eLearn Urban Forestry (Southern Regional Extension Forestry)
eLearn Urban Forestry is a distance-learning program for beginning urban foresters and allied professionals. These include foresters, natural resource planners, landscape architects, city officials and public works employees. (ISA credit not available)
eLearn Urban Forestry (eXtension Campus)
eLearn Urban Forestry is a distance-learning program for beginning urban foresters and allied professionals. These include foresters, natural resource planners, landscape architects, city officials and public works employees. (ISA credit and certificate of completion available)
Managing Storm Damaged Trees: Do’s and Don’ts
Check out this resource for the Do’s and Don’ts on how to manage damaged trees from a storm. Includes: how to hire a professional for clean up, chainsaw safety, pruning and maintenance for damaged trees and more.
Campaign Shares Health Benefits of Trees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 22, 2019 The many health benefits linked to trees are being shared through a new campaign called “Healthy Trees – Healthy Lives.” According to a compilation…
BREEZING INTO SUMMERTIME
…for public health and our environment. Clean air is important to human and ecosystem health, and at the Georgia Forestry Commission, we take pride in the tremendous air-cleaning services our…
Teacher Conservation Workshop gets an A+
…why it is such a necessary component for wildlife in the long leaf pine ecosystem, which included meeting the resident gopher tortoise at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center. The people we…
Forest Industry
Our numbers speak for themselves. One of the top exporters nationwide in 2019 for wood, wood fuel, and wood pellets $36.3 billion – total impact of the forest industry on…
Forest Certification Programs
…sustainable wood sourcing. Trends toward a higher demand for certified wood products could result in competition and higher prices for the certified timber. Helpful Resources TitleDescriptionDocument Type Comparing Certification Standards…
Fire Weather
…linked to GFC’s wildfire computer-aided dispatch system and software called FiResponse. It offers current information about Georgia’s reported and active wildfires. Details include: fire location whether a fire is active,…
Forest Inventory Analysis
…to make decisions on development, commerce, wildlife and much more. Nationally, collected data is electronically compiled and forwarded to the U.S. Forest Service FIA program office in Knoxville, Tennessee. Based…
