GFC Launches Certified Burners’ Online Permit System
…The new website creates a way for certified burners to register their credentials and then use the system to log all the particulars of their intended burn. The GFC acts…
Longleaf Restoration
…lands AGI of less than 900,000/year (averaged over the last three years) Completion of practices Compliance with highly erodible land and wetland requirements Benefits: Signing incentive payment per acre for…
Taxes & Estate Planning
…tax after subtracting your withholding and credits, and you expect your withholding and credits to be less than the smaller of: 90% of the tax to be shown on your…
GFC U&CF Technical Assistance Program
…plan? How old is the plan (what year was it created)? Does your city have a storm mitigation plan? How old is the plan (what year was it created)? Does…
Trees Across Georgia (TAG) Grant Program
…Program. The program is designed to encourage projects that plant trees and increase the benefits of tree canopy, create and support long-term and sustained urban and community forestry programs, and…
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…
Annual Northern Georgia Burn Ban Begins May 1
…Environmental Protection Division (EPD) puts the restrictions in place during the summer months, when increases in ground level ozone may create health risks. “From May 1 until September 30, open…
Forestry Commission Plants Special Seedlings in Dawson County
…specially-grafted shortleaf pines and 70 Virginia pines on a 2.5-acre site adjacent to its office on Highway 53. The acreage is located across from Uncle Shuck’s, and had lain fallow…
Asian Longhorned Beetle
…hatches, the larvae bore under the bark and begins feeding on green tissue. The larvae are large, approximately two inches long, and create the most damage by creating tunnels where…
Green Infrastructure Resources
…partners will continue to maintain and develop GI planning systems for all coastal communities. The Green Infrastructure Guidelines of Coastal Georgia is a planning documented created in 2013. It features…
