…dwellings, utility buildings and commercial properties. One citizen fatality was reported. The report can be found here: https://gatrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/StormTimber-Impact-Assessment-Heard_Coweta-Counties-March-25-2021.pdf. For more information about services of the Georgia Forestry Commission, visit GaTrees.org….

…holiday because February is inside the state’s ideal planting window. “Trees are nature’s greatest multi-tasker,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Director Tim Lowrimore. “Not only do they give us clean water…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 3, 2022 Georgia Forestry Commission GFC) employees working throughout Early and Miller Counties have been awarded the agency’s “South Zone County of the Year” award. The…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 3, 2022 Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) employees working throughout Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Gilmer, and Pickens Counties have been awarded the agency’s “North Zone County of the…

…has communicated the importance of that connection to people in Georgia and across the entire Southeast.” For more information about programs and services of the Georgia Forestry Commission, visit GaTrees.org….

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 25, 2022 A National Weather Service special alert has prompted the Georgia Forestry Commission to prepare for the elevated threat of wildfires by discouraging outdoor burning…

…Forestry Commission to prepare for the elevated threat of wildfires by discouraging outdoor burning this weekend. “We are asking everyone who may be planning to conduct any outdoor burning to…

…fires and any damage that may result from their embers. Because escaped debris burning is the number one cause of wildfires in Georgia, the Georgia Forestry Commission reminds individuals they…

…the increase in recent days. Georgia Forestry Commission investigators determined one fire in Walker County was deliberately set, as GFC rangers continue to respond to other fires in the area….