Forest Stewardship Program

…planting methods or natural regeneration methods. PDF New Stewardship Plan Shapefile Requirements View shapefile requirements and GFC District Stewardship Foresters. PDF Standards for Forest Stewardship Plans & Renewals Georgia’s Forest…

Water Quality & BMPs

…the $3.3 million Lower Savannah River Watershed (LSRW) Initiative include portions of Columbia, McDuffie, Warren, Jefferson, Richmond, Burke, Screven, Effingham, and Chatham. View the LSRW Initiate Area Map Conservation and…

Carbon Sequestration

Forests have the capacity to both store and emit carbon. Through the process of photosynthesis, trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store carbon in the stem, roots,…

Community Wildfire Protection Plan

…CWPP -2011 PDF Upson CWPP -2017 PDF Walker CWPP -2013 PDF Walton CWPP -2018 PDF Ware CWPP -2019 PDF Warren CWPP -2018 PDF Washington CWPP -2019 PDF Wayne CWPP -2018…

Firewise USA® Program

…Bell Creek Estates Towns County Hiawassee Belvedere Island Plantation McIntosh County Townsend Bert Adams Scout Camp Newton County Covington Big Creek Mountain Gilmer County Ellijay Camak Warren County Camak Camp…

Doing Business in Georgia

…Bioenergy is a growth industry Forest bioenergy is the use of renewable forestry biomass to produce energy products. Forest biomass is any plant or tree material produced by forest growth….

Georgia Grown

GFC is a Georgia Grown partner. This marketing and economic development program was developed in 2011 by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The No. 1 goal of Georgia Grown is…

Ecosystem Services

…about market-based approaches to conserving ecosystem services. External Website Ecosystem Services – A Guide for Decision Makers A Guide for Decision Makers: by Janet Ranganathan, Karen Bennett, Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Nicolas…

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…

Educator Resources

…the state forestry agencies representing 13 southern states. It is intended to help children across the South become interested in careers in forestry at an early age. PDF Project Learning…