Landowner

• Lowering your property taxes by pursuing and refining state and federal tax policy that recognizes the long-term investment nature of owning timberland.
• Protecting your assets by developing policy that focuses on providing increased security for private land and discourages theft of timber, pine straw and palmetto berries.
• Lowering harvesting costs by discouraging unwarranted ordinances from local government related to timber harvest notification and road access that severely impede supply chain efficiency.
• Increasing the value of your timber by developing policy that encourage healthy markets for forest products.

• Increasing demand for your timber
  • Advancing the market for lumber in Georgia by promoting the use of mass timber technology among builders, architects and engineers.
  • Removing regulatory barriers to the use of mass timber in local ordinances and state building codes.
  • Focusing on issues related to the trade of raw materials and finished goods through Georgia ports to global markets.
• Developing new non-timber income opportunities for your land by establishing markets for ecosystem services provided by private landowners (i.e. water, carbon, etc.)

We are focused on building a better informed public that is supportive of your working forests. We do this by educating Georgia students, through a partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting, on the concept of private land ownership and the stewardship of private landowners in managing their forests for clean air, clean water, wildlife habitat and wood products.

We want you to have the tools to effectively and efficiently manage your land. Through relevant communications and meaningful seminars and events, we connect landowners with valuable resources and a network of credible forestry experts that help them to better manage their land.