Georgia Arbor Day
…USA, hold a reception to honor this accomplishment. If not, work with your city or Georgia Forestry Commission forester to make your community a Tree City USA. Honor the good…
GFC’s Rural Fire Defense Program (RFD)
GFC’s Rural Fire Defense Program (RFD) By Emily Hamilton, GFC Rural Fire Defense Manager The Georgia Forestry Commission offers special services to Georgia communities through the Rural Fire Defense Program….
Georgia Celebrates Trees this Month
…Director Tim Lowrimore. “This is a great opportunity for communities to come together and support the many benefits trees deliver, including storm water uptake, cooling shade, homes for wildlife, and…
Pine Bark Beetles
…trees stressed from drought, storm damage or mechanical injury. Ips and BTB are seen most frequently by landowners and typically only kill a few trees at a time. To avoid…
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) in Georgia
…run-off into streams. This loss of shade in riparian areas also leads to higher stream temperatures and a decrease in aquatic species diversity. What are we doing about it? Protection…
Sirex Woodwasp in Georgia
…of pines could be impacted including several of tremendous commercial importance: Loblolly (Pinus taeda), Shortleaf (Pinus echinata), and Slash (Pinus elliottii). Sirex noctilio has the potential to use Georgia’s southern…
Would wood work? Builders eye mass timber for construction, conservation
…for those services, and the products that come out of them, so we can properly compensate the landowner.” Growers are already under the gun. An over-abundance of trees from the…
Leaf Watch Report for October 05, 2022
…fall in the air. We could also use a little rain to reduce some stress due to dry conditions, but no severe stresses. Due to the habitat these species occupy,…
Emergency Response
…WUI can take to help safeguard their property from fire, including: choice of building materials landscaping designs remove hazardous fuels from the forest floor and around structures conduct controlled prescribed…
Area Forestry Employees Earn 2021 Performance Awards
…employees completed more firebreak installation services for landowners than any other GFC Area and they maintained a 99% implementation score for protecting water quality from rainwater run-off into streams, rivers,…
