Reforestation
Our Nursery and Seed Orchards All seedlings sold through GFC nurseries are grown from seed adapted to Georgia’s unique climate and soils. We process our seeds at our seed conditioning…
Forest Biomass
Forest landowners and existing forest industry have the potential to grow this new bioenergy industry rapidly by providing the needed biomass fuel and infrastructure for new mills that will produce…
Community Wildfire Protection Plan
…-2019 PDF Chatham CWPP -2020 PDF Chattahoochee CWPP -2017 PDF Chattooga CWPP -2020 PDF Clay CWPP -2017 PDF Clinch CWPP -2018 PDF Coffee CWPP -2018 PDF Colquitt CWPP -2018 PDF…
Forest Inventory Analysis
…in Southern pulpwood production, 1953-2006 An analysis of southern pulpwood production during a span of more than 50 years. External Website USFS FIA Hurricane Michael Assessment Please click on this…
Certified Tree Professionals
Tree care should always be provided by a certified arborist. Arborists are trained in the identification, diagnosis and care of trees. They understand how to provide proper tree care safely….
Ecosystem Services
…of food, fiber, clean water, and other goods Regulating Services: Regulation of climate/temperature, the spread disease, and control rate, quality and output of water Supporting Services: Examples include new soil…
Georgia Arbor Day
The holiday was initiated by Julius Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872. Morton was a pioneer who traveled from Detroit to Nebraska in 1854. There were no trees in sight,…
Forest Utilization
…for how these issues should be addressed in federal climate policy, should legislation be enacted. PDF Historical trends of timber product output in the South Historical data of periodic canvasses…
Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach
Report from the American Planning Association, shows how green infrastructure cleans the air and water, replenishes aquifers, reduces flooding, and moderates the climate.
Guiding Principles for Forest Carbon Sequestration – Executive Summary
This paper examines the key issues surrounding the development and application of forest-based offset projects in the southern region of the United States and provides the Southern Group of State Foresters’ (SGSF) recommendations for how these issues should be addressed in federal climate policy, should legislation be enacted.
