Wildfire Prevention

When burning, always check the weather first. A major cause of debris burn wildfires is not following Ga code section 12-6-90 and burning with improper weather conditions. Changing conditions and…

Student Resources

TitleDescriptionDocument Type 2019 BMP Brochure – Sustaining Your Forest and Georgia’s Water Quality Forestry BMPs are an important part of the practice of sustainable forestry. Simply defined, sustainable forestry is…

Five-Year Plan

…Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Resiliency Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful City of Atlanta Arborist Division City of Milton City of Macon Thoms Trees and Plants The University of Georgia Georgia Arborist Association…

Champion Trees

Nominate a Tree Search Trees A champion tree is defined as the largest known tree of a particular species. To be considered, a tree must meet all of the following…

Prescribed Burn

…Overview of a prescribed fire near Thomaston, GA conducted by members of an inter-agency burn team Video Prescribed Fire Certification Course – Waycross, GA GFC instructors are providing instruction on…

Prescribed Burn Certification

…practices for preparing a prescribed burn plan PDF Prescribed Fire – Sprewell Bluff Natural Area Overview of a prescribed fire near Thomaston, GA conducted by members of an inter-agency burn…

Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests

…the soil of forest floors when trees die and decay. This process can help combat climate change. Georgia’s forests sequester between one and four tons of carbon per acre each…

Forest Biomass

…local assessments of forest biomass. The Commission has calculated that over 9 million tons (oven dry basis) of unutilized forestry biomass could be captured by the bioenergy industry each year…

Rural Fire Defense Program

GFC has operated a Rural Fire Defense (RFD) Lease Program since 1975. The program enables volunteer fire departments to respond more effectively to structural, forest, and grass fires. It also…