Reforestation
…plant at higher densities. Landowners with other objectives — such as wildlife habitat — may plant pines and other species at a lower density to satisfy their goals. This fact…
Burn Permits and Notifications
…4 to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Hidden Hazards of Backyard Burning Important information about the illegal practice of burning household waste PDF Hidden Hazards of Backyard Burning…
Conservation Woodland Program
…denied The land must be kept in its qualifying use and cannot be used for any non-agricultural commercial business. Contact your local county tax assessor’s office for applications and enrollment…
Human Resources Information
…employee to insure his/her spouse and child(ren). Dental Insurance Georgia state employees are offered a choice of three dental plans. Choices include Select or Select Plus traditional plans or an…
GFC Leaf Watch: October 30, 2020
…good continuation of color. Hickory have become much more prevalent with golden yellows now common. Understory and roadside sassafras are offering nice yellows, reds, and oranges. Many early-changing birches continue…
Cogongrass in Georgia
…spreads through both rhizomes and seed production. Forming dense mats, it is extremely flammable creating hazardous prescribed burning and wildfire conditions. Cogongrass is difficult to eradicate once it has become…
GFC Leaf Watch: November 5, 2020 (final leaf watch post)
…bright green to lemon yellow to buckskin tan. Oak – Above 3000’ early turners now a golden bronze. Below 3000’ a mixture of deep reds and yellows developing. Blackgum –…
Southern Pine Beetles
…University, Bugwood.org. The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis, is not much bigger than an eye gnat (Figure 1). It attacks and kills all species of southern yellow pines in…
Would wood work? Builders eye mass timber for construction, conservation
…dents the woody supply. And growers with a marked conservation ethos, like Dr. Bembry, are hurting even more. About a quarter of Dr. Bembry’s farm today is long-living, wildlife-friendly longleaf…
Landowner Resources
…2022 Wood Using Industry (veneer) Veneer Wood Products PDF 2022 Wood Using Industry Template (Without Mills by County) Template-Without-Mills-by-County PDF 2023 Cogongrass County Density Map PDF 2023 Cogongrass Percent Inactive…
