
ORLT-Protected Land
Most conservation easements are private property and not open to the public unless otherwise indicated. All locations are approximate.

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.

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