Quercus virginiana, Georgia state tree

2014 Annual Meeting
Please mark your calendars to attend the Georgia Division meeting to be held October 20-21, 2014 at the UGA Conference Center in Tifton, GA. The theme, "Harvesting Land and Trees" will feature updates on timber markets, land markets, harvesting issues, forest pathology, genetics and more. Continuing Forestry Education units will be provided. Details here (pdf).

Billy Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp

The 2014 camp was held from Sunday, July 6 through Thursday, July 10. The camp is advertised to middle school science teachers who then select science students who come to the camp. The campers are rising 7th and 8th graders. Any Georgia Division forester who has an age-appropriate child and is interested in having them attend the camp should contact Rebecca Watson at MeadWestvaco or Myrt Phillips at the Georgia Forestry Commission in Macon for information. The camp is a program of the Georgia Division SAF. More.