By Michael Halicki, Executive Director of Park Pride To state that you value the positive relationship between access to nature and health is not, on its surface, a controversial statement. However, […]

By George Dusenbury, The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Sarah Kirsch, Urban Land Institute, Atlanta District Council New analysis from The Trust for Public Land shows that opening schoolyards to […]

Author: Robert Crimian, Coast & Ocean Partnership Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy Almost daily in South Atlantic waters, fishing lines pull deep-dwelling fish to the surface. Not all these fish can be […]

By: Nick Johnson, Georgia Conservancy Senior Planner When it comes to land conservation in Georgia, there is strength in numbers. Conserving lands rich with environmental resources, including wildlife, wetlands, forest, agricultural, […]

By Teri Nye, Park Designer at Park Pride (and person who draws) The City of Atlanta is in the process of rewriting its tree ordinance—this is the set of rules that […]

Author: Ashby Nix Worley, The Nature Conservancy When you sink your toes into the sand at a beach along Georgia’s coast, your first thought probably isn’t about climate change, hurricanes, or […]

By George Dusenbury, state director for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Do you remember your favorite childhood field trip or summer break excursion? Perhaps you lived for jumping in […]

State and National Parks Offer City Dwellers Opportunity for Adventure By: Georgia Conservancy Communications Director Brian Foster Staying home for the Fourth of July holiday doesn’t mean you have to confine yourself […]

By Rachel Maher, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager  As Atlanta’s population grows and the urban environment is developed, our access to nature and greenspace is at risk. What would we […]