Five-Year Plan
The purpose of the Five-Year Plan for Georgia’s Urban and Community Forests is to: provide strategic direction for urban and community forest programs coordinate statewide efforts to value, conserve, manage…
SAF Certification Recognizes Urban Foresters – Seth Hawkins
…Forestry Commission (GFC) as Urban and Community Staff Forester, and he recently earned a special certification from the Society of American Foresters (SAF). The prestigious designation of Certified Urban &…
SAF CERTIFICATION RECOGNIZES URBAN FORESTERS – LEA CLARK
…Forestry Commission (GFC) as an Urban and Community Forest Specialist, and she recently earned a special certification from the Society of American Foresters (SAF). The prestigious designation of Certified Urban…
Annual Northern Georgia Burn Ban Begins May 1
…54 counties affected by the ban are: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon,…
Southern Pine Beetles
…All of the above factors help sustain beetles when their numbers are low. However, during epidemic years when SPB numbers are skyrocketing, even the healthiest of trees/stands are killed. Therefore,…
Cost Share & Incentive Programs
…Forestry practices include stream restoration, livestock exclusion, restoring native vegetation in uplands, planting longleaf pine, and establishing native ground cover. Wildlife Incentives for Nongame and Game Species (Project WINGS) This…
Community Resources
…can cause sickness, injury, or death. This booklet provides a brief description of those hazards to help you avoid an unpleasant encounter. PDF Native Trees of Georgia Book Book showing…
PLT and Me!
PLT AND ME Guest Blog by Kasey Bozeman When I was 10 years old, I attended a Girl Scout summer day camp. In the morning, we did activities to earn…
Timber Products
…trees are popular both for food and medicinal value. Food Favorite food products from Georgia trees include: Fruits – including apple, peach, pear, and persimmon Nuts – including pecan, hickory,…
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,…