September 2021. A recent settlement brought to an end a lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Georgia ForestWatch and the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club concerning controversial timber cutting plans in the Cooper Creek project. The lawsuit was filed in the spring of 2019. (Georgia ForestWatch, et. al. v. […]
Read MoreJoin us for the annual Georgia ForestWatch Fall Retreat and Membership Meeting at Vogel State Park on October 12, 2019! Come just for the day, or stay over Friday and Saturday nights. Friday:Potluck Dinner: Come late Friday afternoon with your favorite dish to share for dinner.We’ll have a cooler and ice available for chilling beer […]
Read MoreDear Friend of the Forest, These are exciting times at Georgia ForestWatch (GFW). We have enhanced our organizational capacity by hiring two additional staff members: Development Director Janice Eaton and Outreach Coordinator Andrew Linker. To learn more about them, please visit our website at gafw.org/project/staff. Last month, after Don Davis departed GFW for family and health reasons, I was honored to be chosen by the Board to serve as the new Executive Director. I am not giving up my boots, though! I will continue to serve as GFW’s Forest Ecologist.
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