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SGSF Committee Unveils Ambitious Agenda At 2016 Meeting

The Southern Group of State Foresters’ (SGSF) Communications Committee held its annual summer meeting in Charleston, S.C., July 25-28 to review and update its strategic plan for the coming year and begin work on several new regional outreach projects promoting...

Southern Pine Beetle Causing Problems In Georgia

It’s one of the most destructive insects native to South Georgia, and it can wreak havoc on the pine tree crop. The Georgia Forestry Commission says there hasn’t been an outbreak of southern pine beetle cases in the last 20 years, but now, unfortunately,...

Georgia Forestry Commission Trains To Recognize Arson

Arson fires burn thousands of acres of wildlands in Georgia every year. The Georgia Forestry Commission trained their rangers Thursday on how to tell if a wildfire is arson. “With the smoke blowing, with the high winds we’re having today, the flame moves...

Georgia Forestry Firm Expands In U.S. And U.K.

F&W Forestry Services, Inc., one of the oldest and largest forest management and consulting firms in the U.S., announced recently that it has acquired London-based O.C.S. Group Ltd.’s forestry and land subsidiaries.  The acquisition includes three companies with...