We support the Georgia General Assembly efforts to conserve the state-wide network of land and water resources and the state’s prime agricultural and forestry lands. We concur with the General Assembly’s recognition that these lands and resources are a priceless legacy that enhance the health of ecosystems, encourage working landscapes, foster natural resource stewardship, sustain a healthy economy, and promote a sustainable high quality of life for current and future generations of Georgians.
Accordingly, we have entered into voluntary legal agreements with land trust that impose permanent restrictions on the way some of our properties are used. Conservation values are protected by giving up some of our property rights in perpetuity. We give up such property rights as mining, wetlands banking, and subdividing, while reinforcing rights such as passive recreation, agriculture, silviculture, and some limited construction of farm and residential buildings.
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