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To make a donation to the Georgia Tree Council, visit https://gatreecouncil.org/how-to-help/.

Each year, the Georgia Tree Council rewards individuals, organizations, businesses, municipalities, and counties for outstanding work in protecting and enhancing our community forests. This year, award recipients were honored at our Annual Excellence in Urban Forestry Awards Luncheon on November 6 at the Jekyll Island Club Resort.

Read about the up-and-coming leaders in urban forestry exemplifying "Service, Teamwork, Attitude, and Results."

Georgia is known for its pine trees. Unfortunately, Southern Pine Beetles (SPB) are a constant in the Georgia environment, using native pine trees as their primary habitat. Known as “the most destructive pest in the Southeast,” SPB has killed about $300 million worth of pine trees over the past five decades in Georgia alone. Georgia Forestry Commission Forest Health specialists say heightened activity is happening in Georgia right now.

Watch a recording of a free informational webinar with our partners at the Georgia Forestry Commission and the Georgia Arborist Association and learn more about identifying Southern Pine Beetle, what communities and commercial arborists can do to slow Southern Pine Beetle spread, and about mitigating wildfire risk.