Georgia Rare Species and Natural Community Data

Potential conservation opportunity areas were identified as part of a larger effort to develop a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy for Georgia. You can learn more about this strategy, also known as Georgia's Wildlife Action Plan, on our CWCS page [1].

Potential conservation opportunity areas may be significant to the conservation of biodiversity because they contain one or a combination of the following: a large area of natural vegetation, predicted habitat for rare species, or a documented occurrence of a rare species. A wide array of conservation efforts could be directed at these areas, including many of the programs described on our Conservation Incentives [2] page.

You may download this map of potential conservation opportunity areas [3]. You may also download methods describing how these areas were identified [4] and how to request a GIS coverage of Potential Conservation Opportunity Areas.