Community Tree Advocacy

…of trees Develop educational programs Provide an essential conduit for volunteer action on the local level Georgia’s Tree Advocacy Groups Athens Community Tree Council Coastal Bryan Tree Foundation Cobb Trees…

Don’t Move Firewood.org

The Don’t Move Firewood campaign is an outreach partnership managed by The Nature Conservancy. The overarching goal of the campaign is to protect trees and forests all across North America from invasive insects and diseases that can travel in or on contaminated firewood.

Wildfire Prevention

…of outdoor burn, always remember: Combustible materials should be removed from a home’s perimeter. Exit routes should be identified in advance. Keep the following close at hand: shovel, a hose…

Burn Permits and Notifications

…site, such as rake, shovel, garden hoe, etc.; weather awareness – to NWS red flag warnings, High Fire Danger designation of Very High or Extreme days and other hazardous conditions,…

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…

Water Quality & BMPs

…Committee developed this general guidance document to assist Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulatory agency representatives in making field level distinctions between ongoing silviculture for bottomland hardwood and cypress…

State Managed Forests

…Nature Conservancy as part of its Broxton Rocks conservation priority area. The GFC board recently approved the inclusion of this property as a foot travel only access tract as part…

Cost Share & Incentive Programs

…higher level of environmental stewardship. Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) A cost-share that helps the owners of non-industrial private forests restore forest health damaged by natural disasters. Healthy Forests Reserve…

Forest Health

…to the spread of destructive, non-native insects and diseases to forest ecosystems. While these pests can’t move far on their own, they can travel hundreds of miles when people move…