Here comes summer – your trees are getting thirsty!
By Seth Hawkins, GFC Urban Forest Specialist Now that planting season has ended, springtime is delivering longer days and warmer temperatures. Trees are waking up for the growing season and…
My Firewise Experience
…chosen for the program and have been serving in this Firewise project over the past several months. Firewise is a non-profit organization that spreads fire prevention awareness to keep homes…
Resources
…& Estate Planning External Website National Water Quality Trading Program When the water in our rivers, lakes, and oceans becomes polluted; it can endanger wildlife, make our drinking water unsafe,…
Law Enforcement
GFC investigators are specially trained to conduct investigations of forestry-related crimes. Timber security laws have been amended and updated over time, and in 2014, GFC investigators were authorized by House…
Wildfire Risk Reduction Qualification (WRRQ) in Georgia
Wildfire Risk Reduction Qualification (WRRQ) in Georgia By: Seth Hawkins Often we think about wildfires around homes as some distant issue affecting unknown forests and communities out west. It’s important,…
Understanding Georgia’s Outdoor Burning Laws
…50 feet of SPACE between the burn pile and any structure, including outbuildings, sheds, barns, and homes. This separates the burning from buildings which may also catch on fire if…
State Managed Forests
…the City of Atlanta. All incomes received from the Forest are returned to the City. Wildlife Through a cooperative agreement between the GFC and Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia…
Fire Danger Rising – Public’s Help Needed
…outdoor burning during times when weather conditions are unfavorable.” Sorrells said homes, outbuildings, and motorized equipment have been lost to these wildfires and private citizens have been injured, some seriously….
Care For Your Community’s Trees
…Public housing communities with more trees experience 52% fewer total crimes, 48% fewer property crimes, and 56% fewer violent crimes. Keeping citizens healthier by trapping dust, pollen and smoke, resulting…
Sudden Oak Death (SOD) in Georgia
…Sudden Oak Death Summary in Georgia Source: James Johnson and Mark Raines, Georgia Forestry Commission Background Information The Sudden Oak Death monitoring program continues. One nursery in Georgia was confirmed…
