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American Forest Management, Inc. has 41 offices in 16 states with 250+ employees and manages almost four million acres of timberland.  AFM's operates throughout the Southeast, Appalachian, Lake States and Northeast Regions of the US.  AFM offers land management, investment analysis, real estate services, appraisals, environmental/wildlife management, and technical/data

 

ArborGen, LLC. is the largest supplier of pine and hardwood reforestation in the world. With over fifty years of tree breeding experience, our SuperTree Seedling employees are passionate about exceeding our customers' expectations. Come visit our booth and let's talk trees. We want to grow with you!

 

Bandit Industries When quality counts, industry professionals count on Bandit. Bandit is an industry leader in developing innovative chippers, grinders, and waste recyclers.

Since introducing the original 12" capacity Model 100 Brush Bandit chipper in 1983, Mike Morey Sr. has launched his company and the cuddly raccoon known as 'Bandit' into industry powerhouse status in what seemed like the blink of an eye.

 


Ben Meadows
More than forty years ago, a young forester named Ben Meadows became increasingly frustrated with the difficulties forestry professionals encountered in obtaining field equipment. It was often necessary to go to a variety of sources to find what he needed.

Ben solved the problem by founding a company to supply foresters and engineers with the finest equipment available. His good name was all that he had back in 1956, so he named the business after himself.

 

 

 

CellFor is the world's first commercial-scale supplier of high yielding, varietal seedlings for reforestation. CellFor has extended decades of traditional tree improvement work to produce fast-growing trees having highly desirable  characteristics. CellFor uses a proven and patented propagation technology based on high volume, tissue culture techniques.

 


The Davis-Garvin Agency is a full service insurance agency specializing in coverages for the Forest Products Industry.  Now in our 27th year, we provide Commercial, Personal, and Health insurance coverage, as well as, payroll and personnel management services.   Headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina we have branch offices in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.  www.DavisGarvin.com.

 


Ecological Solutions, Inc.
is a natural resources consulting firm offering a wide range of services designed to provide our clients with solutions to environmental concerns and guidance in the regulatory permitting process.

As a small company, we are dedicated to growing personal relationships with our clients, providing our team with an in depth understanding of their individual needs.

 

The Georgia Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program is a comprehensive system of principles, objectives, and performance measures that integrates the perpetual growing and harvesting of trees with the protection of wildlife, plants, soils, and water quality.  SFI is based on the premise that responsible environmental practices can be integrated to the benefit of landowners, shareholders, customers, and the people they serve.  For more information, call Donna Gallaher at 706-542-7691 or visit www.sfi-georgia.org

 

The Georgia Farm Credit Associations have been loaning money to farmers and rural homeowners throughout Georgia for more than 85 years.  All types of loans for agriculture-real estate, equipment, livestock, timber, operating needs, crop production, home construction, mortgages, refinances...and a whole lot more!

 

Georgia Forestry Association, one of the oldest conservation organizations in the United States, was founded in 1907. At that time, tree farming was a family tradition. Land was passed from generation to generation and with it, a love of the land that became our heritage.

Through the years, GFA has worked with landowners in protecting their property rights and adopting sound land management practices to ensure that our forests continue to provide clean air, clean water, soil conservation, wildlife habitat, recreation and products that we all use every day.

 


The Georgia Forestry Commission provides leadership, service, and education in the protection and conservation of Georgia's forest resources so that healthy, sustainable forests will produce clean air, clean water and abundant products.

 

 

Georgia Forestry Today Magazine is published bi-monthly by the Georgia Contractor, LLC, for the Georgia Forestry Association.  It is provided free-of-charge to the members or the association.  Other recipients include owners, and subscribers of the Georgia Forestry Commission, as well as suppliers and manufacturers of forest-related products and services.

 

Georgia's Tree Farm Program has grown to encompass 1606 Certified Tree Farms on nearly 2 million acres.  In 2006, Georgia's Tree Farm Program restructured under the leadership of a 12 member Executive Committee (9 Volunteer Inspectors and 3 Tree Farmers).  Twenty District and Region Chairs across the state play a critical role in accomplishing Georgia's Tree Farm program goals.  The 2008 Chairman is Mr. Ed Withrow with West Fraser Timber Company in Warm Springs, GA. 

 

International Forest Company is celebrating 25 years of producing container seedlings for landowners throughout the Southeast. The company produces loblolly, slash, shortleaf, virginia and longleaf pine as well as oaks and various hardwood tree seedlings. The nursery is located in Moultrie, Georgia.

 

 

 

LandMark Systems, a General Services Administration (GSA) approved contractor, is a leading provider of technical products/services to the forestry and natural resource markets. LandMark products include rugged handhelds, GPS systems, GIS and forest inventory software, and timber cruising tools. We also provide technical support, training; GPS/GIS mapping, and GIS consulting services. LandMark Systems is the developer of the patented Real-Time Inventory (RTI) system. This technology allows foresters to load existing GPS and GIS basemap data, create cruise grids, and navigate to plot center. The cruise data can then be spatially linked to the plot locations easily in a GIS. LandMark Systems holds key partnership agreements with Tripod Data Systems, Trimble Navigation, and Haglof, Inc. Call today for a free product and services guide!

 

Meek's Farm & Nursery, Inc. is a primary producer of containerized pine seedlings. Improved Longleaf, Advanced Generation Loblolly and Slash Pines are produced using state of the art growing systems and a family oriented commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. We operate the largest family owned container pine nursery in the South with annual production approaching 13 million trees.

 

NCP Coatings Inc. is a formulator and manufacturer of custom and specified industrial, military, and specialty paint.  Founded in 1948 by C.M. Hannewyk II as Niles Chemical Paint Co., our name has always been synonymous with quality and innovation.  Now, with second and third generation owners, we take pride in the family atmosphere that has been dedicated to customer needs and satisfaction. NCP Coatings Inc. has been formulating and supplying a complete line of top-quality products to industrial and specialty markets, as well as government agencies since the 1950's, and is proud to be one of the most successful family-owned paint manufacturers in the country.

 

Plum Creek is the largest and most geographically diverse private landowner in the nation with more than 7 million acres of timberlands in 19 states. Plum Creek owns over 784,000 acres of timberland in Georgia.  We practice sustainable forestry; all of our lands have been third party certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.  Plum Creek is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol PCL.

 

Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators working with students in pre-K through grade 12. It uses the forest as a "window" into natural and built environments, helping people gain an awareness and knowledge of the world around them, as well as their place within it. Since its introduction in the early 1970s, PLT has been recognized as one of the premier environmental education programs in the world.

 

Superior Forestry Service, Inc. is the largest reforestation contractor working through out the year - in the eastern United States.  We provide planting, herbicide application, ROW maintenance, pre-commercial thinning, boundary marking, and other labor services.  SFS can provide crews for all your labor needs; we are fully insured and in compliance with MSPA and all DOL, INS and IRS regulations.  References available.  Visit our website!

 

SUPERTRAK is a Florida based corporation that has supported and supplied the forest industry with custom reforestation machinery for 20 years. SUPERTRAK, Inc. has been a major contributor in the forestry arena not only in the state of Florida, but throughout the world, stretching as far as Venezuela in South America and all the way down under to Australia. In recent years SUPERTRAK, Inc. has specialized its custom manufacturing to supply brush cutting machinery for the fuel reduction side of the forestry industry in efforts to keep in close proximity with the changing regulations in the industry as well as blending with market, development, and forestry trends. SUPERTRAK, Inc. offers a variety of multi-purpose custom manufactured carriers equipped with brush cutters to support a clientele base that ranges from government entities and municipalities, to heavy equipment dealers, to the average person looking to start a business in vegetation and forestry management. Our products combine state of the art technology and engineering with custom design and manufacturing to offer the most efficient means of vegetation management for the fuel reduction and forestry industries. Please visit us at www.SUPERTRAK.com.

 

The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, established in 1906, is the oldest existing forest resources program in the South.  Our graduates occupy major leadership positions with private and public forest resource organizations and our research and service programs contribute to the enviable advancement of forest resources of Georgia, the region, nation, and world.

 

Weyerhaeuser's Quail Ridge Nursery, established in Aiken, SC in 1986 serves the reforestation and land enhancement needs of landowners, forestry consultants, and tree planting vendors in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.  Along with unmatched customer service, "Faster, Straighter, Stronger" are tree qualities you can expect when you buy Premium Seedlings from Weyerhaeuser.

 

 


Yancey Pioneer
is a full-service provider of agricultural, forestry and recycling equipment with fourteen Machine Parts & Service Centers serving our ag, forestry and recycling customers across Georgia. Our extensive product lines include Caterpillar®, Challenger®, Prentice®, Peterson-Pacific®, Spra-Coupe®, Cummins®, Woodsman®, Doppstadt US®, Ag-Chem®, Sunflower®, SuperTrak®, CTR®, CSI®, Rotobec®, Riley®, Quadco® and Hydro-Ax®. You can reach us toll-free from anywhere in Georgia at 1-877-YANCEY-1.

 

 

 



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