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Apply online through the GRIP application (Survey123) during the June 15 - July 3 sign-up, or contact the local GFC Forester.

Deadline text on the page: The sign-up period will be open from June 15th to July 3rd.

Matthew O'Connor

Cost Share Coordinator

General office

Georgia Forestry Commission cost-share for non-industrial forest landowners to thin, release, mulch, burn, and reforest pine or native hardwood stands. Pays per-acre rates set at 75% of average practice cost. Sign-up runs each summer.



- Non-industrial landowners (private individuals, groups, associations, corporations, Indian tribes, other private legal entities), excluding publicly traded corporations and entities principally engaged in processing or manufacturing wood products.
- Minimum practice size is 10 acres.

A payment that requires some percentage of matching contributions by the recipient.

Cost Share

Pays the listed per-acre rate or 100% of actual cost, whichever is less.

Published amounts: A per acre pay rate is based on 75% of the average cost of the practice in Georgia; landowners receive the listed rate or 100% of actual cost, whichever is less. Non-commercial thinning $130/acre; chemical release $60/acre; understory mulching $150/acre; prescribed burning $20/acre; site preparation $70/acre; tree planting $130/acre.

Apply online after the burn is completed, with the burn permit number.

Deadline text on the page: FY26 applications will be accepted between 1/28/2026 – 3/31/2026.

RT Lumpkin

Lisa Duncan

Per-acre payment for completed prescribed burns on private forest land in 12 west central Georgia counties, aimed at bobwhite quail and gopher tortoise habitat. Landowners apply after the burn using their burn permit number.



- Privately owned forested land in Chattahoochee, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, or Webster county.
- Burn completed within the application window (FY26: 1/1/2026 - 3/31/2026) with a burn permit.

$10-$25/acre, max $4,500 per landowner (FY26).

Published amounts: We anticipate the initiative will pay between $10.00 -$25.00 per acre (max $4500 per landowner) for approved prescribed burning on privately owned forested land.

List of Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) Funding Opportunities