EcoAddendum

For more info about our new Brookhaven Stewardship Program, and how to join, contact us. Stewardship Classes, Walks and other Private Events with Eco-A In addition to our naturalist walks, Eco-A offers 10-12 month Stewardship programs, other educational walks and outings, and volunteer events for neighborhood groups, friends of parks, garden clubs, businesses, community service groups, church groups, and many others. We offer both general and themed walks for all ages in greenspaces in neighborhoods throughout metro Atlanta. Walk themes include…

We invite Eco-A volunteers, neighbors and friends of Grove Park to participate in the continued restoration efforts of this special and unique remnant old-growth forest. We'll focus on removing invasive species carefully from this high-value forest. We'll show how to recognize old growth forest remnants and we'll end with a short walk to a beautiful section of Proctor Creek or walk thru the high forest near the ridgeline.  Volunteers have made great progress this year on preventing the spread of Kudzu…

This event was rescheduled due to rain. New dates to join us are: Dec. 16-17 (register below) and for Jan. 27-28, 2024 (register HERE). Eco-A again offers our signature event with Quentin Bass, recently retired Archaeologist, Heritage Manager and Tribal Liaison for the Cherokee National Forest, on a day-long visit to a special area near the intersection of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers. The Tennessee-Hiwassee river confluence was a Native American center for thousands of years, and was an important hub for early…

Volunteer with our Brookhaven partners:                  Brookhaven Parks & Recreation Coalition (PARC) & City of Brookhaven We need your help!  Today our natural landscapes are threatened by invasive species, but using chemical treatments and indiscriminate clearing only further harms fragile ecosystems. Let's do it right - enjoy outdoor time with friends and neighbors in helping to safely remove invasive species to restore park health. You'll learn about the special quality of Brookhaven Parks, including their trees, wildlife, rare species…

We invite Eco-A volunteers, neighbors and friends of Grove Park to participate in the continued restoration efforts of this special and unique old-growth forest remnant. Your volunteer work will help us remove invasive species carefully, without using any harsh treatments that could harm the native forest we are trying to restore. We'll share the story of why this forest is so special, and we'll end with a short walk to a beautiful section of Proctor Creek.  Our volunteers have made great progress by…

Join us for a rare chance to visit a premiere Atlanta greenspace as well as help restore it. This unique area is a protected City of Atlanta Watershed Management property along Utoy Creek. This property contains a mix of ecosystems from floodplain to ridgetop, and it includes old growth forest remnants and a botanically rich slope that hosts many uncommon native species.  We'll enjoy a walk into the forest, visiting an interesting boulder outcrop, then we'll work remove some invasive…

Eco-A again offers our signature event with Quentin Bass, recently retired Archaeologist, Heritage Manager and Tribal Liaison for the Cherokee National Forest, on a day-long visit to a special area near the intersection of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers. The Tennessee-Hiwassee river confluence was a Native American center for thousands of years, and was an important hub for early American interstate transportation and commerce (which focused on major rivers before trains and automobiles), and a critically strategic military site. It was…

We invite Eco-A volunteers, neighbors and friends of Grove Park to participate in the continued restoration efforts of this special and unique old-growth forest remnant. Your volunteer work will help us remove invasive species carefully, without using any harsh treatments that could harm the native forest we are trying to restore. We'll share the story of why this forest is so special, and we'll end with a short walk to a beautiful section of Proctor Creek.  Our volunteers have made great progress by…