosystem services that…
Georgia Arbor Day
The holiday was initiated by Julius Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872. Morton was a pioneer who traveled from Detroit to Nebraska in 1854. There were no trees in sight,…
Champion Trees
…criteria: It must have an erect woody perennial stem, or trunk, at least 9.5 inches in circumference measured 4.5 feet from the ground. It must have a definitely formed crown…
Educator Resources
…Fast Break Videos Short videos to highlight important forestry-related topics. External Website Georgia Forest Facts Fact sheet showing Georgia’s latest forestry statics. PDF Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) The mission of…
Prescribed Burn
…You can draw a map using topographical maps, aerial photos, or simply draw a map on your own. The map should show at least the following: Boundaries of the burn…
Prescribed Burn Certification
…your burn unit any time a FDFM reading is desired PDF Fire Weather Forecast Current Fire Weather Forecasts and current National Fire Danger Ratings by GFC Areas External Website Georgia…
Connect With Nature
Take a forest break! GFC and Southern Group of State Foresters have launched a communications campaign to educate the public about the benefits of forests. The campaign invites internet visitors…
