Page 29 - Georgia Forestry - Issue 1 - Winter 2023

One of 10 million seedlings grown annually at GFC’s
Flint River Nursery. Laid end to end, that equals the distance from Macon to Tallahassee, a three-and-a-half-hour car trip!
Managing Forestlands —
Large and Small
GFC’s Forest Management Department serves landowners of every size and description, free of charge (mostly; fees are levied for cogongrass treatment)! Our Forest Health staff regularly surveys and documents the status of bad actors in the woods — from southern pine beetle and emerald ash borer to trifoliate orange, kudzu and Chinese tallowtree. We advise landowners about best-practice treatments and assist with cost-share programs that combat these maladies.
Our foresters can tailor goal-oriented forest management plans for landowners that span years of healthy growth. Best of all, say many customers, is the close relationship they are able to build with their GFC forester through the years.
“It’s kinda like parents watching their kids grow up,” said one Treutlen County GFC customer of his agency forester.
“We worked on a plan together, hit some bumps in the road together, and will work together to get it harvested properly. I like that partnership.”
One of the ways the GFC helps sustain forestland for future generations is by protecting Georgia’s waterways during forestry activities. Our water quality professionals work with landowners and harvesters to see that water conditions, aquatic life and soil disturbance meet strict standards for sound environmen- tal health.
In the past, some forest landown- ers and operators mistakenly thought water quality foresters were the “water police,” who were “out to get them.” Not true! The team’s real mission is to educate people about forestry and Best Manage- ment Practices (BMPs), with the goal of helping resolve any water-related problems before they become major issues of concern. Overall, complaints about water quality have decreased in Georgia over recent years and regular BMP training is readily available to forest industry partners.
Georgia
Tree Farm Program
We grow stewardship from the roots.
1132 Clairmont Place Macon, Georgia 31204 478.972.7899 cell
georgiatreefarm@gmail.com www.treefarmsystem.org/georgia
Growing together in Georgia
As a leader in wood products manufacturing, Canfor Southern Pine is proud to partner with Georgia landowners and log suppliers to produce quality pine lumber from our facilities in Thomasville and Moultrie, GA and Estill, SC.
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Learn more at canfor.com/timber
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