ORLT-Protected Land
Most conservation easements are private property and not open to the public unless otherwise indicated. All locations are approximate.
Farm near Social Circle protected by ORLT that also contains mesic hardwood, bottomland hardwood, and working forests.
Cattle on Social Circle Farm.
Riparian buffer on Social Circle Farm.
Landowners of Social Circle Farm.
This 151-acre property protects a tributary of Coody Creek, with mesic hardwoods and pine forests managed with fire for wildlife habitat and species diversity. Frequent fire management supports diverse wildlife, including turkeys and coveys of quail.
This 151-acre property protects a tributary of Coody Creek, with mesic hardwoods and pine forests managed with fire for wildlife habitat and species diversity. Frequent fire management supports diverse wildlife, including turkeys and coveys of quail.
This 151-acre property protects a tributary of Coody Creek, with mesic hardwoods and pine forests managed with fire for wildlife habitat and species diversity. Frequent fire management supports diverse wildlife, including turkeys and coveys of quail.
This 151-acre property protects a tributary of Coody Creek, with mesic hardwoods and pine forests managed with fire for wildlife habitat and species diversity. Frequent fire management supports diverse wildlife, including turkeys and coveys of quail.
This 151-acre property protects a tributary of Coody Creek, with mesic hardwoods and pine forests managed with fire for wildlife habitat and species diversity. Frequent fire management supports diverse wildlife, including turkeys and coveys of quail.
This 151-acre property protects a tributary of Coody Creek, with mesic hardwoods and pine forests managed with fire for wildlife habitat and species diversity. Frequent fire management supports diverse wildlife, including turkeys and coveys of quail.
Jefferson City Schools uses this 177-acre property on the Middle Oconee River to educate students about wetland ecosystems. It features bottomland hardwood forests, swamps, marshes and open water that provides habitat for otters, beavers, wading birds, and songbirds - and even has a heron rookery.
Wetland along the Middle Oconee River.
Wetland along the Middle Oconee River.
Learning about wetland ecosystems in Jackson County.
Wetland along the Middle Oconee River.
An ORLT conservation easement protects granite outcrops, xeric pine woodlands, mesic pine woodlands, mesic hardwood forests, and bottomland hardwood forests with rivercane on this 116-acre property. Naturalist William Bartram once camped on the property's sensitive granite outcrops while trading with Cherokees and Creeks.
An ORLT conservation easement protects granite outcrops, xeric pine woodlands, mesic pine woodlands, mesic hardwood forests, and bottomland hardwood forests with rivercane on this 116-acre property. Naturalist William Bartram once camped on the property's sensitive granite outcrops while trading with Cherokees and Creeks.
An ORLT conservation easement protects granite outcrops, xeric pine woodlands, mesic pine woodlands, mesic hardwood forests, and bottomland hardwood forests with rivercane on this 116-acre property. Naturalist William Bartram once camped on the property's sensitive granite outcrops while trading with Cherokees and Creeks.
An ORLT conservation easement protects granite outcrops, xeric pine woodlands, mesic pine woodlands, mesic hardwood forests, and bottomland hardwood forests with rivercane on this 116-acre property. Naturalist William Bartram once camped on the property's sensitive granite outcrops while trading with Cherokees and Creeks.
Protected land along Rocky Comfort Creek.
This 809-acre property protects 2 miles on the Apalachee River and 1.5 miles along Hard Labor Creek. The forest consist mostly of bottomland hardwoods along the waterways, with mixed hardwood-pine in the uplands.
This 809-acre property protects 2 miles on the Apalachee River and 1.5 miles along Hard Labor Creek. The forest consist mostly of bottomland hardwoods along the waterways, with mixed hardwood-pine in the uplands.
This 809-acre property protects 2 miles on the Apalachee River and 1.5 miles along Hard Labor Creek. The forest consist mostly of bottomland hardwoods along the waterways, with mixed hardwood-pine in the uplands.
This 809-acre property protects 2 miles on the Apalachee River and 1.5 miles along Hard Labor Creek. The forest consist mostly of bottomland hardwoods along the waterways, with mixed hardwood-pine in the uplands.
This 345-acre propertyprotects bottomland hardwood forests and open herbaceous wetlands along Cedar and Alexander Creek. Mesic hardwood forests grow along creek tributaries while the upland areas host a mixed pine-hardwood forest and some managed pine stands.
TThis 345-acre propertyprotects bottomland hardwood forests and open herbaceous wetlands along Cedar and Alexander Creek. Mesic hardwood forests grow along creek tributaries while the upland areas host a mixed pine-hardwood forest and some managed pine stands.
This 345-acre propertyprotects bottomland hardwood forests and open herbaceous wetlands along Cedar and Alexander Creek. Mesic hardwood forests grow along creek tributaries while the upland areas host a mixed pine-hardwood forest and some managed pine stands.
This 345-acre propertyprotects bottomland hardwood forests and open herbaceous wetlands along Cedar and Alexander Creek. Mesic hardwood forests grow along creek tributaries while the upland areas host a mixed pine-hardwood forest and some managed pine stands.
This 148 acre property protects pasture, as well as natural pine, oak-hickory-pine and bottomland hardwood forests with canebrakes along Sugar Creek.
This 148 acre property protects pasture, as well as natural pine, oak-hickory-pine and bottomland hardwood forests with canebrakes along Sugar Creek.
This 148 acre property consists of pasture, as well as natural pine, oak-hickory-pine and bottomland hardwood forests with canebrakes along Sugar Creek.
This 473-acre property protects wetlands along Macks Creek, a Broad River tributary, and adjoins over 2,000 acres of ORLT-protected land. This diverse property features fresh water marshes, canebrakes, granite outcrops and mesic hardwood forests containing Piedmont azalea.
This 473-acre property protects wetlands along Macks Creek, a Broad River tributary, and adjoins over 2,000 acres of ORLT-protected land. This diverse property features fresh water marshes, canebrakes, granite outcrops and mesic hardwood forests.
This 473-acre property protects wetlands along Macks Creek, a Broad River tributary, and adjoins over 2,000 acres of ORLT-protected land. This diverse property features fresh water marshes, canebrakes, granite outcrops and mesic hardwood forests.
This 473-acre property protects wetlands along Macks Creek, a Broad River tributary, and adjoins over 2,000 acres of ORLT-protected land. This diverse property features fresh water marshes, canebrakes, granite outcrops and mesic hardwood forests.
This 473-acre property protects wetlands along Macks Creek, a Broad River tributary, and adjoins over 2,000 acres of ORLT-protected land. This diverse property features fresh water marshes, canebrakes, granite outcrops and mesic hardwood forests.
This 473-acre property protects wetlands along Macks Creek, a Broad River tributary, and adjoins over 2,000 acres of ORLT-protected land. This diverse property features fresh water marshes, canebrakes, granite outcrops and mesic hardwood forests.
The wetland forests along Noketchee Creek on this 102-acre property once housed a Girl Scout Camp. Today, streamside forests host fern glads, native shrubs like mountain laurel and papapw, and mature poplar and beech trees.
The wetland forests along Noketchee Creek on this 102-acre property once housed a Girl Scout Camp. Today, streamside forests host fern glads, native shrubs like mountain laurel and papapw, and mature poplar and beech trees.
The wetland forests along Noketchee Creek on this 102-acre property once housed a Girl Scout Camp. Today, streamside forests host fern glads, native shrubs like mountain laurel and papapw, and mature poplar and beech trees.
The wetland forests along Noketchee Creek on this 102-acre property once housed a Girl Scout Camp. Today, streamside forests host fern glads, native shrubs like mountain laurel and papapw, and mature poplar and beech trees.
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This 151-acre property protects a tributary of Coody Creek, with mesic hardwoods and pine forests managed with fire for wildlife habitat and species diversity. Frequent fire management supports diverse wildlife, including turkeys and coveys of quail.
The Oconee River Land Trust holds over 200 conservation easements, protecting more than 42,000 acres of land in 46 Georgia counties. In 2020, ORLT accepted its first out-of-state CE, protecting nearly 180 acres of land in Edgefield County, S.C. Georgia counties with conservation easements are:
Banks, Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Chatham, Cherokee, Clarke, Coweta, Crawford, DeKalb, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Franklin, Fulton, Gordon, Greene, Hancock, Heard, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Madison, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Pickens, Putnam, Spalding, Taliaferro, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, Walton, Warren, Washington, White, Wilkes, Wilkinson