Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative
…landowners are conducting a prescribed burn, we will give you a guided tour of a burn. PDF Learn & Burn Flyer More information on Learn & Burns PDF RX Burn…
Georgia’s Family Forest Landowners – 2021
…sustaining rural economies, but they also provide several other environmental (e.g., clean water and air, carbon sequestration and storage, wildlife habitat, and pollination) and social (e.g., hunting, tourism, aesthetic) benefits….
Georgia Forestry Commission Names Athens Resident ‘Forester of the Year’
…prescribed burns. Kastle participated in the Georgia Freshman Legislative Tour, FFA Forestry Field Day, timber marking with the State Lands Departments, and various Best Management Practices exams and inspections. In…
Bloom-time BOLO for Invasive Weed in Georgia
…wind, similar to dandelion seeds. Additional ways to identify cogongrass include yellow-green leaf blades with serrated edges that are rough to the touch, and a circular, thatch-like growth pattern. Cogongrass…
2022 Tornado Damage Assessment from April 5 and 6, 2022
Description of the Event: On Tuesday, April 5th, and Wednesday, April 6th, a strong storm system produced multiple tornadoes, mainly across central and South Georgia. Georgia Forestry Commission management foresters and GIS foresters helped assess and map out the damage that occurred throughout the state. There
were 33 tornado touchdowns, with seven of the tornadoes causing timber damage that required an assessment.
STEM & Forestry
…(STEM) with Project Learning Tree’s free STEM Strategies collection at https://www.plt.org/resources/stem-strategies/. You can also join me online to learn how to make your paper and take a virtual tour through…
Learning to Lead: GFC Foresters Come Together for Leadership Conference in Helen, GA
…and capable of making tough decisions. Then, we divided up into four corners of the room based on what leadership style we most identified with – the Lion, the Beaver,…
GFC Director Lowrimore Named One of Georgia’s 500 Most Influential Leaders
…their communities. The honors are divided into 20 categories, including education, tourism, banking, and agriculture, which is the group in which Lowrimore was listed. Tim Lowrimore was appointed to serve…
Study Shows Steady Performance by Georgia’s Forest Industry
…million in tax revenue for 2022. “As the top state in the nation for forestry, these latest numbers confirm what we have long known: the work of Georgia’s foresters touches…
Landowner Field Trips Flyer Revised (10-01-20)
Would you like to see a live prescribed burn or visit a site that has been burned to see what it looks like afterward? Then Landowner Field Trip (LFT) is perfect for you. When our agency partners and volunteer landowners are conducting a prescribed burn, we will give you a guided tour of a burn.
