Fire Prevention Week 2020
…in one of three ways: windblown embers/firebrands, radiant heat from nearby fire, or direct flame contact. Here are the important areas to focus on around your home to help protect…
GFC Leaf Watch: October 30, 2020
…upper latitudes southward and 3000’ to lower elevations. Highest elevations just beyond peak. Storm Zeta represents a significant threat to a colorful conclusion of this year’s leaf season. Heavy rain…
Meet GFC’s Director: Tim Lowrimore
…leadership, service and education are the core principles upon which the agency has achieved great success in years gone by, and for which it must always stand. These are the…
Proper Tree Mulching
Mulch is organic material placed on the soil’s surface around trees and plants to enhance their growing conditions. Mulch helps maintain soil temperature and moisture, reduce water loss from soil, reduce weed competition, improve soil structure, and give landscapes a clean appearance. Often overlooked, spreading mulch around your trees is one of the easiest and most beneficial techniques that can have great impact on the health and vitality of your trees.
Outstanding Employees Honored at Georgia Forestry Commission
…group of partners who have a great impact on Georgia’s vast expanse of forestland.” The GFC State Lands Timber Sales team began as a small group of foresters and technicians…
Southern Pine Beetles
…fire can improve pine vigor, thus reducing the threat of a SPB infestation (Figure 8). Pine planting Planting loblolly, slash, shortleaf and white pine at appropriate stocking levels, and managing…
Reflections on the Big Fire of 2007
…16, 2007, southwest of Waycross. It was named the Sweat Farm Fire, and it consumed 20,000 acres in the first 48 hours alone. By April 21 it had spread into…
Would wood work? Builders eye mass timber for construction, conservation
…produce,” says Leopoldo Miranda-Castro, the regional director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the South Atlantic, Gulf and Mississippi Basin. “If managed correctly, these forests also provide great…
Connecting with the next Generation of Passionate Professionals
…fencing, it’s clear this young man has a great variety of practical and creative skills. (Follow him on Instagram at “builtbybrady12.”) As Brady’s internship come to an end in August,…
“Good Fires” Take Center Stage at Upcoming Virtual Meeting
…of the council, is expecting a strong turnout. “We’ve got a lot of great speakers lined up on a variety of hot topics,” Cammack said. “For example, participants can learn…
