…nor discourages forest certification. However, we do encourage wise forest stewardship for all landowners. As a first step, work with a qualified natural resource professional to develop a forest management…

…fertilizing always use a certified arborist to perform pruning, removal, and clean-up work on your trees. Homeowner Resources Check out these resources for maintaining your trees, how to select an…

The urbanization of the rural landscape has resulted in challenges for protecting not only natural resources, but also homes and people. Communities in the WUI are at risk of catastrophic…

The purpose of the Five-Year Plan for Georgia’s Urban and Community Forests is to: provide strategic direction for urban and community forest programs coordinate statewide efforts to value, conserve, manage…

…An inventory can help improve your work scheduling and cyclical maintenance program, improve your ability to respond to storm damage, enhance efficiency when responding to constituents’ requests, and locate all…

…maintaining Georgia’s community forests. External Website Hazards of the Forest Foresters and others who work outside and those who enjoy being in the outdoors are often confronted with hazards that…

The staff assist businesses and forest landowners by: marketing Georgia’s forest resources to attract new industries providing marketing, technical, and forest resource procurement support to existing industries establishing new product…