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Grant Funding Available for Urban and Community Forestry Management
…completely serving disadvantaged communities. Eligible projects will address staff and workforce development, technical assistance, storm readiness and resiliency, heat island mitigation, urban food forests, and urban wood utilization. For more…
Student Resources
…” … the management of forests to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.” PDF 2021 Cogongrass in Georgia January Update The 1457 cogongrass…
GFC’s Rural Fire Defense Program (RFD)
…government entities, the Georgia Forestry Commission loans and leases equipment for firefighting purposes. The Commission furnishes surplus equipment of various types to cooperators, who agree to develop the equipment into…
Taxes & Estate Planning
…for conservation use or agricultural preferential assessment which means that their property will be assessed at 40% of its current use value or 25% respectively on the agricultural lands fair…
Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests
…paper products are the largest segment of the industry, with 61 percent of revenue and 36 percent of jobs in 2018. The industry also provided a significant contribution to the…
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…
Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative
…Trailer Flyer A trailer containing tools which supplement and assist landowners in conducting safe prescribed burning is now available for rent through the Georgia Forestry Commission. The West Central Georgia…
Management Plans & Advice
…like timber harvesting, forest health and reforestation provide help with prescribed burning (including burn plan development) give direction on implementing Best Management Practices for forestry activities provide a detailed management…
Tree Ordinances
…trees. A well-designed tree ordinance can take months or years for communities to write, but can provide many benefits to people living in the community. Tree ordinances should be formulated…
