2019 Georgia’s Best Management Practices for Forestry Manual

The purpose of this manual is to inform landowners, foresters, timber buyers, loggers, site preparation and reforestation contractors, and others involved with silvicultural operations about common-sense, economical and effective practices to minimize non-point source pollution (soil erosion and stream sedimentation) and thermal pollution. These minimum practices are called BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES and are commonly referred to as BMPs.

Sudden Oak Death (SOD) in Georgia

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…potting soil in the planting hole were removed and incinerated. The area was sampled in 2004-06 and no positives on these established plants have been detected. Other known hosts include…

Georgia’s Forest Action Plan

…Forest Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Georgia Department of Agriculture USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services Georgia Sustainable Forestry Initiative Committee Association of Consulting Foresters Southeastern Wood Producers Association Sustainable…

Howard E. Bennett Museum

…before Christopher Columbus made his historic landing on American soil. That would have made it 520 years old when it was cut in 1964 in McIntosh County, Georgia! Dioramas The…

Caring for your Trees: Proper Watering

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…trees require between 5 and 7.5 gallons of water per caliper inch (measure diameter on the trunk six inches above the soil line) each week throughout the entire length of…

GFC Seedling Sales Open!

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…superior form and is disease resistant. Longleaf pine and Virginia pine are also offered. All of these GFC seedlings are adapted to Georgia’s unique climate and soils. They’ve been cultured…

GFC Centennial

…lack of conversation practices. The report also showed declining timber harvests, the waning naval stores industry, increasing soil erosion, and rising state unemployment from forest depletion. One hundred years have…