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…

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…