Landowner Resources

…injury and damage when burning PDF Debris Burning Safe Practices – Español Mejores prácticas para evitar lesiones y daños al quemar PDF Disaster Resource Center The USDA Disaster Resource Center…

Social & Cultural

…outdoor spaces with natural landscapes than in comparable plant-less spaces. Individuals and groups within communities with strong social cohesion and social capital experience many positive benefits. Helpful Resources Review studies,…

Forest Biomass

Residues Mills within the forest industry produce residues as a by-product of their manufacturing process. These residues include: wood chips, bark, sawdust, shavings, and other coarse wood pieces. Almost 100%…

Careers

…application to one of the following contacts: Macon Response Center Booth, Ashlee Supervisor – Response Center abooth@gfc.state.ga.us Southern Response Center Waller, Rebecca Supervisor – Response Center rwaller@gfc.state.ga.us exclamation-circle Nothing found-…

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…and under this license you may not: modify or copy the materials; use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial); attempt to decompile…

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…

My Experience as an Urban and Community Forestry Intern

…summer as an urban and community forestry intern. I study community forestry and arboriculture at the University of Georgia. My advisors spoke highly of the Georgia Forestry Commission and its…

Carefully Planned “Good Fires” Prevent Bad Ones

…between federal and state agencies to work together to accomplish mutual natural resource management goals, further common interests, and effectively respond to the increasing ecological challenges and natural resource concerns…

Emergency Response

…Mims Fire had consumed 145,315 acres (113,170 acres of federally owned land and 32,145 acres on private and industrial property). PDF exclamation-circle No resources found- please try another search term….

Wildfires on the Rise in Georgia


…the frequency of new fires. Over the Memorial Day holiday and weekend, 86 fires started, which have burned 406 acres. Extended operations have been required in 13 of those fires.