The Georgia DNR has approved the purchase of 2,900 acres of land from The Conservation Fund to create a new state wildlife management area called Alachua Trail WMA, which will provide space for longleaf pine restoration and protection of species such as gopher tortoises and indigo snakes. The Curre nt is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities. ...read more read less