Smokey BINGO

Mark items you find around your home or while traveling and try to get BINGO.

Fire Prevention Week 2020

…wildfire in Georgia. Fire, used in a safe and controlled manner, can be an effective and efficient tool for homeowners and landowners. Problems arise when we underestimate the potential for…

GFC Centennial

…and service delivery. Advancements including improved call centers, invoicing systems, electronic records, drones, apps for casework and resource tracking. New products and values from the forest, including mass timber, carbon…

Spring Tree Care

…prune. By cutting out any dead branches or stems, better structure can be established and it helps the tree seal off the wound where the dead branch was. Learn more…

Make That Paper!

This online game designed to help high school students learn about the forestry industry and career employability skills. In the game, students are managers in three varied forestry career pathways, hiring personnel, solving industry-related problems, and making sound business decisions. To attain their goal of sustainable, efficient, and successful management of the forest and production of forest products, they must use best practices in hiring and staff management while using the resources and information provided by industry experts.

GFC Leaf Watch

…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…

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.

Forests Continue to Grow Georgia’s Economy

…that provides or is a part of so many of the everyday items we use.” The Enterprise Innovation Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology produces the annual report, which…