This report, and the assessment it details, is only a first step toward conserving the things that make the Apalachee region special our canopy roads, rivers, historic sites, forests, wetlands, trails and rolling red hills.

We believe that a system of greenways and trails connecting parks and reserves, rivers and lakes, historic sites and small towns, will provide a focus for a regional conservation effort. But we can't do it alone. The people who call this region home will have to be involved -deeply involved - in answering the difficult questions facing Lis. Where will we grow? How will we grow? Will we protect our canopy roads, our fields and forests, our plantations and small farms? Will greenspaces and open places be important parts of our cities? Will rivers and lakes be dean, providing places to fish, swim and canoe? Will political boundaries get in the way, or can we work together, taking our cues from nature, rather than trying to make it fit our human needs?

These questions affect you, your hometown, your region. We hope you will get involved in answering them.

Call us, write us, help us spread the word. You can make a difference.