Environmental

…importantly, trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. Studies show one acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people every day. According to American Forests, the forests in Atlanta…

Educator Resources

…please try another search term. Tree Advocacy Organizations Athens Community Tree Council Coastal Bryan Tree Foundation Cobb Trees Georgia Tree Council Marietta TreeKeepers Savannah Tree Foundation Trees Atlanta Trees Columbus…

Community Resources

…Advocacy Organizations Athens Community Tree Council Coastal Bryan Tree Foundation Cobb Trees Georgia Tree Council Marietta TreeKeepers Savannah Tree Foundation SCFP Area Map – Sept 2021 Trees Atlanta Trees Columbus…

Community Tree Advocacy

…Advocacy Groups Athens Community Tree Council Coastal Bryan Tree Foundation Cobb Trees Georgia Tree Council Marietta TreeKeepers Savannah Tree Foundation SCFP Area Map – Sept 2021 Trees Atlanta Trees Columbus…

Care For Your Community’s Trees

…that are creating healthier and more abundant community forests. Page on GFC Website Trees Atlanta Tree advocacy group. External Website Trees Columbus Tree advocacy group. External Website U&CF Area Map…

Forestry Continues to Boost State’s Economy

…to $35.9 billion. Almost half of Georgia’s forestry related jobs are located in three regions: The Atlanta Regional Commission, Southern Georgia, and Southwest Georgia. “The Georgia Forestry Commission works daily…

Sudden Oak Death (SOD) in Georgia

Atlanta area with the belief that many of these plants were sold and planted locally and could be causing further Phytophthora ramorum infections in the landscape undetected. In 2003-04, the…

Doing Business in Georgia

…within a two-hour flight of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Georgia offers state-of-the-art deep-water ports in Savannah and Brunswick operated by the Georgia Ports Authority. Georgia also offers inland barge operations…

Water Quality & BMPs

…a length of 430 miles, it is commonly divided into three segments, with the Upper Chattahoochee flowing through Atlanta before becoming the Middle Chattahoochee through Columbus. From Lake Walter F….

Distribution and Spread of Laurel Wilt Disease in Georgia (2006-08)

Survey and Field Observations – Laurel wilt is a disease of woody plants in the laurel family (Lauraceae). Hundreds of millions of redbay (Persea borbonia) trees have been killed by laurel wilt in the southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain region of the United States.