By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director Birdwatching exploded in popularity during the pandemic as people began noticing the birds around their homes and in nearby parks and greenspaces. Suddenly, birdwatching is cool! Along with the uptick ...
By Ruth Pimentel, Park Pride’s Project Manager for Atlanta Community Schoolyards Second grade students at Sarah Smith Elementary School’s Primary Campus have been working hard over the past year. Partnering with professional landscape architects at ...
By: Stacy Funderburke Finding the Flint is an ambitious initiative to restore Georgia’s Flint River near its headwaters at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest airport, and connect headwaters communities and a variety of ...
By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director Bird migration is one of the most amazing feats in the natural world. Each fall and spring, billions of birds take to the skies, avoiding predators, and dodging turbulent weather ...
As the largest greenspace along the BeltLine, Westside Park is a critical component of the larger BeltLine vision. By Rob Brawner, Executive Director of Atlanta BeltLine Partnership The opening of Westside Park – the largest ...
By Michael Halicki, Executive Director, Park Pride Last month, Park Pride and several environmental nonprofit partners hosted the Mayoral Forum on Greenspace, the culmination of our collective efforts to educate and hear from Atlanta’s next ...
New film highlights the Swamp and mining proposal The Georgia Conservancy continues to express serious concerns regarding a proposed heavy mineral mine near the edge of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Georgia. In ...
Michael O’Reilly, Director of Policy and Climate Strategy, Georgia, The Nature Conservancy Several new reports this summer have painted a sobering view of the challenges we face in combatting climate change. Coupled with the unprecedented ...
By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director Birds are a catalyst for conservation. Easy to see and hear wherever you are—in parks and greenspaces, in our yards, on city sidewalks, and beyond—birds provide an entry point into ...
By Michael Halicki, Park Pride’s Executive Director Park Pride and our greenspace partners have been hard at work through the better part of this year attempting to develop a rapport with the next Mayor of ...
The Conservation Fund works on behalf of city and county partners to purchase land for parks, greenspaces, and trails that will be permanently protected for public use and environmental sustainability. We have protected greenspace as a foundational component ...
Submitted by: Host Partners of the Mayoral Forum on Greenspace Atlanta is the “City in the Forest,” built upon a network of creeks and streams on the banks of the Chattahoochee, with a growing network ...
By Sara Gottlieb, Director of Freshwater Science & Strategy, The Nature Conservancy Georgia is home to an incredibly diverse community of aquatic life – we have more species of fish, crayfish, mussels, and salamanders in ...
By Michael Halicki, Park Pride Executive Director As our world has been thrown into chaos through a public health crisis and with racial injustice at the forefront, parks are among the few places people can ...
By Michael O’Reilly, Director of Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy in Georgia The U.S Senate made history last week, passing the most significant conservation bill in a generation. In a testament to the unifying power ...
By Katherine Moore, Vice President of Programs and Sustainable Growth Program Director, The Georgia Conservancy & Nick Johnson, Senior Planner, The Georgia Conservancy Depending on how you look at it, Georgia is a study in ...
Featured Image: Parks are critical infrastructure that build the resilience of cities and people, especially in times of crisis. By Michael Halicki, Park Pride’s Executive Director It’s June: the unofficial beginning of summer. In a ...
Deron Davis, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy in Georgia Georgia’s iconic forestlands are vital to the state’s economy and quality of life. These forests benefit us all by filtering air and water, harboring wildlife, and ...
A collaborative effort to establish a National Park & Preserve in Middle Georgia By Georgia Conservancy Communications Director Brian Foster and Georgia Conservancy Natural Resources Director Charles McMillan Millions of Americans travel annually through Middle ...
By Michael Halicki We know parks play a vital role in our wellness as places where we’re able to connect with nature close to home. During this COVID-19 pandemic, as more and more Atlantans visit neighborhood ...
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