Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (PFW)
Eligibility Any private landowner is eligible. There are no restrictions on project size. Eligible projects are wide-ranging and include farms, pasture, and forestry sites. Priorities for funding in Georgia include…
Georgia ReLeaf Grant Program
…and the Community Forestry Assistance Act of the 1990 Farm Bill, has allocated funding to the Georgia Forestry Commission for statewide distribution, in partnership with the Georgia Tree Council. To…
USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers (PATHH) is now available from July 22, 2021 through October 15, 2021
…for assistance through the Farm Service Agency (FSA) from July 22, 2021 through October 15, 2021. Full details of the program and application process can be found here: https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/20/usda-announces-pandemic-assistance-timberharvesters-and-haulers. FSA…
Conservation Woodland Program
…facilitate wildlife to use your woodlands in order to harvest wild game or just enjoy watching them from afar. More on Wildlife Management and Habitat Create a Backyard Habitat If…
GFC Leaf Watch
…move far on their own, they can travel hundreds of miles when people move firewood, logs, chips, and mulch. Forest pests can kill our native trees and be very expensive,…
Don’t Move Firewood
Georgia Forestry Commission Forest Health experts say moving firewood has been linked to the spread of destructive, non-native insects and diseases to forest ecosystems. While these pests can’t move far on their own, they can travel hundreds of miles when people move firewood, logs, chips, and mulch. Forest pests can kill our native trees and be very expensive, if not impossible, to control.
Leaf Watch Report for November 4th, 2021
…has prompted more changes in leaf color change has improved the last few weeks. High elevations have reached peak, but north GA isn’t far behind and the next few weeks…
Final Leaf Watch Report for November 17th, 2021
…fabulous viewing without having to go far from home. If you do want to hit the road, the Lake Russell Recreation area, with a 100-acre lake surrounded by biking and…
Georgia’s Conservation Woodland Program
…be found on your property, along with contact information for your local Georgia Forestry Commission, Natural Resource and Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, and Department of Natural Resource offices. Lastly,…
Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp
…visit a tree farm. At forestry camp, campers’ knowledge of forestry grows tremendously over the course of five days. On the first day, campers make paper by hand from pulp….
