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The Atlanta BeltLine
Project
Atlanta Audubon Society partners with
Trees Atlanta on a Birds and Wildlife Component for the Atlanta BeltLine
Project
  
Thanks to
grants from TogetherGreen and Beringer, Atlanta Audubon Society
was able to work on a special birds and wildlife component for the
Atlanta BeltLine project. Our partner on the grants was Trees Atlanta.
Our grant focused on giving a voice to the wildlife/birds living along
the Atlanta BeltLine, engaging in innovative, on-the-ground conservation
projects, and actively engaging citizens in the unique neighborhoods.
We were successful in
achieving the following project objectives:
developed an in-depth
field analysis and plan of the unique wildlife/bird species of each
of the seven “natural habitats” (identified habitats/neighborhoods:
West Connection, Warehouse Row, Southern Way, The Confluence, New
South, Piedmont Park and Entrenchment Creek);
worked with Trees Atlanta and the BeltLine to make recommendations
on future planning that would be both bird- and wildlife friendly;
conducted six restoration projects in the West Connection and
Warehouse Row neighborhoods; and
developed 14 beautiful and informative educational pieces—one for
each of the 14 natural neighborhood focusing on the unique
habitat/wildlife of the area.
The
educational pieces will be distributed throughout the coming years and
will be a vital step in the BeltLine future of building recognition and
community around the various seven natural neighborhoods. They will
serve as an important part of the conservation agenda to reduce threats
and engage audiences in citizen participation and environmental
stewardship. These neighborhoods already have “built-in” target
audiences with many educational facilities (schools—elementary/high
school—and universities such as Morehouse College, Spelman College,
Georgia Tech).
If
you would like to see a copy of the educational pieces that were
completed for each neighborhood, click on the attachments.
Neighborhood focus for each piece (links open brochures in PDF for each
neighborhood):
“New South” (Midtown,
Morningside/Lenox Park, St. Charles Greenwood, Poncey Highlands,
Bedford Pine, Old Fourth Ward, and Inman Park)
“West Connection”
(Hunter Hills, Washington Park, Mozley Park, Westview, West End,
Ashview Heights and Harris Chiles)
“Warehouse Row” (Westview,
Cascade Road, Oakland City and West End)
“Piedmont Park” (Ansley
Park, Midtown, Virginia Highland and Morningside/Lenox Park)
“Southern Way” (Peopletown,
Summerhill, Grank Park, Englewood Manor, Chosewood, South Atlanta,
Carver Homes, High Point and Joyland)
“Confluence” (Collier Hills,
Collier Hills North, Channing Valley Spring Lake, Ardmore Park,
Haynes Manor, Peachtree Hills, Garden Hills, Lindbergh and Brookwood
Hills)
“Entrenchment Creek”
(Grant Park, Ormewood Park, Boulevard Heights)
“The Gap”
(Bland Town, Knight Park)
“Hulsey Yard”
(Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown, Edgewood and Inman Park)
“Urban
Forest Corridor” (Ormewood Park, Grant Park, Glenwood
Park, Cabbagetown and Reynoldstown)
“The Quarry”
(Rockdale, Knight Park, Grove Park, Bankhead and English Avenue)
“Murphy’s
Crossing” (Capitol Hill, Capitol View Manor and Adair
Park)
“Clear Creek”
(Sherwood Forest, Ansley Park and Piedmont Heights)
“Water Works”
(Underwood Hills, Loring Heights, Home Park and Bland Town)
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