Monarchs in Your Yard and Abroad Few creatures in nature evoke such delight as the Monarch Butterfly, a true icon of conservation and natural heritage in our state. 2020’s second generation of Danaus plexippus recently emerged as adult butterflies here in Georgia and are......
Not only is June 6th National Trails Day, but it is Land Trust Day, as well. It’s no coincidence that these go hand in hand. Land trusts focus on conserving individual tracts of land in order to contribute to conservation efforts at larger scales......
Every springtime, the Southern Conservation Trust gets numerous emails and phone calls from concerned people asking the following question: “I found an abandoned fawn! Where can I take it?” The answer is almost always the same: The fawn isn’t abandoned and you should leave it......
Watch our Director of Parks and Education set up our new bee hives! ...
Use this guide to learn how to observe organisms and upload them to iNaturalist! First, download the iNaturalist app for free onto your phone. Under the “More” options at the bottom of the screen, go to “Projects” and select “City Nature Challenge 2020”......
We challenge you to join us in creating pollinator habitat gardens all over Fayette & surrounding Counties. Join us in celebrating Earth Month and National Service Month by planting native Georgia pollinator species in your own backyard. You can see a list of Native......
With the latest statement by Governor Kemp, we understand that public nature areas are allowed to be open with certain restrictions. With that being said, we regret that we will continue to keep all Southern Conservation Trust nature areas closed for the time being. We......
The Fun and Challenging Art of Using a Turkey Mouth Call So due to the time of year and it currently being turkey hunting season, I thought it would be fun to teach everyone how to actually use a Wild Turkey mouth call! Learning how......
A Look Back at How Conservation in the United States Came to Be: Written by: Katie Pace Quattlebaum In 1872, Yellowstone became the first national park and it ignited our long journey and ambitions as a country to appreciate and protect this land......