Making your Home more Energy Efficient – by Planting Trees
…allow for future growth. Also, remember to not use evergreen trees on the south and west sides of the house. Planting deciduous trees in these locations allow the sun’s warming…
Forest Industry
…doors, furniture, paper products, and other goods 7 straight years of positive job growth One of the top exporters of wood pellets to the world Georgia is home to: more…
Southern Pine Beetles
…thinning Dense, over-crowded pine stands need to be thinned to improve the growth of remaining trees and to produce a higher value wood product (Figure 7). A properly thinned stand…
Tree Plantings Highlight Georgia’s Arbor Day in February
…these Arbor Day plantings are a great start for the growth we’ll see in the years ahead.” For more information about Georgia’s Arbor Day and services of the Georgia Forestry…
Vibrant Cities Lab
Vibrant cities cultivate urban forests that support public health, safety, sustainability, and economic growth.
Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp
…forestry affects their daily lives. As a father of two children under the age of two, I look forward to the growth the camp will experience and the memories my…
Pass the Tissue, it’s Pollen Time!
…be mated for the production of seed that is superior for growth and stem form in our seedlings. Special bags are put over loblolly pine flowers before they are ready…
Bloom-time BOLO for Invasive Weed in Georgia
…wind, similar to dandelion seeds. Additional ways to identify cogongrass include yellow-green leaf blades with serrated edges that are rough to the touch, and a circular, thatch-like growth pattern. Cogongrass…
Sung to the tune of “School’s Out for Summer!”
…play, can lead to unexpected learning opportunities, enhanced personal growth, and improved learning skills that are important to lifelong education. The Georgia Forestry Commission is home to dedicated specialists who…
Firewise USA® Program
In 1985, after the loss of over 1,400 homes in Florida and California fires, the U.S. Forest Service and the NFPA met, and the concept known as the wildland urban…
