March Tornado Timber Damage Totals Nearly $3 Million
…Our field foresters and urban forest strike team collected aerial and ground data for this assessment, which quantifies the wide degree of timber damage, from residential trees to mature managed…
“We follow in the footsteps of great aviators…”: GFC Air Ops Unit in History
…wildfire through the use of patrol aircraft and the suppression of those fires using aerial firefighting aircraft. We are also called upon to serve in disaster relief efforts, forest management,…
“The Best Time to Plant a Tree was Yesterday.”
…the area was still fields in the 1940s – and I have an aerial from 1942 to prove it! But last year’s tornado changed all that, and what is done…
Vigilance Urged as Insect-Attacks Emerge
…monitored to mitigate damage for landowners. Routine annual aerial surveys in late summer 2023 will be conducted to document and monitor pine beetle activity. All infestations will be reported to…
CONCERNING SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE OUTLOOK FOR 2024
…probability of infestations. The GFC annually reports on SPB activity across the state through seasonal analyses of SPB data and aerial surveys. Judging from the special traps hung in 50…
