A Look Back at GFC in 2021
…technical committee to develop protocols for the expansion of Georgia’s Carbon Registry, which will enable the accounting of carbon credits from sustainable building materials. Modernization of Burn Notification System –…
A Message from GFC Director Tim Lowrimore
…close by thanking our clients, stakeholders, partners, and employees for your unwavering trust in our agency. Your support is the fuel that enables us to provide the important services our…
The Wise Way to Guard Against Fire
…to actually encourage fires to move around our homes, rather than through them. The Firewise program provides a wealth of information, free of cost, to enable residents to mitigate their…
Project Learning Tree
…responsible actions to sustain forests and the broader environment. Goals Provide students with the awareness, appreciation, skills and commitment to address environmental issues. Enable students to apply scientific processes and…
Forest Legacy & Conservation Easements
The majority of Georgia’s productive forest lands are in private ownership, but these private landowners are facing increased pressure to convert their forest lands to other uses. Georgia has identified…
Carbon Sequestration
…of the United States and provides the Southern Group of State Foresters’ (SGSF) recommendations for how these issues should be addressed in federal climate policy, should legislation be enacted. PDF…
Community Wildfire Protection Plan
…officials and their responsibilities CWPPs are designed through collaboration with all local stakeholders. Planning enables communities to address their development patterns in the wildland urban interface (WUI) and determine how…
Timber Products
…listing of pine straw producers in Georgia since 1987. In 1989 pine straw legislation was enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia to protect landowners from pine straw theft. A…
Georgia Grown
GFC is a Georgia Grown partner. This marketing and economic development program was developed in 2011 by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The No. 1 goal of Georgia Grown is…
Forest Inventory Analysis
…are likely to appear 10 to 50 years from now. This enables us to evaluate whether current forest management practices are sustainable in the long run and to assess whether…
