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CIS=Cogongrass & Invasive Species | DMF=Dixon Memorial Forest | EF=Enhanced Fuels | GSR=Georgia Stewardship Revisit | RL=Regional Longleaf |
TPER=Tree Planting Ecosystem Restoration


July - September 2011

CIS: Privet treated in planted pines using backpack mist blowers in Franklin County	CIS: Privet treated using a skidder/sprayer in Johnson County	DMF: Row of longleaf pine seedlings planted at Dixon Memorial State Forest

EF: Eastern boundary of Okefenokee Swamp where fire did not escape onto private lands	EF: Maintenance completed at a helicopter dipsite used during the 2011 wildfires	GSR: Prescribed burn in Candler County

TPR: Trees planted at a park and ride facility in Douglas County	TPER: Trees planted at a city park in Newton County	RL: Aerial site preparation and longleaf pine planting in Johnson County

April - June 2011

CIS: Privet treated in hardwood forest in Madison County	CIS: Privet treated in mixed forest in Franklin County	DMF: Longleaf pine seedlings being planted on 1,000 acres in the Dixon Memorial State Forest

EF: Firebreaks plowed in Charlton County	EF: Chemical fuel reduction in Charlton County	GSR: Prescribed burn in Gordon County

TPR: Trees planted on school playground in Bartow County	TPER: New park in Royston has 121 new trees	RL: Site preparation and longleaf pine planting in Coweta County

January - March 2011

CIS: Privet removed in Coweta County	CIS: Aerial treatment of privet in Jones County	DMF: Longleaf seedlings machine planted in February 2011 near Waycross

EF: Commercial thinning to reduce basal area in Charlton County	EF: Removal of burms from 2007 wildfires to allow access to forest and reduce fuel hazard	GSR: Prescribed burn in planted pines in Quitman County

RL: Longleaf pine seedlings hand planted in Effingham County	TPER: Hardwoods planted around a school playground in Rockdale County

October - December 2010

CIS: Aerial privet treatment results in planted pines in Floyd County	EF: Firebreak construction around the Okefenokee Swamp, Clinch County	EF: Chemical fuel reduction in planted pines, Clinch County

DMF: Portion of Dixon Memorial State Forest that has been chopped, burned, and harrowed	GSR: ARRA Foresters reviewing contracts for Rx Burn Incentive recipients	TPER: Oak trees planted at a soccer complex in Rockdale County - video mpg

RL: Longleaf pine seedlings recently planted by a landowner in Laurens County	RL: Longleaf pine seedlings planted in late 2009 in Johnson County

July - September 2010

EF: Firebreak installation in Charlton County and commercial thinning - video mpg	TPER: Planting pine trees in Floyd County	TPER: Planting shade trees at a Polk County school

RL: Healthy longleaf pine seedling planted in Burke County	CIS: Privet treated along pasture edge in Carroll County	CIS: Privet and Japanese climbing fern treated in a pine stand in Sumter County

April - June 2010

TPER: Tree Installation in DeShong and Graves Park (GA)

EF: Conducting a prescribed burn               video - mpg	RL: Replanting longleaf on tornado damaged land video - mpg	CIS: Aerial application

DMF: Bareroot longleaf seedling	DMF: Planted longleaf seedlings	GSR: Forester determining basal area on a stewardship forest

January - March 2010

RL: Hand planting longleaf at Kolomoki Mounds State Park                                             Video - mpg	EF: Timber being thinned at a site in Charlton County                                            Video - mpg

CIS: mulching/chipping machine removing understory privet at Panola Mountain State Park	CIS: area at Panola Mountain State Park where privet was mulched and chipped
GSR: ARRA forester assisting a Stewardship Farm landowner	DMF: Machine planting longleaf pine at Dixon Memorial State Forest

October - December 2009

RL: Pre-herbicide understory at Paulding Forest (PF)	RL: Aerial herbicide application on understory at PF to site prep for planting longleaf pines
RL: Soil fumigation at Flint River Nursery prior to planting longleaf pine seedlings	RL: Longleaf pine seedlings being planted at Flat Tub Wildlife Management Area

EF: Thick understory of palmettos, gallberries, and wax myrtle on property within one mile of Okefenokee Swamp that will be site prepped for longleaf pine planting	GSR: Prescribed burning training for foresters November 2009
DMF: Site preparation with drum chopping prior to preparing planting beds for longleaf pine seedlings.	CIS: Area at Fort Yargo State Park treated with an aerial herbicide application to remove privet. Toward the back of the photo is an area of untreated privet for comparison.