Laurel Wilt Disease Associated with Redbay Ambrosia Beetle
…2004 with Florida following closely behind in 2005. This nonnative invasive insect/disease complex quickly spread across eleven Southern States (Mississippi 2009, Alabama 2011, North Carolina 2011, Arkansas 2015, Louisiana 2014,…
Project WINGS brochure
Project WINGS (Wildlife Incentives for Nongame and Game Species) is a rights-of-way management campaign designed to create new wildlife lands along gas and electrical transmission lines.
Forestry Considered Critical Workforce Under “Shelter in Place” Executive Order
…Vice President of Government Affairs Tom Beyer at tom@gfagrow.org. ### The Georgia Forestry Association is a member-led, non-profit trade association representing the forestry supply chain in Georgia. Since 1907, GFA…
GFC’s Stance on Burning during the COVID-19 Pandemic (4/9/2020)
…seek medical care for non-COVID-19 issues. Our sister forestry agency to the northeast, the SC Forestry Commission, this week implemented a statewide burn ban. We have discussed with them how…
GFC Seeking Director/State Forester
…State. Establish and maintain effective communication with leadership in other (non-USDA Forest Service) federal and state governments in both the Executive and Legislative branches and provide leadership in formulating proposals…
Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative
The Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative began as a concept in 2015. Several states, federal, private, and non-governmental partners worked together to launch this project. It was established in…
Environmental Risks to Arthropods from Imidacloprid Applications for Hemlock Conservation
Managing hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) can involve use of insecticides. When it does, the non-target impacts (negative effects to other organisms) need to be thoroughly considered
and weighed against the environmental cost of inaction or alternative management approaches. Insecticides applied for HWA management are used for conservation purposes, which may seem counterintuitive. However, hemlocks are a key forest species, and so their loss can result in severe ecological consequences. To justify insecticide use against HWA, we have to ask: What are the possible negative consequences of using insecticides in the forest? We must consider these trade-offs in hemlock management. It is important to remember that there will be trade-offs in any kind of resource management discussion, even if it may not initially seem apparent. The negative environmental consequences of hemlock mortality must be weighed against the known consequences of insecticide use to preserve hemlocks.
Lumber Boom Not Benefitting Southern Forest Owners – So What Now?
…is important to support the economic needs of our southern forest owners. Logically, forests that yield profit for their owners are less at-risk of being converted to other non-forest uses…
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Eligibility CSP is available to all producers, regardless of operation size or crops produced. Eligible lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pastureland, rangeland, and nonindustrial private forest land. Forest/woodland…
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)
…Have existing tree cover (or had tree cover immediately before the natural disaster occurred and is suitable for growing trees); and, be owned by any nonindustrial private individual, group, association,…