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The land purchase was for the Georgia Coastal Flatwoods Upland Game Conservation Project. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The following year in 1938, the land was leased to the state of Georgia to manage and was renamed the Waycross State Forest.
The Nature Conservancy purchased the land from the E.D. Rivers Estate on March 14, 1980. In April, 1980, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service entered into a lease agreement with The Nature Conservancy for management and operation of Banks Lake. On February 22, 1985, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service purchased Banks Lake from The Nature ...
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Spanning approximately 14,134 acres, it is a privately owned tract that has been leased and used as a WMA by the Georgia DNR for over 40 years. As of recent reports, the property has been placed on the market for sale, prompting discussions among state officials, conservation groups, and local residents regarding the future of the area.
In 1911, the United States Forest Service purchased 31,000 acres (125 km 2) of land in Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and Union Counties from the Gennett family for $7 per acre. This land was the beginning of what would become the Chattahoochee National Forest. The initial land purchases became a part of the Cherokee National Forest on June 14, 1920.
Daniels, Thomas L., and Daniel Moscovici. "Protected Land Management and Governance in the United States: More Than 150 Years of Change." Society & Natural Resources 33.6 (2020): 711-720. Dick, Everett. The lure of the land: A social history of the public lands from the Articles of Confederation to the New Deal (U of Nebraska Press, 1970) online
Georgia's first leases for oyster farming, also called mariculture, are shaping up off the coast to bolster the local-grown oyster industry. Homegrown: Georgia's first leases for oyster farms hit ...
The Georgia Land Conservation Program (GLCP) works to permanently protect land and water resources in the U.S. state of Georgia through public/private partnerships. [1] Created in 2005 by former Governor Sonny Perdue through the Georgia Land Conservation Act, [ 2 ] the GLCP provides grants, low-interest loans, and tax credits to achieve ...