Grant Funding Available for Urban and Community Forestry Management
…completely serving disadvantaged communities. Eligible projects will address staff and workforce development, technical assistance, storm readiness and resiliency, heat island mitigation, urban food forests, and urban wood utilization. For more…
North Georgia Outdoor Burn Ban Lifted
…Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Richmond, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, Walker and Walton. “The Georgia Forestry Commission recognizes the desire for people to utilize fire…
Fire Valued for Ecosystem Health during Prescribed Fire Awareness Week
…lifted and are extinguished well before nightfall. Prescribed fire is routinely utilized to enhance the health of Georgia’s 24-million acres of forestland. All native ecosystems depend on the presence of…
Carbon Registry
…growers have been developed in Georgia, California, Maine, Oregon, and in other parts of the world. Companies such as utilities cost-share tree planting or reforestation in exchange for “carbon credits,”…
CONCERNING SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE OUTLOOK FOR 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 21, 2024 Georgia is known for its rich pine tree forests. Unfortunately, southern pine beetles (SPB) are a constant in the Georgia environment, utilizing native pine…
THE GFC SEEDLING STORE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
…in volume, disease resistance, and other gains in physical properties such as straightness. Also notable are our Controlled Mass Pollinated seedlings in a limited number, which utilize superior parent pollen,…
