Water Quality & BMPs
…Best Management Practices (BMPs) to prevent and reduce impacts to sensitive areas of your land. Best Management Practices (BMPs) are proven, common sense measures, methods and practices used to prevent…
Care For Your Community’s Trees
…care practices that follow ANSI standards and tree risk specifications. Through the news media, recognize your community tree advocates and celebrate your community’s trees. Recruit and retain volunteers. Community Resources…
Educator Resources
…provides resources to spread important messages in your community to prevent arson. Access resources. External Website Native Trees of Georgia Book Book showing illustrations of trees native to Georgia. PDF…
State Managed Forests
…Resources Division The Dawson Forest is owned by the City of Atlanta and managed by the GFC. The Commission plays a Stewardship role for the City by using conservation practices…
Ecosystem Services
…forest characteristics. Helpful Resources Review studies, reports and more to learn more about ecosystems services. TitleDescriptionDocument Type Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Bloom or Bust? A Document of the UNEP FI…
Ask The Arborist
…Forestry Commission, and while our community foresters are International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborists, their expertise mainly pertains to trees commonly found in Georgia. Note: GFC email serves cannot accept…
Community Resources
…Community Forestry Friend social media badge. Earning the badge means your community manages its trees with the best urban and community forestry practices, partners and professionalism. Download application to apply…
Trees Across Georgia (TAG) Grant Program
The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) announces the Trees Across Georgia (TAG) Urban and Community Forestry (U&CF) Grant…
GFC Seeking Director/State Forester
…and representative in front of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee Hearings. Interact with legislative committees on natural resources to develop and support legislation concerning matters affecting forest resources. Work…
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…
