North Georgia Burn Ban Boosts Air Quality
…Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Richmond, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, Walker, and Walton. Residents in Georgia counties not included in the annual burn…
Appreciating “Good Fire” in the Forest
…turkey, white-tailed deer, many songbirds, gopher tortoises, the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and other fire-dependent species. Prescribed burning is the only known forest management method which perpetuates the longleaf/wiregrass ecosystem, Georgia’s…
Forest Access Road and Firebreak Restoration Project: Hurricane Michael Relief Package
…Applications are due by February 28, 2019. *28 County Designated Area includes only the following counties: Baker, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Dooley, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Laurens,…
Help at Hand for Michael-Struck GA Landowners
…Forestry Commission, visit GaTrees.org. Baker, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Dooley, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Laurens, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Pulaski, Randolph, Seminole, Sumter, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner,…
Tree City USA, Tree Campus Higher Education® & Tree Line USA
…and citizens. The five core standards are quality tree care annual worker training tree planting public education an Arbor Day celebration Become a Tree Line USA® Community Tree Line USA…
State Managed Forests
…can be reserved for natural resource educational programs or other events. Please contact the Forest Supervisor for availability and reservations. Recreation 250-acre, 18-hole golf course Nearby Laura Walker State Park…
Longleaf Restoration
…longleaf pine isn’t just about protecting trees. Many threatened and endangered species, such as the Gopher Tortoise, Indigo snake, Hairy Rattleweed, Gopher Frog, Red Cockaded Woodpecker and many others, call…
Forest Health
…ramorum. On these hosts, the fungus causes a bleeding canker on the main stem of the tree which grows over a period of several years until it girdles the tree….
Georgia’s Forest Action Plan
…included Dr. Jon Ambrose, Constance Buford, Joe Burgess, Scott Thackston, Devon Dartnell, David Dickinson, Frank Sorrells, Ken Parker, Gary White, Scott Griffin, Josh Love, Joan Scales, Jim Ozier, Dru Preston,…
Sudden Oak Death (SOD) in Georgia
…canker on the main stem of the tree which grows over a period of several years until it girdles the tree. This effectively eliminates the tree’s ability to move adequate…
