Firefighting Training & Resources

…training completion certificate. The Commission desires to provide high quality wildland fire training to our cooperators and partnered. Part of our strategies to meet this objective is to provide qualified…

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….

Educator Resources

…Website National Project Learning Tree (PLT) Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool…

Final Leaf Watch Report for November 2nd, 2022

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…led to an early peak. Most species started showing peak colors during the last few days of October and continued to show colors into the first week of November. Suggested…

Law Enforcement

…Bill 790 to enforce any law relating to the protection, security, conservation, or sale of forest/timber resources. GFC receives and evaluates complaints concerning timber transactions. Investigators are assigned to complaints,…

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…

Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests

…state tax base, with $977 million in gross tax revenue. Georgia’s urban and community forestry companies generated an additional $4 billion of economic activity in 2017. Strong markets for forest…

Arson Investigations

…burn permit laws, GFC employs law enforcement investigators. These investigators have extensive, specialized training in fire investigation. See Something, Say Something To report criminal forestry activity, timber theft or arson…