Area Timber Thefts Yield Arrest and More Investigation
A Hephzibah man is in the Richmond County jail facing felony charges for timber theft. Ryan Casey Price, 23, was arrested after Georgia Forestry Commission investigators traced a trail of…
Forestry Education Tools at Hand Through New Websites
Georgia’s educators and the learning community have enhanced access to forestry and natural resource materials through a new web portal. The Georgia Project Learning Tree and Georgia Teacher Conservation Workshop…
Timber Buyers Directory
…2: Fax: 706-467-2120 R & M Logging Ricky Hodges Title: Hilliard, FL 32046 Phone 1: 904-845-2040 Phone 2: Fax: Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. Glynn McAllister Title: Forester Douglas, GA 31533…
Georgia Forestry Commission Says Now is the Time to Order and Plant Trees
…fusiform rust-resistance. “The fast-growing advanced cycle loblolly, ‘Georgia Giants,’ have been very popular again this year,” Fields said, “along with the ‘Elite Straight Loblolly.’” The GFC also offers the most…
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
…on a nationwide basis through continuous sign-up, with announced cut-off dates for ranking and funding applications. General signups are announced and applications can be made for a set period of…
USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers (PATHH) is now available from July 22, 2021 through October 15, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2021 The USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers (PATHH) will provide relief to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses that experienced losses due…
A Look Back at GFC in 2021
…retaining employees, and we’ve allocated considerable resources to meet it. As many other businesses and organizations have experienced, our success in this area is not where we’d like to see…
Resources
…produced a total of 1,395,847 MCF within the State. Timber Product Output (TPO) PDF 2020 Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Georgia (brochure) Important dosage information for treating infestations of hemlock woolly…
Pre-Suppression Firebreaks
Firebreaks are areas that are cleaned of fuels and reduced to mineral soil. They are created by using special equipment and hand tools to form trenches or harrows. GFC recommends…
Firewise USA® Program
…interface (WUI) emerged. The term was first described in the context of fire and firefighting. Fire managers noticed that, as development moved into rural areas, new problems were occurring that…
