Trees Across Georgia (TAG) Grant Program

The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) announces the Trees Across Georgia (TAG) Urban and Community Forestry (U&CF) Grant…

Management Plans & Advice

There are many reasons why it is helpful to have a forest management plan for your property. Primarily, a forest management plan helps you: Understand and organize the resources on…

Learn, Plan, Act

A Common Goal – Better Land Management The two organizations joined together to create this initiative because 89 percent of the south’s woodlands are privately owned, but only a small…

Pre-Suppression Firebreaks

…Wildfire Conditions The GFC Fire Weather System provides area fire weather forecasts. The state is divided into ten forecast areas to provide the most accurate local information. View Fire Weather…

Community Wildfire Protection Plan

…they can reduce their risk through alternative development patterns. It is achieved with input from local parties such as: state and local fire agencies homeowners and landowners city councils utilities…

Certified Tree Professionals

…search portal by country (they are international) then state, city or zip code, and nearness of location. Once you have narrowed the list you may have to contact a number…

Environmental

…Community trees across the United States store 6.5 million tons of carbon per year, resulting in a savings of $22 billion in control costs. Stable Weather Research demonstrates that urban…

History

…the State Forester from the Governor. There had been several State Foresters since 1936, and many felt the need for more stability. If you would like to know even more…