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South Georgia timber prices plummet in Q3 2024; Impact of Hurricane Helene looms

In the third quarter of 2024, Georgia’s timber markets showed mixed trends. Stumpage prices for major timber products in South Georgia, except for hardwood pulpwood, fell from the last quarter. Pine sawtimber and pine chip-n-saw (CNS) prices in the region dropped significantly after three…
Timber stand damage from Hurricane Helene

After Hurricane Helene: How to Claim Timber Casualty Losses and Defer Taxes on Salvage Timber Sales

The impact of Hurricane Helene has been devastating. As of October 21st, 2024, 91 Georgia counties have been declared by the President as federal disaster areas (DR-4830-GA) eligible for individual and/or public assistance (see Figure 1). Many timber owners in and near these areas have suffered…
Firescaping Plan

Raising Wildfire Awareness and Building Wildfire Resilient Communities in Georgia

Georgia experienced a relatively dry summer across much of the state this year and by late September, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, over half of the state was rated from abnormally dry to having extreme drought. These climatic conditions combined with entering typically the state’s driest…
Why Forestry? 3 Research Stories that Connect us to our Past, Present and Future

Seminar: Why Forestry? 3 Research Stories that Connect us to our Past, Present and Future

This is a recording of the Why Forestry? 3 Research Stories that Connect us to our Past, Present and Future seminar by Dr. Tania Munz, President & CEO of the Forest History Society (FHS). The seminar was hosted on Sept. 12, 2024 as part of the Warnell Seminar Series.
Forest Engineering and More: Our Experience

Seminar: Forest Engineering and More: Our Experience

This is a recording of the Forest Engineering and More: Our Experience seminar by Drs. Raffaele Spinelli and Natascia Magagnotti from the Institute on BioEconomy in Florence, Italy. The seminar was hosted on Sept. 5, 2024 as part of the Warnell Seminar Series.  

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