The people whose livelihood depends on forests have a message for Georgia’s tree huggers, and they’re launching a campaign next week to deliver it.
The campaign kicks off May 14 in an auditorium at the Atlanta headquarters of Georgia-Pacific, a company founded in Augusta that is one of the world’s largest forest-products maker, from lumber to paper to disposable diapers.
The message is that the industry isn’t just about cutting down trees. It also plants and cares for trees as well as the environment they grow in.
Contrary to common perception, the number of trees in Georgia is growing, not shrinking, industry representatives say.
“Forest losses in metro areas have been offset by converting old farmlands back to forest lands in other parts of the state,” said James Norris, co-chair of the Forestry Community Speakers Bureau. “Because the net growth of our forests has consistently exceeded net removals, the volume of timber in Georgia is greater now than it was in the 1930s.”
From SavannahNow.com: https://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2013-05-07/georgia-state-forestry-industry-launches-pr-campaign#