Wildlife Incentives for Nongame and Game Species (Project WINGS)
…Rate Provides cash grants of up to $1,500 over three years, along with planning assistance in managing electrical or gas transmission right-of-ways for wildlife. Payment is $50 per acre per…
Georgia Forestry Commission Says Now is the Time to Order and Plant Trees
…advanced open pollinated slash pine selections available. An up to date inventory of all seedlings can be found at gaseedlings.org, and a catalog with prices is posted at GaTrees.org. Buyers…
Forestry Considered Critical Workforce Under “Shelter in Place” Executive Order
…to combat the spread of COVID-19 and to keep the American economy moving,” GFA President & CEO Andres Villegas said. To view the Association’s Issue Brief, which includes a detailed…
Project WINGS brochure
Project WINGS (Wildlife Incentives for Nongame and Game Species) is a rights-of-way management campaign designed to create new wildlife lands along gas and electrical transmission lines.
Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests
…the profile of projects and participants. To make an increased impact, the state could pass a greenhouse gas policy that includes forest-based offset projects. When forest owners have the opportunity…
Carefully Planned “Good Fires” Prevent Bad Ones
…increasing ecological challenges and natural resource concerns in Georgia. To learn more about prescribed fire and activities on public lands, visit GeorgiaWildlife.com, GaStateParks.org, GaRxFire.com, GoodFires.org, or @ChattOconeeNF. # # #…
American Carbon Registry
The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, was founded in 1996 as the first private voluntary greenhouse gas registry in the world.
Resources
…nature. Classroom Resources External Website Project WINGS brochure Project WINGS (Wildlife Incentives for Nongame and Game Species) is a rights-of-way management campaign designed to create new wildlife lands along gas…
Connect With Nature
Take a forest break! GFC and Southern Group of State Foresters have launched a communications campaign to educate the public about the benefits of forests. The campaign invites internet visitors…
Georgia Arbor Day
The holiday was initiated by Julius Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872. Morton was a pioneer who traveled from Detroit to Nebraska in 1854. There were no trees in sight,…
