North Georgia Outdoor Burn Ban Ends September 30
…We’re working closer than ever with landowners to keep open burning safe and productive.” For specific information about current fire conditions in your area, permitting and safe burning practices, contact…
Fire Prevention Week 2020
…smaller and be made of metal. When conditions are right for a wildfire, our homes’ attics and crawlspaces can be hot, dry, and full of fuel (cardboard boxes, clothes). These…
GFC Leaf Watch: October 16, 2020
…I-75 to Hwy 136 to top of Lookout Mtn; left on Hwy 157 to Cloudland Canyon. OR Daughtery Gap Rd will take you to Farms. NORTHEAST GA The remnants of…
GFC Leaf Watch: October 23, 2020
…from i75. Turn left on Hwy 157 on top of lookout mountain (Or continue on Hwy 157 to go to Cloudland Canyon). Turn left on Daughtery Gap Rd to come…
GFC Leaf Watch: October 30, 2020
…of Lookout Mountain. Turn right onto Hwy 189 (or continue on 136 and turn right to go to Cloudland Canyon). Follow Hwy 189 to Sunset Rock, Point Park, or Rock…
GFC Leaf Watch: November 5, 2020 (final leaf watch post)
…Lookout Mountain from I-75. Turn right onto Hwy 189 (or continue on 136 and turn right to go to Cloudland Canyon). Follow Hwy 189 to Sunset Rock, Point Park, or…
Local Forest Ranger Receives Fire Prevention Award
…English’s program outreach over the past five years impacted close to 29,000 people at events large and small across north Georgia, yet Davis believes the impressions total several hundred thousand…
GFC’s Local Forest Ranger and WUI Specialist Receives Fire Prevention Award
…that was beginning to rival historic 2016 fall fire season conditions. Records indicate English’s program outreach over the past five years impacted close to 29,000 people at events large and…
Southern Pine Beetles
…that transport food throughout the tree. Furthermore, the beetles carry blue stain fungi on their bodies that clog the water conductive tissues (wood) that transport water within the tree. Signs…
Crawford County Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Wildfires
…between May and December of that year. “Georgia Forestry Commission personnel worked very closely with a number of partner agencies during the investigation,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Chief of Law…
