GA HR121

Dedicates the Georgia Forestry Commission building in Dry Branch, Georgia as the "John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building"

Honors John W. Mixon, who began with the Georgia Forestry Commission in 1961 as a forest technician and was named commissioner in 1983

Recognizes Mixon's achievements including overseeing a record 433,000 acres of pine trees planted in a single season and establishing the Flint River Nursery designed to produce 50 million seedlings

Credits Mixon's leadership in passing forest conservation laws requiring permits for outdoor burning and allowing prescribed burning for forest management

Directs the Georgia Forestry Commission to erect and maintain dedication signs, funded from its own budget