Past Events & Programs
Forestry and Wildlife Expo
Saturday, August 24, 2024
FREE Admission
The day was filled with local contractors, consultants, and agency representatives answering questions for 456 attendees about available resources to achieve land management goals.
The day included exhibitors, talks, demonstrations, and great door prizes.
It took place at Marion County High School in
Buena Vista, Ga.
Landowner Workshop: “Making Your Forest Land Work for You”
Friday, June 7, 2024
The Nature Conservancy, Longleaf Alliance, and Georgia Forestry Commission collaborated to host a “Making Your Forest Land Work For You” landowner workshop at the Chamber of Commerce building in Talbotton, Ga., on June 7th.
New landowners, landowners just beginning to think about land management, underserved landowners, and landowners with heirs property concerns are attended.
Information included forest management basics, an introduction to local resource people who can provide land management advice, different ways to make money from your forested land, and details about cost share programs landowners can apply to that will help pay for land management activities.
Staff from The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center and McIntosh S.E.E.D. programs were also on the agenda and provide information about clearing title to land enabling landowners to access cost share programs along with estate planning and the transfer of generational wealth.
Feral Swine Control Workshop & Trapping Demonstration
May 2, 2023
The workshop will focus on feral swine control methods to address property and crop damage. The free workshop and trapping demonstration will be
Funding Available for Prescribed Fire on Private Property
December 19, 2022
A group of private land owners learned more about opportunities for partial funding of prescribed fire projects. A live demonstration was provided of how drones are being used for burns.
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (IGEL)
November 3, 2022
The IGEL Class of 2022 visited Columbus, Fort Moore, Buena Vista, and the Chattahoochee Fall Line Wildlife Management Area to experience and learn more about the ecology and economy of the region. The goal of the IGEL program is to build and sustain a diverse network of environmentally educated leaders in the state of Georgia. This mural in Buena Vista, Ga., celebrates the Longleaf Pine ecosystem.
September 23, 2022
Nature Now Film Festival
August 18, 2022
Festival participants enjoyed viewing the Sentinel Landscape film and talking with representatives from Fort Moore and The Nature Conservancy about local efforts to restore the longleaf pine ecosystem on and around Fort Moore.
Forestry and Wildlife Expo for Landowners
August 6, 2022
More than 300 people braved the summer heat and attended the first Forestry and Wildlife Expo in Buena Vista. Participants visited with a variety of exhibitors, contractors, and agency representatives who provided information to help landowners achieve their land management objectives.
Discovering the Great Outdoors
Wednesdays in June 2022
Connect with nature in your backyard! During this session discover more about the common and not so common pine trees you see every day.
Groundcover Field Day
May 17, 2022
Hurtsboro, AL
Nearly 40 private landowners, conservation professionals, and agency personnel toured Sehoy – Enon Plantation and saw first-hand how prescribed fire along with other management techniques produce robust groundcover creating high-quality habitat for species ranging from bobwhite quail and deer to red-cockaded woodpeckers.
Fall Line Forestry Workshop
May 6, 2022
Talbotton, GA
More than 70 private landowners, foresters, and agency personnel gathered at the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce to learn more about current conservation topics ranging from important legislative updates and new landowner assistance programs to carbon sequestration and how natural resources management on Fort Moore benefits the entire region.
