GFC’s Rural Fire Defense Program (RFD)

GFC’s Rural Fire Defense Program (RFD) By Emily Hamilton, GFC Rural Fire Defense Manager The Georgia Forestry Commission offers special services to Georgia communities through the Rural Fire Defense Program….

Care For Your Community’s Trees

…GFC Website Community Forestry Friend Program Application The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) is rewarding communities and campuses implementing exemplary urban forestry programs with a Community Forestry Friend social media badge….

GFC Seeking Director/State Forester

…leadership and communication skills to work effectively with forest landowners, industry, the environmental education community, and a wide range of natural resource agencies and NGO partners; Demonstrated experience with budgetary…

State Managed Forests

…City of Atlanta land tract Dawson County Dawsonville office: (706) 265-3707 A cooperative project of: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia Forestry Commission, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources – Wildlife…

Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative

The Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative began as a concept in 2015. Several states, federal, private, and non-governmental partners worked together to launch this project. It was established in…

Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests

…483 complaints resulting in $413,434 of recovered damages to date (with many additional complaints pending judgment). NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE Forestlands are continually at risk for damage due to natural disasters….

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)

…East Tennessee. On December 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service published a final rule in the Federal Register that removes federal domestic emerald ash…

Firefighting Training & Resources

…is issued by the Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC), the “Authority Having Jurisdiction” for wildland fire certification in the state of Georgia, in the form of a training completion certificate. Red…

GFC U&CF Technical Assistance Program

…Provided? You will need to complete a short self-assessment survey for your community that takes about 20 minutes to complete online. The survey helps us to determine what support is…