Outstanding Employees Honored at Georgia Forestry Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 26, 2021 The Georgia Forestry Commission has na med the State Lands Timber Sales group its 2020 Forest Management Team of the Year. Timber Sales is…
GFC Tracking Palmetto Berry Thieves
…landowners often do not notice the thefts until their property has been picked clean. Illegal harvesters operate day and night and may be dangerous if confronted. Landowners are being urged…
Forestry Employees Honored for Outstanding Service to Georgia – Forest Management Team of the Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 21, 2023 A group of Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) employees is being honored for exemplary cost-share service to landowners. The ten foresters from throughout the state…
Forestry Employees Honored for Outstanding Service to Georgia
…Year” recognition for 2022 was presented to Newnan-based Area 3, for its performance in wildfire response, landowner services, and safety, among other criteria. “This group earned the highest marks for…
Vigilance Urged as Insect-Attacks Emerge
…landowners, and GFC foresters will work with landowners to limit damage and control infestation. For more information about the southern pine beetle, other invasive species, and services of the Georgia…
Forest Utilization
The staff assist businesses and forest landowners by: marketing Georgia’s forest resources to attract new industries providing marketing, technical, and forest resource procurement support to existing industries establishing new product…
Fire Prevention & Suppression
…wildfires. Landowners can help too. By implementing a Forest Management Plan and subscribing to Best Management Practices, such as prescribed burning, thinning, and firebreak installation, landowners with forested land can…
Pine Straw Producers Directory
…William Graham McRae, GA31055 Phone 912-363-5006 Fax: Landscape Unlimited/Wilson Pinestraw Ned Wilson Fitzgerald, GA31750 Phone 229-325-2842 Fax: landscapeunlimited@windstream.net M & H Pinestraw, Inc. Scotty Wright Rhine, GA31077 Phone 866-385-5001 Fax:…
Report Card for Georgia’s Forestland Released
…sustainability of Georgia’s forests is urbanization. Land ownership patterns are changing, parcels are getting smaller, and land valuations for tax purposes have been inconsistent across the state. The majority of…
Timber Sales
Large tracts of land are maintained and preserved by the State. GFC manages several land properties owned by the State of Georgia. All of them operate under a multiple-use Forest…
