Forest Utilization
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…
Shortleaf Pine & Oak Restoration in the Georgia Cumberlands Cost Share Project
…completed by March 31, 2026. To apply: Complete the Restoring Shortleaf Pine & Oak Habitat in the Georgia Cumberlands II Cost Share Agreement and return to Blake Lovell at blovell@gfc.state.ga.us….
Wildfire Risk Reduction Qualification (WRRQ) in Georgia
…some simple steps, such as clearing brush, using fire-resistant building materials (there are fire-resistant wood products!), and installing more fire-resistant landscaping, residents can make their homes safer in the event…
Emergency Response Plan for Community Officials
The purpose of this Emergency Storm Response Plan is to help clarify the roles of municipal personnel and establish uniform operating procedures in response to tree damage during storm events.
Outstanding GFC Employees Honored by State Legislators
…This includes general advice, cost share, stewardship, water quality, protection work (both fire and forest health) and community outreach efforts. Forest Management Region 2’s numerous achievements impacted 113,000 acres, including…
Fire Danger Rising – Public’s Help Needed
…before doing any type of outdoor burning. The Georgia Forestry Commission reports 577 wildfires in the past month, which burned some 3,500 acres, and 229 of those fires happened in…
Forestry Education Tools at Hand Through New Websites
Georgia’s educators and the learning community have enhanced access to forestry and natural resource materials through a new web portal. The Georgia Project Learning Tree and Georgia Teacher Conservation Workshop…
Howard E. Bennett Museum
…by the Georgia Forestry Commission as a residence, and then as an office. Plans to move the original cabin to Macon were shelved when it was discovered that termites had…
Doing Business in Georgia
…24-million acres of forestland. It outlines the numerous economic, environmental, and social benefits of Georgia’s forests and details specific challenges to the resource that provided more than 141,000 jobs and…
GFC’s Rural Fire Defense Program (RFD)
…departments and local communities through active participation within the rural fire defense program. Here’s a recent one! From Ryan Dixon, Asst. Chief, Alamo Fire Department: The Georgia Forestry Commission and…
