Vigilance Urged as Insect-Attacks Emerge

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…year. “We want to get this information out to landowners,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Forest Health Coordinator Lynne Womack, “because there are certain things that can be done to prevent…

Area Forest Landowners Receiving Top-Rated Service

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…award-winning service provided them by the Georgia Forestry Commission’s (GFC) Warren-McDuffie County Unit, which earned the agency’s North Zone Unit of the Year award for FY23. “The GFC annually reviews…

Carbon Registry

…are making meaningful reductions to atmospheric carbon. These criteria include robust carbon accounting, additionality, and 100-year permanence to ensure that carbon removals remain in place during this critical period of…

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….

Making the Shade Program

…buildings. The Making the Shade program enlivens and activates communities for years to come. Students and parents can serve as the primary planters. This allows them to take ownership and…

Searching for the Next “Great American Tree”

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…homepage, along with a lasting legacy under the Great American Tree to accompany the winners from previous years. Last year’s competition received 17 nominations and 2018’s Great American Tree was…

Georgia’s Forest Action Plan

…Assembly the sustainability of the state’s forest resources through a report every five years. Subsequently, the 2007 General Assembly required GFC to verify this sustainability, which is defined as the…

GFC Leaf Watch: October 23, 2020

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…does appear that again this year we have seen some of our red oaks going straight to brown, but at nowhere near the levels we saw the last two years….