- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- By the Governor of the State of Georgia, a proclamation.
- Title:
- A proclamation: Prescribed Burn Awareness Week, Jan. 30, 2015
- Creator:
- Georgia. Governor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Deal, Nathan
- Publisher:
- [Atlanta, Georgia] : [Office of the Governor]
- Date of Original:
- 2015-01-30
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- proclamations
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Description based on: January 18, 2012 ; title from PDF caption (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed February 16, 2017).
Latest issue consulted: September 16, 2015 (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed February 16, 2017). - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA G600 .S1 M4 2015/1-30A
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b2015-s1-h30a
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b2015-s1-h30a
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
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BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
A PROCLAMATION
PRESCRIBED BURN AWARENESS WEEK
WHEREAS:
Prescribed burning of Georgia's forest lands is a valuable tool for protecting the forest from devastating wildfires. The Georgia Prescribed Burning Act of 1992 declares and protects prescribed burning as a valuable and necessary forest management tool; and
WHEREAS:
Prescribed burning is an economically feasible forest management tool for managing valuable wildlife species such as the bobwhite quail, the eastern wild turkey, the white-tailed deer, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and a multitude of other fire-dependent species; and
WHEREAS:
Prescribed burning is the only known forest management tool for perpetuating the longleaf pinejwiregrass ecosystem, the most diverse Georgia ecosystem in terms of flora and fauna; and
WHEREAS:
Professional foresters and other land resource managers use prescribed burning for improving forest health, reducing hazardous fuels, and for reforestation; and
WHEREAS:
The Georgia Forestry Commission, along with partner agencies and organizations across the state, support, promote, educate and train for the continued use of prescribed burning; now
THEREFORE:
I, NATHAN DEAL, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim February 2-6, 2015, as PRESCRIBED BURN AWARENESS WEEK in Georgia and thank those land managers who protect and maintain Georgia's natural heritage for present and future generations.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 30th day of january in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen.
GOVERNOR
ATTEST
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CHIEF OF STAFF