Community Forestry Assistance
…waiver. The 2024 application period is open May 1 – July 15. Trees Across Georgia (TAG) – Projects involving urban forest and greenspace planning, tree inventories, tree planting, workforce development,…
Annual Northern Georgia Burn Ban Begins May 1
…Environmental Protection Division (EPD) puts the restrictions in place during the summer months, when increases in ground level ozone may create health risks. “From May 1 until September 30, open…
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
…its entirety. Following an open comment period, on May 19, GFC’s Board approved this repeal and removal of the statewide EAB quarantine. On May 26, 2021, the Georgia Secretary of…
“We follow in the footsteps of great aviators…”: GFC Air Ops Unit in History
Written by Clay Chatham | Chief Pilot Georgia Forestry Commission, Air Operations Unit One of the more difficult realities I have had to face in my life is the fact…
Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests
…at municipal treatment plants than streams flowing from land used for other purposes. The estimated 7,000 forestry operations conducted on some 800,000+ acres per year statewide highlight the importance of…
Conservation Woodland Program
…of nonnative plants into southern forests continue to go unchecked and unmonitored. Invasive nonnative plants infest under and beside forest canopies and occupy small forest openings, increasingly eroding forest productivity,…
Teacher Conservation Workshop gets an A+
…leaf pine ecosystem. The two mills we visited opened my eyes to the different jobs that young adults, fresh out of high school or college, can get that are nothing…
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We provide leadership, service, and education to protect and conserve Georgia’s forest resources….
Georgia Burn Ban Begins May 1
…June 1, giving them extra time to clear vegetative debris from April storms. Those counties are Banks, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Upson and Walker. “From May until September 1, open…
GFC Leaf Watch Report: October 1, 2020
…faces north, east, south, or west), locations on the slope (lower slope/mid-slope/ridge top), local factors such as location in/on a cove, exposed ridge, river bottom, and species, etc. results in…
