Newnan Tornado Recovery – One Year Later
…for emergency vehicles and GFC helped coordinate debris clean-up priorities. The GFC’s Urban Forest Strike Team did extensive inspections of the damaged tree canopy and provided assessments critical to federal…
COGONGRASS: IF YOU SEE IT, REPORT IT!
…These include southern pine beetle, emerald ash borer, gypsy moth traps, and an entire program dedicated to the early detection of insects around our ports and other high-risk areas of…
Special Committee Tackles Carbon Credit Tracking in Georgia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 21, 2022 Georgia is taking steps to ensure the emerging sustainable development carbon market is open to the state’s forests. A special technical advisory committee has…
My Internship Experience Working with GFC State Lands
…sticky traps for signs of emerald ash borer (EAB) in several counties, including Hall County. There, we determined EAB was positive. I also did some GPS work to better lay…
My Three-Month Internship with the GFC
…Environmental Quality Incentives, Southern Pine Beetle, Invasive Plant Control, and Emergency Forestry Restoration cost share programs. I worked with the water quality specialist of the area, Bert Early, performing firebreak…
Arbor Day Foundation Georgia Tree Planting Program
Program Overview The Arbor Day Foundation is providing funding to help landowners in Georgia with tree planting costs. The funds will be used to reimburse forest landowners for the cost…
Georgia Marks National Forest Products Week October 17-23
…grill manufacturer Traeger has a pellet manufacturing facility in Menlo for the domestic wood grilling market. Georgia is an emerging force in the promotion of sustainable building materials in commercial…
Georgia Forestry Commission hosts a Fall Huddle with Leadership and Partners
…of topics that were put together to develop a theme focused on personnel safety, the relevance of the GFC, and the customer service GFC provides each day, both internally and…
