EcoAddendum

new date! Herbert Greene Park is one of Atlanta's less well-known parks, but it is one of our favorites because it hosts bio-diverse native forest and contains a beautiful stretch of Utoy Creek, after the north and south forks of Utoy have united, and only a few miles before joining the Chattahoochee River. Herbert Greene is located in Boulder Park just outside I-285, and like the surrounding neighborhood, ancient boulders are found here as well. Herbert Greene Park is one of…

Join us for an easy walk along the nature trails at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center in John's Creek, just north of Atlanta. This property was originally owned by the Muscogee Creek, then Cherokee Nations, then after the Cherokee were forced to leave their lands in the 1830's, Americans divided their lands into parcels for land lotteries, and a succession of farming families owned the tract from the 1800s thru the mid-twentieth century. Today the property stands at just…

Join our host and sponsor, Friends of Pea Ridge Park, on this insightful and informative walk where we'll share in-depth information about the trees in your yard or park, and how to care for them.  Everyone can learn the key signs that show whether a tree is healthy or might become hazardous, and know when to call an arborist, and why an ISA certified Arborist is important. Most trees will tell us they have health problems years before they fail…

The peak of Mount Oglethorpe is just over 3,000 feet in elevation. Spectacular views greet visitors at the mountain top where observation decks ask us for a contemplative moment, a picnic lunch, or a few hours and book on a sunny early-spring afternoon. Our trail takes us in a loop around the crown of the mountain, through older forests where we're likely to see a wide variety spring wildflowers in late April.  Mount Oglethorpe was originally called Grassy Knob, and was the…

Join us for one or both trips! Trip 1 - Tracing Life on the Georgia Coast, with Professor Anthony Martin, Emory University May 1 - May 4 Have you walked along a beach and wondered who made all the tracks, trails, marks, holes, and a myriad of odd-shaped materials found on shells, in sands, rocks or sea-weathered driftwoods? Emory Professor of Environmental Science Tony Martin specializes in ichnology, the fascinating study of the traces that living things, such as "trees, coastal plants,…

We've rescheduled this walk from our previous rained-out date. Since it's a few weeks later than originally planned we should see a different set of wildflowers, and I'm sure we'll hear and see many songbirds, including Black-throated Green and Black and White Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrush (because we heard them here a few weeks ago) and likely Scarlet Tanagers and possibly many other neo-tropical migrants. The Pine Log Creek Trail is located in Bartow County in the southern rim of the North…

Dawson Forest is a large, 10,000-acre, yet little-known natural area owned by City of Atlanta, located about one hour north of the Atlanta. There are many trails, and we're planning to walk a special section that hosts a rich native forest that blends Piedmont and Mountain species. Our path includes a small falls on a tributary stream right before joining the Etowah River.  We'll see a rich variety of native plants and wildflowers from dry ridge, to cove, to riparian…

Rescheduled from May 10 Join us for a naturalist walk with DeKalb County Commissioner Michelle Long Spears in Brookhaven's Ashford Forest!  Enjoy talking with the Commissioner as we walk along natural trails in one of Brookhaven's premiere natural greenspaces -- right across from the DeKalb Peachtree Airport. You'll learn more about this special greenspace from our Brookhaven Eco-Stewards, and have more time to talk with Commissioner Spears right after the walk.  Please RSVP - to register click HERE   Location: 3890 Clairmont Rd, Brookhaven, GA 30341  For…