North Georgia Fire Linked to Arson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 6, 2023 A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an arsonist in northwest Georgia, where wildfires have been on…
Defenders of Georgia’s Healthy Forests
…with solutions for managing them. We also offer outreach services to provide education. Employees of the Forest Health Program frequently give presentations at many different events around the state. Some…
Firefighting Training & Resources
…training completion certificate. The Commission desires to provide high quality wildland fire training to our cooperators and partnered. Part of our strategies to meet this objective is to provide qualified…
Ask The Arborist
…for recommendations for certified arborists who actually perform tree maintenance or removal and compare quotes with others.) Contracts Demand that work only start once a contract is signed by both…
Certified Tree Professionals
…before signing. Make sure contracts say: when work will start and end which party is responsible for cleanup the total price the certified arborist’s hourly rate for additional work approved…
Lumber Boom Not Benefitting Southern Forest Owners – So What Now?
…year, specifically in softwoods like southern yellow pine. Like most industries at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lumber industry came to a startling halt amid a general wave…
Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp
GFC Guest Blog: Billy Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp by Preston Lancaster Back in 1988, my father, Billy Lancaster, decided to start a forestry camp for young kids. He went to…
Forest Management & Conservation
…Practices Sustainable forests start with modern forest management practices. GFC educates landowners about these practices, which include: prescribed burning timber harvesting reforestation pest management and control Forest Management Plans GFC…
Firewise USA® Program
…Rainey Mountain Rabun County Clayton Camp Rotary Hart County Hartwell Cedar Cliffs Subdivision Towns County Hiawassee City of Bowman Elbert County Bowman City of Canon Franklin County Canon City of…
Economic
…centers, and be a food security solution. External Website Green Cities: Safe Streets his article surveys the research on roadside vegetation benefits, and the scientific evidence concerning city trees, and…
