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Several unique areas in the Foothills Landscape provide exceptional habitat, and you can help protect them. We recently surveyed these special areas, called Georgia’s Mountain Treasures, for this exact purpose: helping the Forest Service know where to preserve the natural ecosystem and keep the big machines out. In the formal project review of the Foothills […]
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Updates:01/10/2020 30-Day Comment period ended12/11/2019 Official 30-Day Comment period began12/2/2019 Draft Environmental Assessment released RESOURCES: ForestWatch and partner’s Official Comment January 10, 2020 Official Comment Reading Room Compilation of example comments Environmental Assessment – Forest Service 12/2/2019 Foothills Landscape Project Documents – Forest Service Page ForestWatch and partner’s comments on project plans, December 2017 Main […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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