North Georgia Outdoor Burn Ban Ends September 30
…bans will be lifted on October 1 are: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton,…
FY24 WCG Rx Fire Applicants Information
This cost-share program is focused on reintroducing prescribed fire in the Chattahoochee Fall Line area of Georgia to provide ecological benefits and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The program will be implemented by the Georgia Forestry Commission with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, American Forest Foundation, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Bobwhite Quail Initiative, Landscape Scale Restoration Grant, and other partners.
Georgia Forestry Commission Says Now is the Time to Order and Plant Trees
…advanced open pollinated slash pine selections available. An up to date inventory of all seedlings can be found at gaseedlings.org, and a catalog with prices is posted at GaTrees.org. Buyers…
North Georgia Burn Ban Helps Boost Air Quality
…1 in the following counties: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Hall,…
Shortleaf Pine & Oak Restoration in the Georgia Cumberlands Cost Share Project
…includes funding to help promote shortleaf pine and shortleaf pine & oak ecosystems in the following counties: Chattooga, Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Gordon, Whitfield, and Walker. Cost share is available for…
Would wood work? Builders eye mass timber for construction, conservation
…of creatures. And that cypress-kneed swamp – Bembry prefers “mill pond” – is filled with bass, bream, catfish and white perch. “I’ve always had a very strong environmental ethic. It…
New Rules in Effect as North Georgia Burn Ban is Lifted
…counties whose burn bans will be lifted on October 1 are: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette,…
GFC Leaf Watch
Trying to predict the peak of fall color year to year is a challenge since much depends on the weather and the microclimate around each tree. Fortunately, Georgia’s variety of…
NIDIS Drought Alert Emails: Get Local Drought Conditions in Your Inbox
…providing information on the latest drought outlooks. Users can sign up for two email lists, receiving alerts when: Drought improves or worsens: Get emails when the U.S. Drought Monitor category—from…
Area Forestry Employees Earn 2021 Performance Awards
…“Area of the Year” award. The annual honor is given by the GFC’s Forest Protection Department, which manages wildfire readiness throughout the state. Criteria were measured in the categories of…
