by lizzi | May 23, 2019 | Donor Profiles, Newsletter Vol. 6
By Dorinda Dallmeyer Cherishing coastal Georgia comes naturally to Dr. Marsha Certain. The daughter of a physician, she grew up in Brunswick. After graduating from the Medical College of Georgia and completing a cardiology fellowship at Emory, her love of coastal...
by lizzi | May 23, 2019 | News & Updates, Newsletter Vol. 6
When meeting with people new to coastal conservation, we’re often asked, “How can we help?” To answer that question broadly and responsibly, Stewards has released the second edition of its Coastal Conservation Project List, a curated menu of high priority conservation...
by lizzi | May 23, 2019 | News & Updates, Newsletter Vol. 6
($2,500 committed/$27,500 needed) In 2015, The Nature Conservancy acquired 4000 acres in the Altamaha watershed, strategically positioned where the river meets the salt marsh in Glynn County—the historic Altama tract. Today, the property is owned and managed by the...
by lizzi | Jul 16, 2018 | Newsletter Vol. 5, Project Profiles
By Dorinda Dallmeyer High in the Georgia Piedmont south of Union Point and Siloam, springs rise in two pastures to form the Ogeechee. Unlike most of Georgia’s rivers, whose headwaters are composed of creeks and streams bearing their own names, the Ogeechee is...
by lizzi | Jul 16, 2018 | Newsletter Vol. 5, Project Profiles
By Dorinda G. Dallmeyer Since the arrival of Paleo-Indians around 11,500 years ago, the Ogeechee watershed has been indispensable to its people. The late Jack Leigh knew the river was not just carving a path to the sea when he said, “Water shapes our lives, and...
