Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
Please join us for a discussion with our friend John Lane, for our next Bartram Environmental Writers Series event. John and Brent Martin will discuss and read a bit from John Lane's new book "Gullies of My People."
We’ll plan to meet at Warwoman Dell at 1pm before heading out to clean up at Bartram Trail trailheads on the Georgia side. This is a program for those looking to get involved with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. […]
This Discussion with Kelton Bailey: "Through paddling the Mississippi River, Source to Sea" will be held at the Franklin Library on February 1 at 6:30pm. Brent Martin, Executive Director of the BRBTC, will spend time with Kelton to present anecdotes, facts, photos, and video about a different sort of epic journey through the beating heartland […]
Join us this Saturday, February 10th, for our second Saturday trail workday! We'll meet at Osage Overlook at 9:00am. We will work from Osage to Tessentee. If we have a third sawyer crew we will also have a crew work NOBO from Tessentee. If anyone has a GPS unit and is interested in in helping […]
Please consider joining us for our February 16th, Third Friday Workday from 9am to 3pm. We'll meet at Warwoman Dell and are planning to work between Wilson Gap and Courthouse Gap. We'll figure out shuttling and get everyone to the trailhead and back to Warwoman Dell by 3pm. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty […]
Photo by Andrew Linker Ivy Pull with Melanie at Warwoman Dell Date RESCHEDULED: Saturday, February 17th 2024 Time: 10-2PM Leader(s): Melanie Vickers, GAFW Location: Warwoman Dell; Rabun County Outing Description: Ivy Maintenance Pull - we’ll be going after the English Ivy that is trying to return after our previous pulls. Since January of 2021, Georgia […]
February 20, 2024 Bilingual Hike to Rabun Bald Ubicación y más detalles: Dirigido por el director de Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy, Brent Martin, y tambien por AmeriCorp Vista, Gillian Watson. Este evento contará con interpretaciones traducidas en español de la flora local, fauna y paisaje locales que William Bartram escribio durante su tiempo en […]
Join us for the 3rd round of our Walking with Bartram series hikes. We’re starting all over again in North Georgia, at Russell Bridge/HWY 28 at the South Carolina state line. We’ll work our way through this first section to Sandy Ford Gap. Last year, these hikes were really popular, we’re so appreciative of the […]
We’ll plan to meet at First United Methodist Church in Franklin at 1pm before heading out to clean up at Bartram Trail trailheads. This is a program for those looking to get involved with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. […]
Join us on campus for a free event featuring poet, memoirist, and conservationist J. Drew Lanham. A MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, Dr. Lanham is the author of the memoir The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, which received the Reed Award from the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Southern […]
Join us for the 3rd round of our Walking with Bartram series hikes. We’re starting all over again in North Georgia, at Russell Bridge/HWY 28 at the South Carolina state line. We’ll work our way through this first section to Sandy Ford Gap. Last year, these hikes were really popular, we’re so appreciative of the […]
Join us this Wednesday, March 13 for our rescheduled second Saturday trail workday! We’ll meet at Jones Gap Trailhead at 9:00am. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. If you’re new to trail maintenance or just want to learn more, you can find […]