Georgia Arbor Day
…Invite local school children to read poems about trees. Serve cookies and coffee. Take photos for publicity and post-promotions. Distribute tree seedlings. If your community is a designated Tree City…
Dublin Resident to Lead Forest Health for Georgia Forestry Commission
…of Science degree in Forestry at the University of Georgia in 2008. He worked in the field of forest inventory and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) throughout the Northwest and Southeast…
Southern Pine Beetles
…University, Bugwood.org. The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis, is not much bigger than an eye gnat (Figure 1). It attacks and kills all species of southern yellow pines in…
Laurel Wilt Disease Associated with Redbay Ambrosia Beetle
…2004 with Florida following closely behind in 2005. This nonnative invasive insect/disease complex quickly spread across eleven Southern States (Mississippi 2009, Alabama 2011, North Carolina 2011, Arkansas 2015, Louisiana 2014,…
How Foresters, Loggers, Forest Owners and the Forest Industry Became Champions for Clean Water
By: Joe Fox State Forester Arkansas Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry SouthernForests.org Water is the most important substance on the planet – the presence of clean and abundant…
Needlecast in Pines
…been found in loblolly pine in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, it has NOT been found in loblolly pine in Georgia. So, while needlecast appears to have hit the northern…
Certified Burner Reciprocal Agreement
…southern states to apply to become certified burners in Georgia. Who is Eligible? Certified burners from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and…
Ecosystem Services
…year, according to a 2011 study led by Dr. Rebecca Moore at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. “Quantifying the Value of Non-Timber Ecosystem Services…
Community Forestry Assistance
With funding provided by the US Forest Service, GFC assists communities with: Tree board development Tree ordinance revision Becoming a Tree City USA, Tree Campus USA, or Tree Line USA…
