Social & Cultural
…& Function Both visual access and being within green space helps to restore the mind’s ability to focus. This can improve job and school performance, and help alleviate mental stress…
Georgia Forestry Commission offering help to landowners following Michael
The Georgia Forestry Commission is helping Georgia’s landowners get back on their feet following Hurricane Michael. Aid approved by the Georgia Legislature in November includes $20 million for debris cleanup…
Tree Ordinances
…tree ordinance will help provide a framework to create a tree ordinance. Helpful Resources TitleDescriptionDocument Type GA Tree Council – Tree Ordinance Central External Website Glossary of Tree Ordinance Terms…
Health & Recreational
…function, learning, and memory. Contact with nature helps children to develop cognitive, emotional, and behavioral connections to their nearby social and biophysical environments. Nature experiences are important for encouraging imagination…
Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests
…amount of hard work happening quietly and mostly unnoticed. Without fanfare, forests keep our air clean. They filter our water. They absorb carbon dioxide. They help control erosion. And they…
Georgia Forestry Commission Helping Fight Western Wildfires
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2021 The Georgia Forestry Commission has dispatched another group of wildland firefighters to help contain raging fires in the western United States. The latest cadre…
Taxes & Estate Planning
…primary purpose for which the timber was held, the length of time the timber was held, the form of disposal of the timber and the nature of the timber product….
Fire Danger Rising – Public’s Help Needed
…do something to help. Awareness is paramount. Do not burn anything outside unless you have checked your local weather forecast, which is readily available online, on TV, and on smartphones.”…
Educator Resources
…within green space helps to restore the mind’s ability to focus. This can improve job and school performance, and help alleviate mental stress and illness. External Website Green Cities: Place…
Urban & Community Forestry
…their community’s trees. Connecting communities and partners with qualified urban forestry consultants who help manage projects. Helping homeowners with storm planning, maintenance and management issues. Being ready to respond when…
