Guidelines for Forest Steward Designation

These guidelines are intended to set the standards for judging whether or not landowners have accomplished sufficient stewardship management of their forest resources to warrant their designation as a “Forest Steward” and their property certified as a Stewardship Forest by Georgia’s Forest Stewardship Program.

Carefully Planned “Good Fires” Prevent Bad Ones

…of the forest that depend upon it. Long ago before western settlement, frequent low-intensity fires would have burned across the forests of Georgia, shaping forest plant communities. Prescribed fire promotes…

Forestry Education Tools at Hand Through New Websites

…ages that can be easily incorporated into existing curriculum or used in informal settings are available at georigiaplt.org. Diverse age- and grade-appropriate subjects include southern and world forests, energy, biodiversity,…

Taxes & Estate Planning

…timber sale income as capital gains income are, you may dispose of your timber on a lump-sum basis if the timber is a capital asset in the hands of the…

Timber Buyers Directory

…Swainsboro, GA 30401 Phone 1: Phone 2: 478-451-7360 Fax: dmcnure446@yahoo.com Green Leaf Tree Service Seth Strickland Title: Owner Jackson, GA 30233 Phone 1: 770-775-6634 Phone 2: Fax: greenleaftree.grading@gmail.com Gunsby Pulpwood…

Asian Longhorned Beetle

…live beetles. Since that time, USDA APHIS has set up an eradication program and surveyed over 88,000 trees in the 75 square mile quarantine area. The Asian longhorned beetle is…

GFC Leaf Watch: October 30, 2020

…of Lookout Mountain. Turn right onto Hwy 189 (or continue on 136 and turn right to go to Cloudland Canyon). Follow Hwy 189 to Sunset Rock, Point Park, or Rock…