Southern Pine Beetle Cost Share Program (SPB)

…are publicly traded or legal entities principally engaged in the processing or manufacturing of wood products. Minimum practice size is 10 acres. Forestry Practices Covered Includes non-commercial thinning, pine release,…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

Prescribed Fire and COVID-19

* Georgia law no longer requires notification to the Georgia Forestry Commission by people planning to burn yard debris. Charges may apply if wildfire results from escaped burning and evidence…

Urban Forest Sustainability and Management Review – Checklist

The Urban Forest Sustainability & Management Review System is designed to provide a framework for comprehensively evaluating urban forest management programs. This review system (the checklist and the process) can be used for municipal or county urban forest management programs, or to evaluate college or corporate campus management programs

eLearn Urban Forestry (Southern Regional Extension Forestry)

eLearn Urban Forestry is a distance-learning program for beginning urban foresters and allied professionals. These include foresters, natural resource planners, landscape architects, city officials and public works employees. (ISA credit not available)