“Good Fires” Take Center Stage at Upcoming Virtual Meeting

…a forest management tool to support a myriad of environmental benefits. “The Georgia Forestry Commission has a clear, strategic vision for fire in our state,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Director…

My Internship Experience Working with GFC State Lands

Guest Blog by Jason Rucker UAS Flight Ops Intern My name is Robert “Jason” Rucker, and this summer, I was an intern with the Georgia Forestry Commission’s State Lands Department….

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Eligibility Farmers, ranchers and owners of private, non-industrial forest land that promote agricultural production, forest management and environmental quality. Forestry Practices Covered Prescribed burning, site preparation & tree planting, pre-commercial…

Southern Pine Beetle Cost Share Program (SPB)

Purpose The purpose of the SPBP is to help landowners implement various silvicultural practices that will prevent (or minimize) impacts of southern pine beetle infestations, restore healthy, more beetle-resistant forests…

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

Eligibility Land must be either cropland (including field margins) that was planted or considered planted to an agricultural commodity four of six crop years from 2012 to 2017, and which…

County Contacts

…across Georgia are trained to provide homeowners and landowners with a wide array of services. You can select your county to get the contact information for help in your community….

Prescribed Burn

…is required. To learn more about the basics of Prescribed Burning, please watch this video. The West Central Georgia Prescribed Burn Trailers are available for use as well. Helpful Resources…

Prescribed Burn Certification

…will receive a comprehensive study manual and instruction on subjects such as fire behavior, fire weather and fire tactics. The applicants must pass a written test, have two years of…

GFC Centennial

Commission (GFC). 1922 – Present In its report to the 1922 General Assembly, the Board focused on the economic importance of forests to Georgia and potential threats posed by a…

Forest Utilization

…nation and world is possible because of the state’s highly productive forests. On average, Georgia’s 23.8 million acres of commercial timberlands grow in excess of 24 million tons more wood…