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June 30, 2025 28 mins

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Welcome to the Georgia Forestry Forum!

In today's episode, join GFC Foresters Aurora Geoghagan and Brandon Merz as they dish out the scoop on the best locations to recreate in Georgia this summer. They also provide a peek behind the curtain at how good forest management practices, such as invasive insect monitoring and prescribed burning, help keep these places in great shape to be enjoyed all year long! 


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-Website: https://gatrees.org/
-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaForestryCommission/
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Aurora Geoghagan
Management Forester
Georgia Forestry Commission
ageoghagan@gfc.state.ga.us


Brandon Merz
Forest Health Specialist
Georgia Forestry Commission
bmerz@gfc.state.ga.us


Credits:

YouTube Audio Library - 

  • For Our Friends by Telecasted
  • Fun in the Sun by Chris Haugen
  • You are The Only by TrackTribe
  • Duck in the Alley by TrackTribe


Freesound.org Attributions - 

  • Birds at Bells Bend by food4sparrows 
  • Bug Eating Plants by Samantha_Dolman
  • Foresters Tractor and Sawing Trees by dibko
  • Hit FX Winding Down by Motion_S
  • Lightning Strike by nissse 
  • River Summer by Klankbeeld
  • Snake by Julian_Eftei 
  • Water Splash 1 by lwdickens 



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