Day: December 16, 2019
ForestNews
Issues
Selling Our Forest Lands
By : Marie Dunkle, ForestWatch Board President In December of 2018 the “Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018,” colloquially known as the “Farm Bill,” was passed into law by the U.S. Congress. A section of that Public Law entitled “Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment” allows the USFS to sell isolated tracts of Georgia National Forest land […]
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Another Fun Fall Retreat
By : Sue Harmon, Board past president More than 90 ForestWatchers attended this year’s Fall Retreat, coming together to stay abreast of current management issues in the Chattahoochee Oconee National Forest and to have a good time while doing it! Fellowship, inspiration, and good food alongside the beautiful Lake Trahlyta at Vogel State Park made […]
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Union County Target Range
By : Nick Nichols Last October, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced a proposed Special Use Permit for a target range to be located on Chattahoochee National Forest land in Union County. Located off Highway 180 near Brasstown Bald, the 15-acre gun range would be constructed by Union County on property leased from the USFS. […]
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East Nottely Project–Seven Years Later
By : Jess Riddle, Executive Director If each Forest Service project worked exactly as described, some of ForestWatch’s concerns would simply go away. Forests are complicated though, and the future is always less predictable than it seems. So as I walked with a group of ForestWatchers down a gated road into the East Nottely Project, […]
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From the Director Fall ForestNews
Once again recently I found myself in a public Forest Service (FS) meeting listening to the FS answer a question and wondering how to make sure the best management options received fair consideration. I was at the annual meeting for OFHWHIP (Oconee Forest Health and Wildlife Habitat Improvement Project—acronym much needed), the Oconee Ranger District’s […]
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Fall Membership Appeal
Georgia ForestWatch is a member-driven organization. You spend time in the forest and see what’s going on. You have protected soils, kept streams clean, and located previously unknown old-growth forests. You have helped control invasive species and spread the word about the most significant unprotected areas in North Georgia by putting on last spring’s wildly […]
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Donor Spotlight
Donor Spotlight: Patty Lowe
By : Janice Eaton Backpacking the Appalachian Trail, flying in a private plane, or globetrotting, Patricia Lowe has adventured in more places than many can dream of. With a B.S. in Nursing and Masters in Public Health, Patty served as a U.S. Army Reserves Lieutenant Colonel and as Director of Public Health Nursing in Metro […]
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