Causes: Environment, Environmental Education, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection
Mission: The Georgia Conservancy is a statewide, membership-based environmental nonprofit founded in 1967.Our mission is to protect Georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.
Results: In the past year, we actively promoted protection of the Okefenokee Swamp & St Marys River headwaters against a mining threat; creation of the Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve; protection of the North Atlantic Right Whale; Gopher Tortoise Conservation efforts through conservation and prescribed fire stewardship in the Lower Satilla. The Georgia Conservancy’s Sustainable Growth Program continued to address pressures and strains that have long been in place in Georgia relating to population change & environmental degradation, both of which have a disproportionate impact on the health & well-being of low-income & minority communities. Of particular concern are housing flexibility, affordability and attainability issues, thoughtful land use and redevelopment, leveraging environmental assets as a driver in economic development, & small town sustainability and rural resilience. These topics continue to be of top interest to local policymakers and citizens. The program engaged 20 communities in 13 counties across the state, including in metro Atlanta, regional centers such as Floyd and Clarke Counties, and outlying counties such as Franklin and Glynn. We finished an update of our 2010 Community Master Plan for the neighborhoods within Neighborhood Planning Unit-G in City of Atlanta, home to the environmentally sensitive Proctor Creek. We have completed our Newton County Housing Study and completed a separate comprehensive land-use study of 6 major corridors for the City of Covington. We also finalized a community stabilization plan for Milstead, an historic mill village in Rockdale County adjacent to the Yellow River, meeting a critical affordable housing/rental need. These thoughtful engagements have cultivated a fruitful relationship with Newton and Rockdale Counties, which have led to additional contract work with those jurisdictions. We led additional technical projects, facilitation, and engagement activities in Albany, Canton, and Jackson. We initiated technical projects in Bartow, Jackson and Cherokee Counties, including their municipalities. We offered unique trips, virtual engagements, and corporate service opportunities across Georgia to help people learn about and steward public lands. The Georgia Conservancy takes stands on a range of issues at local, state, and federal levels to affect policy change, always advocating for the protection and conservation of Georgia’s natural resources. We focus year-round on issues such as transportation, energy, water resources, land conservation, and development to make Georgia a place where people and the environment thrive. Of note: 2021 General Assembly passage of bills which have moved to the Governor’s desk, to create a Carbon Sequestration Registry, establish requirements for dedicated fees, and amend Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program allocations in the FY2021 budget. Reauthorization of the Georgia Land Conservation Tax Credit will move forward for consideration in 2022.
Target demographics: create a Georgia where all people and the environment thrive.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Over 20,000 people learned about Georgia's environment and help to protect it
Geographic areas served: Georgia
Programs: Land ConservationCoastal Conservation Stewardship and OutreachAdvocacyStustainable Growth
Mission: The Georgia Conservancy is a statewide, membership-based environmental nonprofit founded in 1967.Our mission is to protect Georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.
Results: In the past year, we actively promoted protection of the Okefenokee Swamp & St Marys River headwaters against a mining threat; creation of the Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve; protection of the North Atlantic Right Whale; Gopher Tortoise Conservation efforts through conservation and prescribed fire stewardship in the Lower Satilla. The Georgia Conservancy’s Sustainable Growth Program continued to address pressures and strains that have long been in place in Georgia relating to population change & environmental degradation, both of which have a disproportionate impact on the health & well-being of low-income & minority communities. Of particular concern are housing flexibility, affordability and attainability issues, thoughtful land use and redevelopment, leveraging environmental assets as a driver in economic development, & small town sustainability and rural resilience. These topics continue to be of top interest to local policymakers and citizens. The program engaged 20 communities in 13 counties across the state, including in metro Atlanta, regional centers such as Floyd and Clarke Counties, and outlying counties such as Franklin and Glynn. We finished an update of our 2010 Community Master Plan for the neighborhoods within Neighborhood Planning Unit-G in City of Atlanta, home to the environmentally sensitive Proctor Creek. We have completed our Newton County Housing Study and completed a separate comprehensive land-use study of 6 major corridors for the City of Covington. We also finalized a community stabilization plan for Milstead, an historic mill village in Rockdale County adjacent to the Yellow River, meeting a critical affordable housing/rental need. These thoughtful engagements have cultivated a fruitful relationship with Newton and Rockdale Counties, which have led to additional contract work with those jurisdictions. We led additional technical projects, facilitation, and engagement activities in Albany, Canton, and Jackson. We initiated technical projects in Bartow, Jackson and Cherokee Counties, including their municipalities. We offered unique trips, virtual engagements, and corporate service opportunities across Georgia to help people learn about and steward public lands. The Georgia Conservancy takes stands on a range of issues at local, state, and federal levels to affect policy change, always advocating for the protection and conservation of Georgia’s natural resources. We focus year-round on issues such as transportation, energy, water resources, land conservation, and development to make Georgia a place where people and the environment thrive. Of note: 2021 General Assembly passage of bills which have moved to the Governor’s desk, to create a Carbon Sequestration Registry, establish requirements for dedicated fees, and amend Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program allocations in the FY2021 budget. Reauthorization of the Georgia Land Conservation Tax Credit will move forward for consideration in 2022.
Target demographics: create a Georgia where all people and the environment thrive.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Over 20,000 people learned about Georgia's environment and help to protect it
Geographic areas served: Georgia
Programs: Land ConservationCoastal Conservation Stewardship and OutreachAdvocacyStustainable Growth
230 Peachtree St, Suite 2275, Atlanta, GA 30303
404-876-2900
Environment
Atlanta
