News, Updates and Happenings
Attention Forest Landowners - Time to Plant Tree Seedlings Landowners, the time to plant tree seedlings is now (December - March 1). You can order pine seedlings through the Georgia Forestry Commission - visit: Tree Seedlings at Georgia Forestry Commission GFC Seedling Store
Trouble with Canadian Geese on your property? The Canadian Goose (Branta canadensis) can be VERY destructive to ponds and impact soil and kill grass by their overgrazing. They can make lawns unsightly with accumulations of droppings and feathers as well as be a nuisance due to their loud noise and aggressive behavior. Water quality is significantly impacted by the nutrient outputs of Canadian Geese using ponds-even causing heightened levels of E. coli bacteria. Visit: Don’t Let Canada Geese Get Your Goose | Department Of Natural Resources Division to learn how to repel Canadian Geese from your property.
Morgan Mellette, MAI, has been busy teaching various classes for the Appraisal Institute. Most recently Mellette taught Valuation of Conservation Easements to the Mississippi Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and taught Forest Valuation for Non-Foresters to the Tennessee Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. Mellette was asked by the Georgia Department of Revenue to teach Forest Valuation to their appraisers in February 2019.
Georgia’s tree planting season is well underway, along with brisk seedling sales by the Georgia Forestry Commission. Buyers have been busy choosing popular hardwood and pine selections, and supplies are beginning to diminish. Genetically improved loblolly and slash pine seedlings remain in stock and available to landowners at attractive price points. For more information visit:
https://gatrees.org/georgia-forestry-commission-says-now-is-the-time-to-order-and-plant-trees/
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has identified the wood products industry as an essential critical infrastructure workforce in the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Article by Carl D. Forth
Photo by Woodgrain
Lumber mills are dialing back production of building materials due to slow down in construction due to the Coronavirus. Typically changes in timber prices lag behind changes in lumber prices.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lumber-markets-hint-at-housing-slowdown-11585659600
Article by Ryan Dezember
Photo by Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
