Athens Conservancy preserves wild and scenic places, protects water quality, and maintains healthy, resilient ecosystems that support native biodiversity and help counteract the cause of climate change. Our conserved lands are valued by the community and connect people with nature for recreation, education, research, and inspiration. The community supports our work and mission as dedicated volunteers, passionate land stewards, donors, allies and partners.
Our logo is the maidenhair fern, Adiantum pedatum, one of the most beautiful native plants.
It inhabits moist woodlands and is abundant in our Bluebell and Poston Preserves along the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway. The genus name comes from the Greek for “not wetting”, because water simply beads up and runs off the fronds.