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Above the Waterline: Atlanta's disappearing tree canopy
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (184+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Twenty-seven years ago, I bought a house because I fell in love...tree loss. Through a thousand cuts, literally, Atlanta’s civic leaders are allowing the destruction of...award-winning Above the Waterline column appears monthly…...
Decatur recognized as Georgia's first 'Bird City"
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) earn the official “Bird City” designation. The Atlanta suburb received the title amidst the launch of...
New documentary highlights Atlanta's alarming rate of tree loss
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (572+ words) A documentary about Atlanta’s tree canopy has caught the attention of lawmakers in Brookhaven, a metro Atlanta city that takes great measures to protect the...planning has sped up the loss of trees in metro Atlanta, and what local…...
Birds Georgia celebrating 100 years in 2026
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (322+ words) ONGOING COVERAGE Winter Storm Fern >> Birds Georgia will celebrate its 100th anniversary of bird conservation efforts in 2026 with a yearlong series of events and programs throughout the state. Among the plans the organization announced include guided birding trips, habitat restoration workdays,…...
City of Atlanta will preserve 30 acres of wooded forest in Buckhead
4+ week, 2+ day ago (224+ words) said. B But this time, it won’t happen. The City of Atlanta has bought the land along Randall Mill Road and...acquired the property two years ago and held it until Atlanta was ready to buy at the same price....
Atlanta secures 50-acre Tatum Lakes property for nature preserve
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (351+ words) Rough Draft Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced the acquisition...park and nature preserve. Located in Southwest Atlanta and loosely bound by Boulder Park Drive SW, Dollar...have made investing in our greenspaces a priority—Atlanta now invests more than twice…...
Preservationists release a formerly endangered woodpecker to new home in South Georgia
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (270+ words) On Dec. 18, a group of preservationists released groups of previously endangered woodpeckers to their new home in South Georgia. The red-cockaded woodpecker, or RCW for short, is a small, black-and-white bird that primarily lived in Georgia’s longleaf pine savannas, which…...
Homer the Town Turtle returns to Campbell-Stone Sandy Springs
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (625+ words) Campbell-Stone Sandy Springs residents gathered outside the retirement community’s main lobby on March 2 to welcome back Homer the Town Turtle, one of 75 statues created to raise money for the city’s incorporation in the early aughts. More than 20 residents at Campbell-Stone…...
Birdsong, land conservation, and Ted
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (432+ words) At 5:20 a.m. on a Monday morning, I sat in my car in a large, empty parking lot surrounded by pitch-black darkness and wondered if I was crazy. Should I walk alone down the forested trail beside the Chattahoochee River, as planned?...
🌊 'Blue Heron' + processing grief
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (1040+ words) you need some homebody plans this weekend, the Atlanta Film Festival is still going on virtually. If...your courage. Without further ado … Action! 📺 Atlanta media mogul Ted Turner passed away on Wednesday...“Theater People,” where the hosts sit down with…...