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New leadership announced at the Georgia Conservancy
The Georgia Conservancy Board of Trustees has announced their selection of former Lieutenant Governor Pierre Howard as president of the Georgia Conservancy, effective immediately. Howard has served as interim director of the Georgia Conservancy since January. Joining Howard in top leadership as Senior Vice President at the Georgia Conservancy is Allison Wall, director of Georgia Watch and a veteran lobbyist with well-established media connections. "It is the unanimous sentiment among Board members," noted Martin Melaver, current Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Conservancy, "that this melding of newer, influential presences with veteran leadership will enable the Georgia Conservancy to continue to be a visionary steward of the State's environmental resources for many years to come." The Georgia Conservancy staff is proud to welcome Allie and Pierre.
Full press release
A message from the President (with the opportunity to provide feedback)
On June 18, 2009, the Georgia Conservancy's Generation Green hosted Verde, a summer soirée in honor of Mandy Mahoney, the 2009 Longleaf Award winner. The Longleaf Award is given annually by Generation Green and recognizes an emerging environmental leader.
A special thanks goes to the Brookwood, Atlanta's first LEED designed high-rise residential building, for hosting the event, the SweetWater Brewing Company, DJ Pat O'Brien, Esperanza T-shirt Company, Dwayne Bass and the board of Generation Green.
Verde, Generation Green's signature event, raised over $6,000 for the Georgia Conservancy and brought out a diverse, fun and environmentally minded crowd.
Click here to see more pictures from the event!
On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, Georgia officials lifted stringent statewide outdoor watering restrictions. Georgia Conservancy President Pierre Howard was quoted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution saying "We need to work on water efficiency and conservation. Georgia has come to a point in its history in growing... that it has to be a leader in water conservation."
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Stay up to date on Georgia Conservancy water news, including an update on Georgia's Water Conservation Implementation Plan and the Regional Water Planning Councils in your area.
The Georgia Conservancy species of the week is the Shoals spiderlly. Reclassified with the Latin name Hymenocallis coronaria, the odoriferous plant blooms from mid-May through early June. The large, showy white flowers open in the late afternoon and emit a pleasant fragrance throughout the night that wanes the next day as the blossom withers. The fruit of the flower are olive-shaped, dark green seeds that often germinate before falling into the water, where they quickly sink to the bottom, where they germinate in the shoals instead of floating into deeper water where they would not survive. The shoals spiderlily is found in the shallow, fast-flowing water of river shoals along the fall line in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. In Georgia, it grows in isolated populations along the Savannah, Chattahoochee, and Flint rivers, where much of this plant's habitat has been submerged by the construction of reservoirs. Listed as endangered by the state of Georgia, threats to remaining populations include siltation, abnormally lowered water levels from drought and overwithdrawal, and collecting by humans. For more information visit the Georgia Conservancy's species of the week webpage.
Every species of the week is a part of The Great Georgia Photo SWAP contest, a new project sponsored by the Georgia Conservancy and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), highlights nearly 30 high-priority species in all eco-regions of the state as listed in Georgia's State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP). Unaltered and original photos submitted by citizens to swap@gaconservancy.org will be posted on the Georgia Conservancy's Web site every two weeks, and participants will be awarded prizes each month as well as a digital camera grand prize for the person who submits the most photos over the course of the one-year project.
 Congratulations to 3rd Grader Meredith Church, a Student at Demorest Elementary School, in Demorest, GA, the winner of the 2009 "Home Sweet Home Habitat Art Contest." Meredith's painting was chosen out of 83 other entries, all competing to capture this message: "Why We Should Protect Georgia's Carolina bays." Garrett Bates from Sylvester, GA responded by writing "we should protect Carolina bays because animals live there and we don't want to destroy their homes." To see all the winning artwork and to learn more about the Georgia Conservancy's commitment to environmental education visit the 2009 Home Sweet Home Habitat Art Contest Winners Page. See what the Georgia Conservancy is doing to protect Carolina bays.
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