Timber Harvest Notifications
…government sectors. Some of the website improvements made, based on test-user input, include added fields to collect landowner representative information and the requirement to include the names of public road…
NIDIS Drought Alert Emails: Get Local Drought Conditions in Your Inbox
NIDIS drought email alerts provide up-to-date local drought information right to your inbox. Since the launch of the new Drought.gov at the beginning of 2021, NIDIS has partnered with NOAA’s…
A Look Back at GFC in 2021
…colleague, friend or family member from this dreaded disease. As 2022 dawns, I feel very fortunate to be in a position to lead the Georgia Forestry Commission. It is a…
New Website Improves the Timber Harvest Notification Process in Georgia
…checks all the boxes and allows for necessary tweaking down the road. Most importantly, the information collected follows the letter of the law and the website itself is intuitive and…
Georgia Forestry Commission Names Athens Resident ‘Forester of the Year’
…knows Georgia forests inside out, freely shares his knowledge with landowners and colleagues, and brings a high degree of effort and detail into his work. He’s definitely one of our…
Local Forestry Employees Earn 2021 Performance Award
…Colquitt and Miller County. In addition, all rangers assisted in training local fire departments in wildland fire suppression tactics and deployed to western wildfires last summer and fall. “The GFC…
Pass the Tissue, it’s Pollen Time!
…qualities. Reforestation staff collects and processes thousands of milliliters of pollen each spring to do controlled crosses in our seed orchards. This is done so that two superior parents can…
COGONGRASS: IF YOU SEE IT, REPORT IT!
…identifiable in the winter by its golden-brown color after the first heavy frost. And finally, another identifiable feature is its extremely dense root system with sharp, pointed rhizomes that can…
North Georgia Burn Ban Boosts Air Quality
…Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lumpkin, Madison,…
Prescribed Fire Certification Course – Waycross, GA
GFC instructors are providing instruction on fire behavior, fire weather, and fire tactics.
Date: October 2-3
Location: Coastal Pines Technical College Waycross Campus
