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…
Carbon Sequestration
…Registry Work? The Registry has developed a protocol for estimating and reporting carbon stocks in forests. The protocol was drafted with help from the University of Georgia Warnell School of…
Asian Longhorned Beetle
In early June 2020, a homeowner near the town of Hollywood, SC, close to the coast, found an odd-looking beetle, which was sent to Clemson University’s Department of Plant Industry…
Forest Utilization
The staff assist businesses and forest landowners by: marketing Georgia’s forest resources to attract new industries providing marketing, technical, and forest resource procurement support to existing industries establishing new product…
Student Resources
…and universities around the country establish and sustain healthy community forests. Sign up! Tree Campus Higher Education® Program The Tree Campus Higher Education® program helps colleges and universities around the…
Danville Man Named GA Forester of the Year
…Georgia region. We’re very proud to have him on our team.” Outlaw is a Management Forester in central Georgia serving Bleckley, Pulaski, and Laurens Counties. He holds a forestry degree…
Georgia Forestry Commission Responds to Southern Wildfire Emergency
…days of temperatures topping 100 degrees, unusually low humidity, and critically dry vegetative fuels ready to burn have led to unprecedented wildfires exhibiting extreme behavior. The levels of wildfire intensity…
Georgia Landowner Earns National Forest Sustainability Award
…in March. “Ms. Brasell’s roots are in forest ecology in Australia. She came to Georgia and earned a degree in Science education, and has been passionate about the beauty and…
Crawford County Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Wildfires
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 3, 2021 A Crawford County man has plead guilty to three counts of arson of lands in the third degree and has been sentenced to 15…
March Tornado Timber Damage Totals Nearly $3 Million
…Our field foresters and urban forest strike team collected aerial and ground data for this assessment, which quantifies the wide degree of timber damage, from residential trees to mature managed…
