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Georgia enacts income and ad valorem tax relief for timber owners hit by Hurricane Helene

On May 8, Governor Brian Kemp signed HB 223 into law, providing multiple forms of tax relief for timber owners and farmers who suffered substantial economic losses from Hurricane Helene. Key provisions include: TEMPORARY AD VALOREM TAX RELIEF ON TIMBER HARVEST OR SALE Figure 1. Disaster areas…
Stand of pine trees felled after Hurricane Helene - Photo credit: Georgia Forestry Association

Standing Tall After the Storm: Collaborative Efforts Propel Georgia’s Forestry Recovery

When Georgians woke on the morning of Sept. 27, they were greeted not by the usual gentle rustle of pines but by an eerie silence. In the wake of Hurricane Helene, sprawling forests that once stood as symbols of resilience and prosperity lay broken and quiet. The historic storm carved a destructive…
Erin Lincoln

Langdale Center for Forest Business names new director

Industry expert Erin Lincoln begins August 1 The Harley Langdale Jr. Center for Forest Business at the University of Georgia will soon welcome a new industry expert to its halls. Erin Lincoln (BSFR ’05), Southeast Region Manager of Tetra Tech’s Water Division, has been named director for the center…
Pile of harvested timber

Georgia Sawtimber Prices Held Steady in Q4 2023

Pine sawtimber and chip-n-saw stumpage prices in Georgia stabilized during the fourth quarter of 2023 following three consecutive quarters of decline. However, pine pulpwood stumpage prices continued to fall during the quarter. Hardwood sawtimber was the only product to see an increase in prices.…
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Brooks Mendell (PhD ’04)

‘You have to take chances to do great things’   It was almost a challenge. Brooks Mendell had just earned his Ph.D. and was starting as a professor at Warnell when one of his committee members asked a tongue-in-cheek question: “How does it feel to be the world expert in something nobody cares…

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