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The Georgia Conservancy is looking for opportunities to build partnerships with other groups, organizations and businesses to accomplish environmental goals in Georgia. According to Pierre Howard, President of the Georgia Conservancy, "good things can happen when the right people work together."
Howard is both an expert and an example on establishing partnerships. Just recently, he worked to connect the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Flint Energies on a project to help ease the housing shortage for the American kestrel in middle Georgia. With Howard's assistance, DNR received permission from Flint Energies to erect nest boxes on power poles to provide housing for these rare falcons.
 "This partnership succeeded in positioning 10 kestrel boxes on power poles near the Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area just south of Butler in Taylor County," said Howard. "The southeastern kestrel has three small populations in Georgia, and this critical nest box project is aimed at helping to boost the species' chance for success. A partnership like this is a perfect example of the types of projects the Georgia Conservancy is seeking to help threatened and endangered species in Georgia."
Funding for the nest boxes used in this project was provided by The Environmental Resources Network. The Joseph W. Jones Research Center in Baker County also provided support for the project. To learn more on the kestrel box project, please visit DNR's news page.
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