About

Our Mission Statement

The mission of Friends of Lost Creek Forest, Inc. is to support, promote, and further the protection and resource conservation of the public land known as Lost Creek Forest in Thomas County, Georgia; scientific and historical study of its natural and cultural resources; and public environmental education and stewardship.

Friends of Lost Creek Forest is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2011 and needs your help in protecting this great resource here in Thomas County. Through your donations and memberships in the Friends of Lost Creek Forest you make it possible for us to continue to be stewards of this land and help in our endeavor to one day establish a permanent conservancy to protect it.

Our Board of Directors

Beth Grant
Founder & President
Leads Nature Walks & Educational Programs
Retired Mental Health Counselor and Educator

Charles Conklin
Trail Maintenance
Charter Board Member
Organic Beef Farmer
Naturalist

Will Sheftall
Natural History and Ecology Programs
M.S. Botany
Retired Extension Agent for Natural Resources, Florida/IFAS, Tallahassee

Elizabeth Harrell
Thomas University Instructor
Boy Scout & Cub Scout Leader
MAT-Biology; The University of West Alabama
MS-Environmental Geoscience; Mississippi State University
Outdoor Education
TU Herbarium Director

Dr. Jeremy Green
Secretary, Science and Conservation Outreach
Land, Forest, & Wildlife Management Faculty-Southern Regional Technical College
Red Hills Region Native
B.S. Zoology-University of Florida
Ph.D. Earth Science, Paleontology-NC State University Graduate Certificate, Ecological Restoration-UF
Florida Certified Prescribed Burner

Aubree Plymale
Thomas County Native
Southern Regional Technical College's Land, Forest, & Wildlife Management-AAS program (2019)
Thomas University's Natural Resource & Conservation Management-BS program (Current)

The Reverend George Willcox Brown III
Native Georgian
BA Philosophy-The University of the South
M.Div & STM-Yale University
Master Naturalist
Consultant for Marine Fisheries Conservation
Episcopal Priest

Janelle Cleveland

Leads Bird Walks
Coordinates with Local Schools to Provide Nature Programs
Founder, Red Hills Audubon
B.S., Molecular Biology; University of Florida
M.S., Cell Biology; University of Florida

Shelley Nicholls
Auburn University Fisheries & Aquaculture-BS
Water Quality Monitoring
Nature Walks & Environmental Education
Website Coordinator

Saving the Forest

Pictured are Charles Conklin, Beth Grant, and Rick Bracey, June 2008, following the Thomas County Commission meeting when the forest was saved from industrial development.