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Additional Helpful Organizations Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc. address Additional Resources Forest Landowners Association, Inc. Protecting the rights of private landowners since 1941. address “Biosphere Reserves in Action: Case Studies of the American Experience: Published by the United States Man and the Biosphere Program (U.S. MAB, June 1995.” Includes studies of 12 major UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the U.S. The Biosphere Reserves in Georgia: 10. Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve map link to main page See our Biosphere Reserves Index Page for links to all 12 studies Websites Georgia State General Assembly link Forest Landowners Association, Inc. Protecting the rights of private landowners since 1941. link

State News “New Wave of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed” - By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA Position Brief, June 2007) This spring, the National Park Service announced that 36 locations in the United States have been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Sites, adding to the twenty that already are designated in this country. Such international recognition potentially threatens private property rights because preservationists could exploit the designation to stop the use of land in the region just beyond a site’s borders. More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “Existing and Tentative U. N. World Heritage Sites in the United States”-reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Nov. 1998) (Jump to Georgia information) More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “Hydroelectric Dams Subject to FERC Relicensing—1998-2010” - from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (PRFA, Nov. 1998) (Jump to Georgia information) More on this topic: National Dam Relicensing under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) “Existing National Heritage Areas and Areas Under Federal Study” Complete List - June 1997 (PRFA, June 1997) Georgia: Augusta Canal National Heritage Corridor More on this topic: Heritage Rivers and Areas “Proposed National Heritage Areas — 104th Congress — 1996” - Reprinted from “American Heritage Areas,” Positions on Property, (PRFA Jan.-Apr. 1996) Georgia: Augusta Canal National Heritage Corridor More on this topic: Heritage Rivers & Areas “Statement of Denis P. Galvin, ... National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Before the Subcommittee on National Parks,Forests, and Public Lands, House Committee on Natural Resources, Concerning H.R. 2949, A Bill to Establish the Augusta Canal National Heritage Corridor...” - June 28, 1994 Official National Park Service statement in support of the bill, with recommendation that “designation shall not take effect until the Secretary of Interior approves the partnership compact for the heritage corridor.” Asked that the bill be amended to require, among other features, “evidence of commitment to modify zoning regulations.” More on this topic: Heritage Rivers & Areas

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