It was such a big hit last year, we’re hosting the Athens Conservancy annual meeting at the Little Fish Brewing Co. patio again this year! Please join us at 5 pm Monday, Oct. 16,  at Little Fish, 8675 Armitage Rd. in Athens, for a celebration and roundup of activities over the past year, which are…

Meet Chris O’Bara, one member of our thoroughly brilliant and talented board of directors! A retired aquatic biologist and grant administrator, Chris joined the Conservancy board in spring 2022. He has been interested in environmental issues and wildlife his entire life, since growing up on a family farm in Massachusetts. There, he gained an awareness…

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…