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 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 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 …

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 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. …

Pates Creek HenryStatus The conservation of the Property in its relatively natural state aids in the protection of water quality and quantity through retention of water in the soils and plants on the Property, with slow release after movement and filtration across the Property and along its streams. This, in turn, benefits downstream creeks and rivers, including Pates Creek (on …

Scott Branch QuarryStatus The Property consists of approximately 120 acres of primarily pine, hardwood, and mixed pine hardwood forest. The varying topography is made up of a series of ridges with associated slopes and coves. The planted pine areas are typically along the ridge tops towards the north. The coves have a mix of pine-hardwood and hardwood stands. These areas …

Pickens County Decorative StoneStatus The property is located within the Blue Ridge Ecoregion, which the Georgia SWAP noted as one of the richest centers of biodiversity in North America, and protection of the property furthers the SWAP’s goals to protect and preserve such important habitats. Protection of the water sources on the property sustains water quality for the Salacoa Creek …