Georgia Land Trust’s conservation efforts in Floyd County, Ga. — and conservation easements in general — are the topic of a 30-minute segment of Southern Exposure, a community affairs television program produced through the Rome, Ga. Library.
Filming a segment of Southern Exposure are, from left, videographer David Evans, Katherine Eddins, Stephen Stutts and show host Lisa Smith
Executive director Katherine Eddins and board of directors president Stephen Stutts — plus two local physicians who own land protected by conservation easements held by Georgia Land Trust — were interviewed for the program, which will air at 7:30 p.m. ET each weekday Nov. 22-26 on Comcast Channel 4 in the Rome, Ga., area. In addition, after airing, the video of the program will be available for view on the Rome, Ga. Library website http://www.romelibrary.org/c4.htm
Southern Exposure host Lisa Smith and videographer and editor David Evans filmed the segment on location at conservation easement property owned by Stutts.
Dr. Ken Davis is interviewed on conservation easements, which he says are sometimes misunderstood. "A conservation easement can be a way to save a family farm."
The filming included interviews with Dr. Ken Davis and Dr. Mike Ware, both conservation easement donors with Georgia Land Trust. The Floyd County physicians talked about why they decided to protect their land with conservation easements. Davis, a former board member for the land trusts, was one of the first conservation easement landowners with Georgia Land Trust — and founding organization Chattowah Open Land Trust — in Floyd County. The Floyd, Chattooga, Dade and Walker counties area in northwest Georgia boasts the highest concentration of Georgia Land Trust-held conservation easements in Georgia.
Landowner and conservation easement donor Dr. Mike Ware prepares for interview with Evans and Smith.
The segment will air Thanksgiving week, and look for a copy to be posted here on our blog and on the website at galandtrust.org in the coming weeks.
