Supporting Georgia Through Statewide Service

2023 projects engage Georgians in the protection of our precious places

Giving back to Georgia and Georgians is at the heart of the Georgia Conservancy. Since our founding in 1967, you’ve joined us in supporting our natural areas and communities through a variety of service projects.

In 2023, from our Coast to metro Atlanta, the Georgia Conservancy has provided our supporters the opportunity to engage in meaningful service projects resulting in nearly 600 cumulative hours of service.

At Dekalb County’s Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, Georgia Conservancy volunteers spent a morning preparing a beautiful meadow along the Preserve’s Lake Trail for future restoration with native flowering plants.

A service project on Tybee Island saw volunteers provide much-needed help to local officials’ efforts to build a more resilient coastline. A total of 35 sand dune fences were installed along the island’s beachfront. Dune fencing on Tybee is an essential part of the City’s nature-based management plan and dune restoration after recent hurricanes.

Along one of Atlanta’s newest trail projects, the Woodall Rail Trail, volunteers cleared overgrown and invasive vegetation from the bike/ped trail’s planned path, providing space for trail construction and future plantings of native species.

During our Ossabaw Island Service Weekend, participants cleared vegetation from the ruins of tabby cabins that had once housed the enslaved individuals who lived and worked in bondage on the island. This work, which uncovered a previously undocumented cabin, will help ongoing and future archaeological research and preservation at Ossabaw Island’s Middle Place.

Our annual Sapelo Island Service Weekend supported the agricultural program underway in the island’s Hogg Hummock community and helped with maintenance projects at the UGA Marine Sciences Institute.

At Sweetwater Creek State Park in Douglas County, volunteers made important improvements to the White Trail, allowing for safer and easier access for users of the Park’s all-terrain Action Track wheelchairs.

Thank you to all of our volunteers and to Bronco Wild Fund and Your Local Ford Dealer for supporting our service projects at Sweetwater Creek State Park, Woodall Rail Trail, and Tybee Island!

Learn more about our Stewardship Trips Program:
www.georgiaconservancy.org/trips