EcoAddendum

Join us for a remarkable weekend at southwest edge of the Great Smoky Mountains. The weekend includes a spring migrants birding and spring ephemerals wildflower walk combined with a Cherokee history talk with Archaeologist Quentin Bass. On Saturday, we will visit the Chief Junaluska Memorial and Medicine Trail Walk in Robbinsville, NC, followed by a special invitation to a private home on the shores of Lake Santeetlah. On Sunday, after our walk, we'll have another, optional, hike at nearby location before heading…

Volunteer with Eco-A and 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. We’ll remove English Ivy in several locations in sensitive old growth…

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…

Volunteer with Eco-A and 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…

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…

EcoA's Kathryn Kolb will focus on spring ephemeral wildflowers and old growth indicator species found along impressively rich trails at the Elachee Nature Science Center near Gainesville, Georgia. For more information and to register please click HERE.  A donation of $15 or more helps support our programs.  

High Falls State Park hosts Georgia's largest waterfall south of Atlanta, an impressive 135 foot cascade over a tumbling rock formation that heralds the transition from Georgia's Piedmont to Coastal Plain. High Falls Park is a popular destination with many recreational amenities, but we'll take a less traveled nature trail that offers great views of the falls, then runs through a hardwood forest adjacent to the Towaliga River. A wide variety of species can seen here, including the striking Indian Pink. Boulders…

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…