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LEGISLATION
Truck Weights & Harvest Taxation Top Legislative Priorities
GFA’s Advocacy
By Tim Miller and Matt Hestad
StrategyFocuseson TheGeorgiaForestryAssociation(GFA)wasfounded Addressing Challenges in 1906 to represent the forestry community at
with Economic Competitiveness
the local, state and federal level. Its purpose was to advocate for a business and political climate that supports the economic and environmental sustainability of Georgia’s 22 million acres of
working forests and the businesses who steward them.
The GFA’s mission has remained steadfast, and the organization
has remained focused on developing and supporting policy that capitalizes on the more than 100 years of leadership that have made Georgia the #1 Forestry State in the Nation.
Harry Sanders was recognized as the 2022-23 Georgia Logger of the Year.
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