Dublin Resident to Lead Forest Health for Georgia Forestry Commission
…He has served on the Southern Group of State Foresters GIS and Storm Damage Assessment Committees, the Statesboro City Tree Board, and the Pine Beetle Prediction Trapping Working Group. Torbett…
Tree Ordinances
…trees. A well-designed tree ordinance can take months or years for communities to write, but can provide many benefits to people living in the community. Tree ordinances should be formulated…
Making the Shade Program
…buildings. The Making the Shade program enlivens and activates communities for years to come. Students and parents can serve as the primary planters. This allows them to take ownership and…
Canopy Studies & Tree Inventories
…a management plan. Tree inventories document the species, diameter, health and location of community trees. Software tools such as iTREE are commonly used. To be most effective, an inventory should…
Economic
Trees are capital assets that help decrease infrastructure costs in cities. The presence of trees in a community affects the cost of municipal services such as stormwater control, transportation and…
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
…biological control agents. On March 1, 2021, the Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) proposed repeal of Chapter 224-3, “Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine,” in its entirety. Following an open comment period, on…
Georgia Forestry Commission Says Now is the Time to Order and Plant Trees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 1, 2020 Georgia’s tree planting season is well underway, along with brisk seedling sales by the Georgia Forestry Commission. Buyers have been busy choosing popular hardwood…
“Friends that travel together, stay together”: Hand Crews of the Georgia Forestry Commission
…20-man hand crew, designed to work as a team to accomplish the assigned tasks, and come back as a family. And these family bonds do not just stop once they…
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Lumber Boom Not Benefitting Southern Forest Owners – So What Now?
…to make management choices that increase the amount of carbon storage on their land as a way of offsetting the company’s CO2 emissions. Currently, companies like Silviterra and Finite Carbon,…