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Mill Creek

Mill CreekStatus Eco Terra has entered into a contract to place an easement on a property that would comprise the Mill Creek Stream Mitigation Site (MCSMS) in Towns County, approximately 5.25 miles south of Hiawassee, Georgia (Figure 1). The MCSMS is within the Owl Creek – Hiawassee River 12-digit HUC 060200020102 within the Tennessee River Basin. The mitigation area is …

Eton Materials

Eton MaterialsStatus The Eton Materials, LLC property consists of approximately 115 forested acres located about three miles south of the Tennessee—Georgia state line, near the unincorporated community of Cisco in Murray County, Georgia. The property is just one mile west of the boundary of the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Cohutta Wildlife Management Area, located immediately within the National Forest …

Crane Mountain

Crane MountainStatus Portions of the property consist of a mature forest while a majority of the land is covered by relatively young pine forest regrowth. Numerous rare species, such as Purple Coneflower, Monkeyface Orchid, Radford’s Sedge, Green Salamander, Barren Strawberry, are known to occur in close proximity to the property and within three miles from the site. The protected land …

Paul’s Farm

Paul’s FarmStatus The property is approximately half in agriculture and a half in woodland. It has been in agricultural and timber production for the last several decades, with one old home area. Currently, it is used for grazing, hay production, and recreation (private hunting, scenic enjoyment). Granite Flatrock outcrops and boulders exist on portions of the property. Paul’s Farm is …

Brown’s Chapel Quarry

Brown’s Chapel QuarryStatus The Property is located within the Broad River watershed. The Property contains mixed pine-hardwood forest, mesic hardwood forest, granite outcrops, open fields/pasture, and two streams. Mesic hardwood forest, rock outcrops and streams are high priority habitats in the Piedmont region of Georgia. The rock outcrops and riparian areas along the perennial stream forming the southern Property line …

Salacoa Stone Quarry

Salacoa Stone QuarryStatus The Conservation Easement protects approximately 90 acres in the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. The lands are situated southwest of the town of Jasper in Pickens County, Georgia. The easement provides a permanent green space in an area that is within an hour’s drive of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The proximity to such a large population center makes …

Fisher Creek Quarry

Fisher Creek QuarryStatus The Fisher Creek Quarry, LLC property is composed of approximately 84 acres of forested land in the Georgia Piedmont. Located in Pickens County, it is just east of the small town of Talking Rock and north of the town of Jasper. It is within about an hour’s drive of the northern suburbs of Atlanta. The easement protects …

Camp Dobbs

Camp DobbsStatus The Property is situated southwest of the town of Jasper on Pickens County/Cherokee County line in Georgia. The area is also under pressure from rock quarrying, which is common for this area. The Property is rolling too steep and generally forested. It takes in very small reaches of Shoal Creek and a tributary of Salacoa Creek. The sub-watersheds …

Wynn Drive Henry

Wynn Drive HenryStatus The Property falls within the Piedmont Ecoregion and the Upper Ocmulgee Watershed. The Property’s almost 40 acres consist of mixed pine hardwood uplands, an early successional pine stand, two streams and associated riparian areas and bottoms, and a lake with associated wetland habitat. There are some areas with numerous dead trees and woody debris along with an …

River Green Preserve

River Green PreserveStatus The Property consists of approximately 22 acres of primarily pine, hardwood, and mixed pine hardwood forest. The Property is north of a residential development and the Army Corps of Engineers Allatoona Recreation Area. There are some young pine stands that are on the southern portion of the Property. Mature hardwood cove forests make up the northern portion. …