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Open Space Institute makes fourth property acquisition in Coastal Georgia


The gopher tortoise is Georgia’s state reptile.
ATLANTA – The New York-based Open Space Institute (OSI) Wednesday announced its fourth acquisition of undeveloped land in southeastern Georgia.
The nearly 2,500-acre Wayne County Conservation property is adjacent to more than 1,600 acres the OSI acquired and transferred to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last year.
The new acquisition, made through a discounted sale and transfer by Southern Power, brings the public-private Gopher Tortoise Conservation Initiative to more than 80% of its goal of preserving enough pristine acreage to keep the gopher tortoise from being listed under the Endangered Species Act.
“The Open Space Institute is proud to have protected this amazing property for Georgia’s state reptile, the gopher tortoise, and the incredible array of other species that call this land home,” said Maria Whitehead, OSI’s senior project director. “I thank Southern ....

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Southern Power transfers more than 2,000 acres to the Open Space Institute for the preservation of endangered species habitat in Wayne County, Ga.


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ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/  Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company, today announced it executed a discounted sale and transfer of 2,409 acres of critically endangered species habitat in southeast Georgia to the Open Space Institute.
This transaction, together with previous transfers of land by fellow Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power, brings the total acres contributed for the conservation of protected species in Georgia to more than 10,000 acres.
The Wayne County Conservation Property includes critical habitat essential for the restoration of rare species, including Georgia s state reptile, the gopher tortoise, and one of the state s rarest plants, hairy rattleweed. Additionally, the land contains trailing milkvine, another endangered plant species. ....

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