Forest Stewardship Program

A Forest Stewardship management plan can be provided to landowners interested in managing their forestland for purposes such as: timber wildlife habitat recreational opportunities aesthetics soil and water conservation Developing…

Care For Your Trees

…material placed on the soil’s surface around trees and plants to enhance their growing conditions. Mulch helps maintain soil temperature and moisture, reduce water loss from soil, reduce weed competition,…

Natural Disaster Recovery

…the soil, mulching the tree’s root area and watering if soil conditions become excessively dry. Have patience. Storm debris cleanup can take weeks or even months. Community Officials Municipal, county,…

Water Quality & BMPs

…and others involved with silvicultural operations about common-sense, economical and effective practices to minimize non-point source pollution (soil erosion and stream sedimentation) and thermal pollution. These minimum practices are called…

Georgia’s Conservation Woodland Program

…at hand to help you manage your forestland. Here’s how it works. Begin by pinpointing your property’s location using the map link we’ve created and learn about the soil types…

Carbon Sequestration

…It accounts for carbon in aboveground and belowground live and dead biomass, aboveground and belowground understory vegetation, coarse woody debris, soil, and leaf litter. This estimate excludes timberland primarily consisting…

Certified Tree Professionals

…Proper Tree Mulching Mulch is organic material placed on the soil’s surface around trees and plants to enhance their growing conditions. Mulch helps maintain soil temperature and moisture, reduce water…

Landowner Resources

…of hemlock woolly adelgid. PDF 2020 Soil Injector/Soil Drench Kit Loan Program Soil injectors are provided by the Georgia Forestry Commission to aid those interested in treating their own trees….

Cogongrass in Georgia

soil types with the exception of saturated soils and is highly adaptable from full sunlight to shade. Cogongrass invades forests, pastures, old fields, roadsides, utility rights-of-ways, and ditches. The grass…

Georgia Arbor Day

…so Morton set out to plant millions of trees. These served as windbreaks, prevented soil erosion and provided habitat, shade and fuel, among many other things. Mr. Morton convinced many…