Georgia Invasive Species Task Force
The Georgia Invasive Species Task Force is comprised of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Georgia Forestry Commission, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and the University of Georgia. For more than 15 years, members of this group have worked cooperatively together in invasive species detection, education, and control.
2020 – Georgia Statewide Forest Resources Strategy
Georgia’s original Forest Action Plan was produced with contributions from many program leaders of the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Forest Service. Content contributors included Dr. Jon Ambrose, Constance Buford, Joe Burgess, Scott Thackston, Devon Dartnell, David Dickinson, Frank Sorrells, Ken Parker, Gary White, Scott Griffin, Josh Love, Joan Scales, Jim Ozier, Dru Preston, Dick Rightmyer, Buford Sanders and Risher Willard. Liz Kramer, University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences contractor, conducted the GIS analyses. Final document design and production was accomplished by Wendy Burnett, Kassie Keck and Stasia Kelly. Development and publication of this document was assisted by a grant from the National Association of State Foresters.
Quantifying the Value of Non-Timber Ecosystem Services from Georgia’s Private Forests
2011 study led by Dr. Rebecca Moore at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources quantifying the value of non-timber ecosystem services from Georgia’s private forests.
Forestry Education Tools at Hand Through New Websites
…into the classroom and students into the environment. Georgia Project Learning Tree is co-sponsored by the University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. The Georgia Teacher Conservation…
Arbor Day Celebrated Across Georgia in February
…provides employment for more than 46,000 people. In addition, a University of Georgia study showed Georgia’s forests provide more than $37 billion in ecological services annually, supplying the state with…
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
Updated September 26, 2023 David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org photo credit The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an exotic insect that belongs to a group of metallic wood-boring beetles….
Howard E. Bennett Museum
…timekeepers of history. A crosscut of a bald cypress welcomes visitors as they enter the building. Scientists at the University of Georgia estimate the bald cypress began sprouting in 1444,…
Georgia Forestry Commission Director Named by Governor Kemp
…American Foresters in 2014, its Georgia State Chair in 2009 and its Ocmulgee Chapter Chair in 2005. He has also served on the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry…
Conservation Woodland Program
…economic impact study by University of Georgia experts determined that the annual value of pollination to Georgia is over $360 million. Bugs, birds, reptiles, wind and even some mammals act…