The Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia (MCTGA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit land trust that promotes land protection, collaborative partnerships and education in order to conserve natural resources, especially the mountains and foothills of North Georgia, founded in 1991.
![The Burnt Mountain Preserve, the largest single property protected by the MCTGA[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Burnt_Mtn_Across_Grandview.jpg/250px-Burnt_Mtn_Across_Grandview.jpg)
Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia Inc | |
Abbreviation | MCTGA |
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Type | Nonprofit |
58-2123670 | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Headquarters | Jasper, Georgia |
Website | https://mctga.org/ |
It has since been accredited by the Land Trust Alliance's Accreditation Commission[2] in 2008. Its headquarters are in Jasper, Georgia, and it has a permanent protection of approximately 2,500 acres (10 km2).
References
edit- ^ "Mountain Conservation Trust (main page)". MCTGA. 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Accredited Land Trusts" (PDF). Land Trust Accreditation Commission. August 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
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