Teacher Conservation Workshop gets an A+
…forced me to rethink the personal opinions I had held about logging and the industry in general. Seeing trees cleared when you’re driving past a harvest site can be disconcerting,…
Longleaf Restoration
…Accomplishment Report PDF A Closer Look at Stem Quality of Old-Field Planted Longleaf Pines GFC worked with the University of Georgia on a longleaf pine stem quality study funded by…
State Managed Forests
…City of Atlanta land tract Dawson County Dawsonville office: (706) 265-3707 A cooperative project of: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia Forestry Commission, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources – Wildlife…
Water Quality & BMPs
…Committee developed this general guidance document to assist Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulatory agency representatives in making field level distinctions between ongoing silviculture for bottomland hardwood and cypress…
Firewise USA® Program
…Lakemont Highlands Rabun County Lakemont Leadpole Mountain Estates Property Owners Association White County Cleveland Leisure Woods Towns County Hiawassee Madison Ridge Towns County Hiawassee Mansfield Newton County Mansfield Monastery of…
Timber Products
…Certificate of Harvest is required for anyone in pine straw production. A 10-year-old pine stand can yield up to 100 bales per acre every 3 years. Older stands can yield…
Georgia Arbor Day
…of forestry partners. A statewide Arbor Day event held by The Georgia Tree Council. The event includes a an educational program about trees, individual recognition for tree board members, and…
Prescribed Burn Certification
GFC instructors will provide instruction on subjects such as fire behavior, fire weather and fire tactics. Applicants may attend one of several training sessions scheduled throughout the year where they…
Free Prescribed Fire Class for Select Applicants
Forest landowners in Mitchell, Grady, and Decatur Counties are eligible for a free prescribed fire certification class, April 17-18, 2019, in Moultrie, Georgia. Training will be held at Southern Regional…
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…
