New School Year – New Tools to Learn About Natural Resources
…resources and protect the environment. Lesson plans follow the 5E Model of Instruction, an approach to designing learning sequences and opportunities that allow learners to engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and…
Grant Funding Available for Urban and Community Forestry Management
…tree plantings, tree giveaways, workforce development, professional staffing, canopy mapping, and other community forestry projects that deliver specific benefits. Those benefits include access to nature, strengthened urban forest planning and…
North Georgia Fire Linked to Arson
…the increase in recent days. Georgia Forestry Commission investigators determined one fire in Walker County was deliberately set, as GFC rangers continue to respond to other fires in the area….
Doing Business in Georgia
Whether traveling by truck, train, air, or sea, Georgia’s excellent transportation logistics allow deliveries to make it to market fast. Trucks traveling from Georgia reach more than 80% of the…
Firefighting Training & Resources
…available, and provides the funding at no cost to cooperators to deliver this valued training opportunity. This cost includes the GFC instructor’s salary and travel expenses during the time they…
Burn Permits and Notifications
…(Español) Peligros ocultos de la quema del patio trasero. En Georgia, es ilegal quemar la basura que generamos en nuestros hogares. PDF NORTH GEORGIA BURN BAN BOOSTS AIR QUALITY On…
Ransomware Attack Impacting GFC Online Services
…so responses may be delayed. In addition, the time required to fill Georgia Open Records Act requests may be longer than normal, due to some files being inaccessible at this…
GFC and COVID-19: 5/21/20 Update
…our intention to use that guidance to begin increasing service delivery to our landowners in a responsible way that still protects the health of our employees, our families and our…
Forestry Considered Critical Workforce Under “Shelter in Place” Executive Order
…at this time. “We are very fortunate that Governor Kemp’s Executive Order includes forestry as a ‘critical industry’ so that forestry businesses can continue operating to deliver essential products needed…
Outstanding GFC Employees Honored by State Legislators
…98.75 and helping remodel the GFC Chattahoochee office. The GFC Baker/Mitchell Unit was chosen as the South Zone County Unit of the Year. Unit employees tackled extraordinary circumstances in the…
