Southern Pine Beetles
…Prediction Trapping Results Georgia 2022 SPB Aerial Survey Report USFS Southern Pine Beetle Website USFS Southern Pine Beetle Program USFS Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program USDA Southeast Climate Hub SPB…
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…
Lumber Boom Not Benefitting Southern Forest Owners – So What Now?
Reference: Southern Perspective – Southern Group of State Foresters You’ve seen it all over the news for months now – the shortage and ever-escalating price of lumber amid the housing…
Sudden Oak Death (SOD) in Georgia
…southwestern Oregon; however, transporting infected host plants may spread the disease. The pathogen has the potential to infect oaks and other trees and shrubs elsewhere in the United States. Limited…
Christmas Tree Vendor Directory
…Phone: 706-376-9614 County: Hart 2 miles south of Hartwell on the left (Hwy. 77 South, Elberton Hwy.) Murray Cypress; Fraiser Fir (precut); Open Date: 11/23 @ 2PM Mon: 2PM-6PM Tue:…
Georgia Forestry Commission Responds to Southern Wildfire Emergency
…detailed report on the current wildfire emergency in the South from the Southern Group of State Foresters can be found here: https://southernforests.org/2023/09/08/unprecedented-heat-drought-pushing-southern-fire-danger-to-extremes/. For information about Georgia’s current wildfire activity and…
What I Did On My Summer Vacation…
…The salaries are competitive, not only for positions requiring advanced degrees in chemical engineering, but also for those that only require a high school diploma or GED. There was a…
Newnan Tornado Recovery – One Year Later
…aid for recovery. The GFC also worked with city and county officials, the Newnan Tree Board, certified arborists, and volunteers from Plant Newnan during a series of special events to…
Would wood work? Builders eye mass timber for construction, conservation
…economically sustainable.” Therein lies the dilemma faced by many a conscientious tree farmer – how to do good by doing well. Bembry and other southern growers, industry leaders, government officials…
Carbon Sequestration
…Sequestration Projects in the Southern U.S. Key issues surrounding the development and application of forest-based offset projects in the southern region of the United States are examined in this paper….
