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A busy loading deck timber-transfer.
Even though rainfall has slowed GNA activities in Georgia this spring and summer, the first phase of the Wireskull project was expected to be completed by fall, and the wheels are turning for addi- tional projects. Part of the Wireskull agreement included a common stand exam on 3,871 acres of the Dann Gun tract, and bidding was being completed in early September for a sale of timber on 329 acres known as Check Redlands I in the Oconee Ranger District. This winter, the GFC hopes to start preparations for another sale, with fieldwork anticipated to be complete by summer 2019.
New Horizons...
Healthier Forests
All indications are that the GFC, USFS and citizens of Georgia are benefiting from this new neighborly relationship. Few stumbling blocks have arisen as the state and national partners push toward a stronger, mutually beneficial connection.
“Our initial challenge was just that this is a new way of doing business for us,” said Brod of the USFS. “To grant author- ity to another agency was very different. It’s been a cultural change.”
The numerous benefits of this liaison, said Brod, make the adjustments com- pletely worthwhile: improved wildlife habitats, reduced risk of insects and disease, boosts to the local economy, better forest health.
“We’re very pleased with what’s resulted,” Brod said. “Very pleased.”
STASIA KELLY IS A MEDIA RELATIONS SPECIALIST WITH THE GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION. SHE IS FOCUSED ON TELLING THE STORY OF FORESTRY AND THE IMMENSE IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRY ON GEORGIA’S ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY AND HERITAGE.
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