With the support of generous donations from our Healthy Forest Friends, Athens Conservancy has increased efforts to control the spread of invasive plants in our nature preserves. From February through mid-April, our hard-working land steward, Bill Rucker (at left in photo), focused on removal of invasive shrubs such as privet, burning bush, multiflora rose, and…
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Meet board member Dawn Handley
Meet Dawn Handey, one member of our board of directors — a thoroughly brilliant and talented group of dedicated volunteers! Dawn grew up in the Athens area, and loves spending time outdoors with her partner and three children, exploring creek beds, having rock-skipping contests, and checking under rocks for salamanders, crawdads, and other surprises lurking…
Meet board member Chris Fahl
Meet Chris Fahl, member (and former president) of our multi-talented, experienced, and brilliant board of directors. Her love of the outdoors growing up led her to an interest in policy, and she earned her PhD in conservation biology. She is former 4th ward representative on Athens City Council. Why is spending time outdoors important to…