Georgia’s forestry community includes thousands
of individual private landowners that own more than 72 percent of the state’s forestland, often deriving income from the harvest of their products. Other individuals and businesses make their living as foresters, timber harvesters, tree planters and other related forestry jobs. These groups are essential in ensuring the sustainability of Georgia forests.

That’s why SFI program participants in Georgia
have funded and delivered sustainable forestry education to thousands of foresters and logging contractors, contributing more than $1 million to improve the practice of forestry in Georgia since 1994. SFI’s contractual relationship with the University of Georgia’s Center for Forest Business at the Warnell School of Forest Resources ensures the quality and consistency of our educational efforts.

SFI program participants are committed to using loggers that have attended this educational
program on their own forestlands and in the production of wood from other sources. Since 1995, more than 2,600 loggers and foresters have attended the Georgia Master Timber Harvester logger education program.

The SFI Implementation Committee in Georgia
also reaches out to private landowners by
providing information on sustainable forestry
and BMPs through meetings and direct mail.
For more information, visit www.forestry.uga.edu/h/centers/cfb/packetRequest .