Building Healthy Forests for Birds
…shift in our ecosystems’ ability to support basic birdlife. Birds and people both need healthy habitats to thrive. By maintaining healthy forests and employing sound forest management practices that take…
Green Infrastructure Resources
…Proactive Green Infrastructure Provides to a Community protects critical habitats and dwindling water resources, sustaining forest resources, and allowing natural systems to remain functional. This, in turn, can communities millions…
Carbon Sequestration
…are increasing by about three billion metric tons every year. As air pollution increases, so do the number of health problems for Georgians. Planting trees and managing their development is…
Carbon Registry
…the world’s atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are increasing by about three billion metric tons every year. As air pollution increases, so do the number of health problems for Georgians. Planting…
Water Quality & BMPs
Landowners can help prevent or minimize impacts to Georgia’s water systems by planning ahead for Best Management Practices (BMPs) with any forestry operations, and developing a Forest Management Plan. This…
Longleaf Restoration
…partners that actively supports range-wide efforts to restore and conserve longleaf pine ecosystems. External Website Keys to Successfully Establishing a Longleaf Pine Best practices for planting and maintaining longleaf pines…
Forest Certification Programs
Forest Management Certification Programs Recently, Forisk Consulting group produced a report on the major forest certification standards for the American Consumer Institute. The report describes the certification systems as they…
Firefighting Training & Resources
…Protective Footwear. There are seven (7) basic items that every wildland firefighter trainee must possess when reporting to a hosted field exercise day. NFPA 1977 SPEC. Hardhat (not Fireman’s Helmet)…
Forest Certification
…for the American Consumer Institute. The report describes the certification systems as they relate to southern forestry practices. The percentage of certified forestland in Georgia is approximately one-fifth of Georgia’s…
Landowner Resources
…their listed sawmills used mechanical grading systems. Please note that not all mills responded to this question and there may be other Georgia mills that utilize mechanical lumber grading. Final…
