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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) and
Georgia Forestry Commission
(GFC)
Project Title: Dixon Memorial State Forest Wildland Recover and Habitat Restoration
Project Manager: Steve Chapman, Staff Forester
Project E-mail: dmsf@gfc.state.ga.us
Project Mailing Address: P. O. Box 819; Macon GA 31202 ATTN: Recovery/Dixon
GFC Project #: 1G229
Federal ID #: 09-DG-11084419-052
Funds Amount: $ 377,000
Funds Allocation
Georgia Forestry Commission - $377,000 to contract for site preparation, tree planting, and weed control of 1200 acres on Dixon Memorial State Forest
Qualification and Application Information
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Project Description: During the spring and summer of 2007 approximately 19,000 acres of Dixon Memorial State Forest was burned during one of the largest wildfires in the history of Georgia. The forest is located approximately 10 miles Southeast of Waycross, Georgia, in Ware County and is owned and managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources uses the property as a Wildlife Management Area.The Commission is committed to reestablishing longleaf pine where it naturally occurred in the forest through site preparation, and purchasing and planting longleaf seedlings.
Federal Program Funding Source:
10.688 ARRA Wildland Fire Management
Dixon Memorial State Forest Wildland Recover and Habitat Restoration
USDA Forest Service Southern Region
1720 Peachtree Road NW Ste 876s
Atlanta GA 30309
Phone: 404.347.4569
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