Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Georgia Forestry Commission Headquarters, 5645 Riggins Mill Road, Dry Branch (Macon) 31020
Speakers: Dudley Hartel, USDA Forest Service; Gary White and Daniel Westcot, Georgia Forestry Commission
This program will cover:
1) The Value of Working Forests: the definition and benefits, including the cost of environmental services studies, the value to communities and [...]
This unique conference is for college and university physical plant managers, landscape directors, staff, and administrators who know the value of maintaining healthy trees on their campuses. Learn more about tree inventory assessments, maintenance, trees and security, and the Tree Campus USA Program. Special guest speaker: Dan Lambe, The National Arbor Day Foundation. This conference [...]
December 9, 2009 – 10:28 am
The Georgia Urban Forest Council proudly announces the 2010 Georgia Urban Forestry Awards program. Annually, as part of its mission to sustain Georgia’s green legacy by helping communities grow healthy trees, GUFC enthusiastically rewards individuals, organizations, businesses, municipalities, and counties for outstanding work in protecting and enhancing our community forests. Outstanding work, whether public or private, [...]
December 9, 2009 – 10:27 am
In this issue: Tree Preservation at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, new Sustainable Community Forestry Program Coordinator for the Georgia Forestry Commission, AmericanGrove.org, President’s Letter, and more.
Click here to download the Summer issue or click on the image at right.
E-mail my TreeTalks! Would you like to receive the GUFC newsletter? Just click on the “E-mail my Tree Talks” link [...]
December 2, 2009 – 12:05 pm
Municipalities have many demands on them: transportation, safety, education, development and much more. Urban foresters and arborists understand the importance of urban foresty in terms of benefits and safety; the goal is for municipal budgets to reflect this importance. Urban forestry often must compete for municipal dollars. To compete effectively requires constant education and communication with [...]
November 18, 2009 – 11:43 am
The west coast is spectacular, even the trees reach heights of over 350 feet. However, the breadth of tree diversity does not compare to the Southeast. Consider trees you can select just for the understory in this region: Sassafras, Silverbell, Dogwood, Sourwood, Yellow Wood, Paw Paw… the list goes on. At some point even overstory trees like [...]
October 19, 2009 – 12:08 pm
Have you been to Thompson Mill Forest Arboretum near the town of Braselton, just off I-85? This 330 acre site contains 214 marked trees that are native to Georgia and many interesting non-native species. There is also a Native Tree Collection Trail with a well written and informative brochure that can be downloaded. For more info go [...]
