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LuAnn Craighton ( The Nature Conservancy ) Brent Widener ( Fort Benning ) Dr. Dwight McLaurin ( Owner, McLaurin Farms ) Where We Work Working with landowners and communities to conserve the Fall Lines natural heritage and quality of

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LuAnn Craighton (The Nature Conservancy) Brent Widener (Fort Benning)

  • Dr. Dwight McLaurin (Owner, McLaurin Farms)
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Where We Work

“Working with landowners and communities to conserve the Fall Line’s natural heritage and quality of life…..”

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Fall Line Biodiversity

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In the Beginning…

1990s – Fort Benning partners with The Nature Conservancy 2006 – Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) program at Fort Benning 2010 – ACUB Biennial Review Recommendation (Army Environmental Command) 2011 – Chattahoochee Fall Line Conservation Partnership (CFLCP) formed

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CFLCP Partners

  • Atlanta Botanical Garden
  • Chattahoochee RiverWarden
  • Chattahoochee Valley Land Trust
  • City of Columbus
  • Coalition for Sound Growth
  • Columbus Museum
  • Columbus State University
  • Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources
  • Georgia Forestry Commission
  • Jones Ecological Research Center
  • The Longleaf Alliance
  • MeadWestvaco Foundation
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  • National Wild Turkey Federation
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Oxbow Meadow Environmental Center
  • Private Landowners
  • Southern Company
  • The Conservation Fund
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Trust for Public Land
  • Trees Columbus
  • Tuskegee National Forest
  • Tuskegee University
  • U.S. Army
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Working together to provide technical expertise, strategic coordination and leveraged resources for land conservation and ecosystem restoration along the Chattahoochee Fall Line

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CFLCP Accomplishments

Land Protection

27,000 ac in ACUB area under permanent conservation protection

Stewardship Activities

  • Prescribed fire: >37,000 acres burned
  • Longleaf pine planted: >3,200 acres
  • Invasive species/sand pine removal: 1,200 acres
  • Ecological timber harvest: 1,200 acres
  • Ecological monitoring plots: >250 established
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CFLCP Accomplishments

Ecological Restoration and Outdoor Recreation

  • Opened 11,000-acre Chattahoochee Fall

Line WMA

  • Co-owned and co-managed by Georgia

DNR and The Nature Conservancy

Outreach and Education

  • Landowner Workshops
  • Community Events
  • Volunteer Activities
  • Presentations
  • Field Tours
  • Resource Materials
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Moving Forward….

  • Mapping
  • Land protection
  • Stewardship (rx fire)
  • Demonstration sites
  • Landowner outreach