Leaf Watch Report for November 4th, 2021
…to get outdoors and enjoy this crisp fall weather and beautiful fall colors. Roadways with elevation changes will display the color variation really well. Northeast: Understory colors are still dominated…
Local Forestry Employees Earn 2021 Performance Award
…to their many skills, more than $30,000 in savings was realized, electrical wiring projects and upgrades at two county offices were completed, and two employees volunteered and deployed to western…
Local Forestry Employees Earn 2021 Performance Award
…for maintenance and repair, keeping wildland fire suppression equipment fire-ready. Due to their many skills, more than $125,000 in savings was realized on construction and improvement projects. Chief Brackin was…
Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp
…students could learn about how forestry affects their everyday life. The founders also wanted youth to realize forestry was way more than just cutting down trees. Since that first camp…
“The Best Time to Plant a Tree was Yesterday.”
…March 26, 2021, we in Newnan lost everything good that we maybe never realized we had. I am a forester by trade, and I have always appreciated the woods that…
Georgia’s Conservation Woodland Program
…Tree City USA, and a host of other programs. To help with challenges you might not even realize exist on your property, we have included sections on Forest Health and…
Special Committee Tackles Carbon Credit Tracking in Georgia
…The new amendment will incentivize real estate developers to utilize materials like lumber that continue sequestering carbon after the tree has been harvested and another has been planted in its…
Public Invited to Meeting About Climate Change and Carbon Storage
…real estate developers and builders to help mitigate climate change by utilizing materials that store more carbon. Two mechanisms for securing carbon credits will be reviewed and the process of…
National Forest Products Week
…packaging that held the cereal for breakfast, your online shopping items, or the utility pole down the street wouldn’t be possible without healthy forests. Manufacturing of forest products such as…
Leaf Watch Report October 13th, 2021
…to date: 15-20% above 3000’; 10% or less below 3000’. The 15-day forecast is excellent for continued color development. Overnight lows dropping into the 40-50s should really make the colors…
