Forest Stewardship Program

A Forest Stewardship management plan can be provided to landowners interested in managing their forestland for purposes such as: timber wildlife habitat recreational opportunities aesthetics soil and water conservation Developing…

Fire Weather

Monitor Wildfire Conditions The GFC Fire Weather System provides area fire weather forecasts. The state is divided into ten forecast areas to provide the most accurate local information. View Fire…

Landowner Resources

…with Hemlock Woolly Adelgids. View list of vendors. Page on GFC Website Internal Revenue Service (IRS) The IRS is the nation’s tax collection agency and administers the Internal Revenue Code…

Teacher Conservation Workshop

…workshop. Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an international award-winning environmental education program designed for all educators working with students in Pre-K through 12th grade. Since its introduction in the early…

Prescribed Burn

…Sections 12-6-145 through 12-6-149 External Website Georgia Prescribed Fire Council Council for prescribed fire advocacy across the state External Website Introduction to Prescribed Fire in Southern Ecosystems Helpful resource for…

Student Resources

…can stand alone or be easily integrated into existing lesson plans on ecology, earth science, or general environmental education. External Website Environmental Risks to Arthropods from Imidacloprid Applications for Hemlock…

Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests

…is more pressure to develop land. We have a vested interest in ensuring that public policy and healthy markets support the growth and regrowth of trees across Georgia’s countryside, suburban…

Georgia’s Forest Action Plan

…Protection Plan and the Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment. This allowed seamless integration with existing statewide efforts already underway in Georgia. GFC contracted with the University of Georgia to develop geospatial…

GFC Leaf Watch Report: October 9, 2020

…193 and follow back into Lafayette. Turn right on South Main Street. Turn left on Hwy 27 Bypass and follow to the next intersection to get back on Hwy 136….

Leaf Watch Report October 13th, 2021

…go to Cloudland Canyon). Follow Hwy 189 to Sunset Rock, Point Park, or Rock City. Drop down into Chattanooga via Ochs Hwy / 58. Then take Hwy 193 back to…