Field Notes

The illusive red succulent returns this spring with its white flowery bloom. What do we know about it and why is it so rare? Each spring in the Heritage Area, […]

Check out this photo Field Note by 2 James Madison University students who spent the week of March 16, 2025 volunteering at the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area. Spring break […]

A Junior Angler Coordinator for the Arabia Alliance, Evonne Blythers talks about her upbringing in rural Indiana, the Junior Ranger Angler Program, and her love of historic bridge builder Horace King! […]

On the Georgia author’s 100th birthday, we look at how Flannery O’Connor discovered the Monastery, and how some of her famous peacocks wound up there. March 25th this year marks […]

The Arabia Alliance’s Assistant Executive Director and resident Historian Brigette Jones reflects on the significance of Black History Month on the eve of the United States’ 250th. National Heritage Areas […]

Born and raised in neighboring Ellenwood, Georgia, Moore spent much of his childhood outdoors. With an insatiable passion for nature, he soon realized that this was something he would be […]

Anderson is the last living member of the Bruce Street School graduating class of 1950 and her grandmother Frances Branham was a third-grade teacher at the school.  At 90, Mae […]

A revered landscape architect who designed the children’s garden in the White House, Alexander was also a passionate preservationist who convinced others to protect local green spaces Anyone who’s visited […]

The popular Arabia Mountain ranger and trail guide was a renaissance man who was also a pastor, educator, college president and model train enthusiast. The Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area […]

Visitors to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit (MoHS) may not know the name Moses Green, but his work abounds throughout the Monastery grounds. If you see brick on brick, […]

The National Heritage Area contains some fascinating Civil War history from skirmishes at Flat Rock during the Battle of Atlanta to experiencing the destruction of William Sherman’s March to the […]

A month after large plumes of chemical smoke were deposited into the skies above Conyers, local residents are still waiting for updates, as many questions remain unanswered. On the morning […]