Executive order help with timber loss

Kemp’s order helps timber industry move fire-damaged timber before value loss

ATLANTA — Brantley County is one of 17 south Georgia counties being helped by Gov. Brian Kemp’s signing of an executive order intended to help landowners and the forestry industry reduce economic losses caused by fire-damaged timber.

The executive order, signed Friday, June 12, temporarily increases allowable truck weights in 17 of the wildfire-impacted counties, giving landowners and timber operators more flexibility to move salvageable timber before it loses market value.