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The city's lush tree canopy, which filters out pollutants and cools sidewalks and buildings, has increasingly been under assault from man and nature due to heavy rains, drought, aged forests, new pests, and urban construction. A 2001 study found that Atlanta's heavy tree cover declined from 48% in 1974 to 38% in 1996.
Metro Atlanta: 6,400 acres, operated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Chattahoochee Nature Center: Roswell: Fulton: Metro Atlanta: 127 acres Cochran Mill Nature Center: Palmetto: Fulton: Metro Atlanta: website, 50 acres Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Center: Lithonia: DeKalb: Metro Atlanta: 2,550 acres preserve Dauset Trails ...
The brown thrasher is the state bird of Georgia. This list of birds of Georgia includes species documented in the U.S. state of Georgia and accepted by the Checklist and Records Committee of the Georgia Ornithological Society (GOSRC). As of August 2020, there are 427 species definitively included in the official list.
Southern Railway's 1918 facility, named Peachtree Station but known locally as Brookwood Station, has been Atlanta's only long-distance passenger rail stop since 1970. Amtrak took over Southern's Crescent route in the '70s, which (as of 2015) continues to operate between New Orleans and N.Y. City .
Georgia's second capitol building, 1937. The Old State Capitol is at 201 East Greene Street, Milledgeville, Georgia, and served as state capitol from 1807 until 1867. The building was severely damaged by a fire on March 24, 1941 [17] and was rebuilt in its former design to serve as a part of Georgia Military College. [18]
With more than 338 bird species encountered, Acadia National Park is considered one of the premier bird-watching areas in the country, according to National Park Service, and is ranked first by Birda.
Capitol View is located between Perkerson Park and the proposed Atlanta Beltline park system. Capitol View also shares the park with the nearby Sylvan Hills neighborhood. Perkerson is a 50-acre (200,000 m 2) park with a large pavilion and several other picnic facilities. A new playground was recently installed during a renovation of the park's ...
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