Certified Tree Professionals
…estimate completed. Ensure that estimates include credentials, written scope of work, and all costs. Compare quotes on the basis of services to be performed and costs for each service. If…
Economic
…home price. Wooded apartment complexes provide preferred aesthetics that can increase occupancy rates. Strategically placed trees around a home can reduce summer cooling costs by as much as 30%. The…
Declining Urban and Community Tree Cover Report
National results indicate that tree cover in urban/community areas of the United States is on the decline at a rate of about 175,000 acres per year, which corresponds to approximately 36 million trees per year. View report.
Georgia Forestry Commission Says Now is the Time to Order and Plant Trees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 1, 2020 Georgia’s tree planting season is well underway, along with brisk seedling sales by the Georgia Forestry Commission. Buyers have been busy choosing popular hardwood…
Conservation Woodland Program
…completed application for the program within the legal time limit. If both the proof and the completed application are not filed within the proper time limit, your application will be…
GFC Seeking Director/State Forester
…leadership and communication skills to work effectively with forest landowners, industry, the environmental education community, and a wide range of natural resource agencies and NGO partners; Demonstrated experience with budgetary…
Pre-Suppression Firebreaks
…about obtaining burn permits, contact your local GFC office more information. Tractor & Bulldozer Rates Changes to the Tractor & Bulldozer rates go into effect on October 1, 2022. Monitor…
Area Fire Weather Forecast
Daily forecasts with NFDRS Ratings and State-wide Fire Danger Ratings
Taxes & Estate Planning
…seller (not held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business). Timber sold at a specified rate for each unit of timber actually cut…
Invasive Plant Control Program (IPCP)
…Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Non-native olive sp. (Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus angustifolia) Kudzu (Pueraria montana) Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) Pay Rate Participants receive a rate of $40 per acre for…