Health & Recreational
…for chronic diseases such as heart, stroke, cancer and diabetes, creating significant costs to national health services. Being active in the forest provides physical, mental, healing and financial benefits: Doctors…
Forest Utilization
…forest resources. Survey crews sampled and measured trees harvested in a variety of logging operations, and analysts calculated wood volume and percent of wood utilization. Harvest volume data and factors…
Georgia Wood-Using Industries Directory
…Millworks, LLC Physical Address: 329 Puckett Creek Rd. Canton, GA 30114 County: Cherokee Mill Size: A Mailing Address: 329 Pucket Creek Rd. Canton, GA 30066 Sawmill -hardwood & softwood Species:…
Timber Buyers Directory
…Legacy Resources LLC George Champion Title: Timber Buyer Eastanollee, GA 30358 Phone 1: 706-391-6346 Phone 2: 706-498-0191 Fax: 706-391-8559 georgeandpam1@yahoo.com Clendenin Lumber Company Larry Michael Cress Title: Sr. Forester Hartwell,…
Sirex Woodwasp in Georgia
…are taking place in several southeastern states, including Georgia, but no Sirex noctilio has been detected to date. Part of their life cycle involves creating egg niches and laying eggs…
Georgia’s Forest Action Plan
…submitted to the US Forest Service in June 2010. Thanks to everyone involved in the process of creating this document. Key Partners GFC worked with key partners and stakeholders to…
STEM & Forestry
…and timber harvesting crews use lasers, sensors, and advanced computer programming to increase their efficiency and optimize the use of each tree to create the least amount of waste and…
Forest Biomass
…stands of southern pine species are often overly dense, sometimes with thousands of trees growing on each acre. A thinning operation that results in a forest stand of 500 –…
Canopy Studies & Tree Inventories
…acre of tree canopy lost, one acre of impervious surface was gained. The study, by Dr. Liz Kramer with the Natural Resources Spatial Analysis Laboratory (NARSAL), compared satellite imagery from…
GA Forestry Report: April Tornadoes Cause $3 Million+ In Damages
…with lengths from 0.5 miles to approximately 17 miles, GFC foresters were dispatched to calculate specific damage to urban, suburban and rural areas. “There were four storms that created the…
