Georgia is blessed with 24 million acres of forests - forests that provide jobs, enhance our environment and make Georgia a beautiful place to live. Fortunately, these forests are renewable so that continuous replanting guarantees that new forests are born all the time. But maintaining abundant healthy forests is not without its challenges.

Today, Georgia’s forests are threatened by more than just southern pine beetles, destructive wildfires and urban sprawl. A major culprit is rapidly escalating property taxes that are making it more difficult to keep land in forests. When forests disappear, so do the industries and jobs they create and the numerous environmental benefits they deliver free of charge – clean water, pure air and wildlife habitat, to name a few.

Georgia Forestry Association
551 North Frontage Road
Forsyth, GA 31029