“We look forward to working with our partners to preserve and protect Georgia’s land as well as provide educational research access on this site in the near future.” “Alford Nature Preserve will protect land, wetlands, and habitats, that are vital within the City of Marietta,” said Katie Pace, Executive Director of the Southern Conservation Trust. The gift will protect and enhance biologically-significant habitat for a range of plant and animal species. The property, to be known as the Alford Nature Preserve, is the first land donation in the history of The Southern Conservation Trust within Cobb County, Georgia. Alford was an avid outdoorsman throughout his life, beginning with his youth in Columbus, during which he achieved Eagle Scout, Scouting’s highest rank, and later as he explored Georgia’s many barrier islands and hiked America’s national parks A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Mr. The property was generously donated by the family of Mr. The protection of the new Alford Preserve will ensure that this segment of Rottenwood Creek is forever protected. Poor land use practices, such as those associated with land clearing for development and road building, negatively impact water quality. The headwaters and important segments of the Chattahoochee River system are major suppliers of drinking water for Georgia and surrounding states. The habitat is in the Chattahoochee River Basin, part of the larger Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. The project, a 5.5 acre wetland listed in the National Wetlands Inventory as a freshwater forested/shrub wetland on Rottenwood Creek and is a high priority habitat within the city limits that will be forever protected as greenspace and used for environmental research – meeting the goal for future land conservation and greenspace in the City of Marietta’s Comprehensive Plan. PEACHTREE CITY, November 29th, 2018 – The Southern Conservation Trust, a Georgia based land conservation organization working to protect vital habitats and resources, today announces a new protected wetland in the City of Marietta, Georgia. Wetland Habitat Protected in the City of Marietta

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