How Foresters, Loggers, Forest Owners and the Forest Industry Became Champions for Clean Water
…their findings. Regionally, all states within the Southern Group of State Foresters follow a standardized monitoring protocol. This protocol gives the states common methods, allowing us to make comparisons between…
Benefits of Outdoor Exercise
…physical activity in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. A statement from the Council on clinical cardiology (subcommittee on exercise, rehabilitation, and prevention) and the counseled on nutrition,…
Wildfire Risk Reduction Qualification (WRRQ) in Georgia
…and businesses from the impacts of wildfires. The first step is understanding the difference between “fire” and “wildfire.” In Georgia, the forestry community is working daily to use prescribed fires…
Health & Recreational
…are prescribing a dose of nature to improve wellness in adults and children. Nature is also an antidote to stress. Trees are one way to encourage outdoor physical activity and…
Kemp Leads Forest Field Day
…the bedrock of forest sustainability,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Director Chuck Williams, “and it’s one of the core missions of the Georgia Forestry Commission. Landowner events such as this are…
New Website Improves the Timber Harvest Notification Process in Georgia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 18, 2022 The Georgia Forestry Commission has launched a new website that streamlines the timber harvest notification process for harvesters and counties across the state. Timber…
Crawford County Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Wildfires
…between May and December of that year. “Georgia Forestry Commission personnel worked very closely with a number of partner agencies during the investigation,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Chief of Law…
