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 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…
Forestry Continues to Boost State’s Economy
…jobs, net state revenue, and output – the total revenue generated by the industry. Statistics documented in “2017 Economic Benefits of the Forest Industry in Georgia, 2017,” from the Georgia…
Study Shows Steady Performance by Georgia’s Forest Industry
…industry to meet the needs of countless industries.” Other highlights of the “2022 Economic Benefits of the Forest Industry in Georgia” report show: Urban & Community forestry total impacts rose…
Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests
…be eligible for the tax relief program. This kind of swift action in support of the forestry community will continue to be important in coming years. View the full report…
New Report Shows Continued Growth for Forestry in Georgia
…ranking forestry number one in compensation among all Georgia industries.” The impact values of urban and community forestry are separate values from the impact of the traditional forest industry, which…
Forest Utilization
…of roundwood, all primary wood-using industries in a state are surveyed bi-annually. Primary wood-using industries include pulp mills, sawmills, veneer mills, composite panel mills (osb), and other industrial products mills….
Longleaf Restoration
…Non-industrial private lands AGI of less than 900,000/year (averaged over the last three years) Completion of practices Compliance with highly erodible land and wetland requirements Be in the geographic region…
Forest Industry Continues to Boost Georgia’s Economy
A new report shows Georgia’s forest industry continues to deliver strong results for the state’s economy. According to a Georgia Forestry Commission report provided by the Georgia Institute of Technology’s…
Timber Products
…industries in Georgia, the following companies reported to GFC personnel that their listed sawmills used mechanical grading systems. Please note that not all mills responded to this question and there…
