GFC Applications for the Southern Pine Beetle Cost Share Program (SPB) and Invasive Plant Control Cost Share Program (IPCP).
…Program (SPB) is to help landowners implement forestry practices that will improve or restore forest health and tree vigor to prevent or minimize the impacts of southern pine beetle infestations….
Needlecast in Pines
…is no reason to be alarmed! These trees aren’t dying, but they do have a fungal infection that causes needlecast. Here in the Southeast, several genera of the fungus Lophodermium…
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High-flying Tools for Fire – and More!
…allows firefighters to make more informed decisions. They can adjust their tactics in real time, which can decrease wildfire sizes and keep our firefighters safer. Our drones have proven useful…
Southern Pine Beetle and Invasive Plant Control Cost Share Programs Now Accepting Applications!
…and tree vigor, which can prevent or minimize the impacts of southern pine beetle infestations. This year, tree planting assistance ($100/acre) is available, and four prevention practices are eligible for…
New School Year – New Tools to Learn About Natural Resources
…and conserve Georgia’s forest resources. No matter the grade level or audience, we have resources to help inform, guide, and supplement lesson and activity plans. Free downloadable lesson plans and…
Teacher Conservation Workshop gets an A+
…in with an open mind, asked hard questions, and learned everything I could from these individuals. I feel that I have a more informed, balanced view of what the forest…
Understanding Georgia’s Outdoor Burning Laws
…are not yet familiar with and complying to the requirements. Continued public outreach by the GFC aims to inform the public of these conditions. In FY22 and FY23 the GFC…
Georgia Gets Growing with Tree-planting Grants
…financial assistance for projects that include canopy mapping, staffing, inventories, storm planning, and other Urban and Community Forestry undertakings. Two sources of funding made the grants possible; one is Inflation…
Milledgeville Forester Awarded for Outstanding Service to Landowners
…of Georgia forestland. He has helped protect waterways alongside GFC’s Water Quality team, fought wildfires in- and out-of-state, plowed firebreaks, assisted with nursery operations, and influenced some 2500 people through…
