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In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed 96,000 acres (388 km 2) of federal lands in central Georgia as the Oconee National Forest. The Oconee then joined the Chattahoochee to become the Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forests of today. The Chattooga River was designated a Wild and Scenic River during the 1970s.
Website. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is a 31,551-acre (12,768 ha) National Wildlife Refuge located in Chatham and Effingham counties in Georgia and Jasper County in South Carolina. Of the total area, 15,395 acres (6,230 ha) is in Georgia and 15,263 acres (6,177 ha) is in South Carolina.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Last year’s hunting season brought around 214,000 deer in by over about 210,000 hunters In Georgia, more than one million acres of public hunting land is available to licensed hunters
The Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,618 acres (2,274 ha) [1] National Wildlife Refuge located in McIntosh county in Georgia. The refuge was established to provide a nature and forest preserve for aesthetic and conservation purposes. The refuge is one of seven refuges administered by the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex in ...
Georgia's congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. The proposed Ocmulgee Mounds Park ...
Established. 1939. Governing body. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Website. Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge. Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000-acre (140 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge established in 1939 and located in central Georgia.
Dixon Memorial State Forest. Dixon Memorial State Forest is a state forest in Brantley and Ware counties, located 10 miles southeast of Waycross, Georgia bordered by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the south. The forest is approximately 35,000 acres and is the largest state forest owned and managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission.