Georgia

Credit: Joe and Monica Cook

The Trust for Public Land is working to preserve Georgia’s past—and protect its future. Land acquired by TPL helped to establish the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in the Atlanta neighborhood where the civil rights leader was born and raised.

Along the Chattahoochee River, TPL is conserving land to safeguard water quality and secure public access for recreation. The Atlanta Beltline Initiative is converting abandoned rail lines to trails and pathways—one more way to create green space in the communities where Georgians live, work, and play.

Programs

In the News

Oconee National Forest Expanding , 04/20/12, GPBNews.com
Atlanta Beltline: the Best Sustainabilty Project in America?, 11/04/11, The Atlantic Cities
Park Service’s latest get includes key bridge, 10/24/11, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Coalition Revives Urban Park, 05/01/11, The Epoch Times

Visit a Project

Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

This refuge is an important link in the proposed Ocmulgee Heritage Greenway, an integrated system of scenic, historic and recreational resources along the Ocmulgee River.

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

In 2008, TPL purchased one of the last properties in the historic neighborhood. Located on the corner of Auburn Avenue just a few houses away from Dr. King's birth home, the property's acquisition was an important final step in preserving the neighborhood as Dr. King would have remembered it.