Landowners Can Help Reduce Wildfire in Georgia
…to GFC and the Environmental Protection Division from people whose evening activities are negatively impacted by lingering smoke. Some things about burning have not changed, and that includes an ongoing…
Educating future generation of decision-makers and others about the importance of our natural resources
…with the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE). Career planning tools are available also. “Green careers” can be integrated into lessons with the interactive booklet, “People of Forestry: Discover Careers in…
How Foresters, Loggers, Forest Owners and the Forest Industry Became Champions for Clean Water
…means that what happens in the forest, doesn’t just stay in the forest. Providing more than half of the available water supply for 14 million people, healthy forests that effectively…
GFC Leaf Watch
…move far on their own, they can travel hundreds of miles when people move firewood, logs, chips, and mulch. Forest pests can kill our native trees and be very expensive,…
Don’t Move Firewood
Georgia Forestry Commission Forest Health experts say moving firewood has been linked to the spread of destructive, non-native insects and diseases to forest ecosystems. While these pests can’t move far on their own, they can travel hundreds of miles when people move firewood, logs, chips, and mulch. Forest pests can kill our native trees and be very expensive, if not impossible, to control.
Why Choose a Live Christmas Tree?
…honestly say, Christmas tree farmers are some of the hardest working people around. Farmers work for years to grow trees so families can come out to their farm and select…
Georgia Forestry Commission Names Athens Resident ‘Forester of the Year’
…with this award is very humbling and a huge compliment,” said Kastle. “I enjoy helping people and this gives me something more to live up to.” For more information about…
Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp
…is rare that so many people within different fields of the same profession can come together to teach and help future foresters grow and learn. These professionals use their knowledge…
Forest Water Quality Team Honored for Outstanding Achievements
…can be very proud of how the GFC Water Quality team has communicated the importance of that connection to people in Georgia and across the entire Southeast.” For more information…
Pass the Tissue, it’s Pollen Time!
…reach for the sunshine. For many people, however, it’s the most miserable time of year, when all the pollen, both visible and invisible, wreaks havoc on human bodies. Despite its…
