Positive Identification of Florida Milkvine

Dr. Donald Drapalik, retired, Georgia Southern University, wrote the definitive monograph on milkvines, gave positive ID of Florida Milkvine, and was very impressed with the extent of the population at the forest.

​Dr. Katherine Kirkman, Jones Ecological Research Center and co-author of Natural Environments of Georgia, "The forest is beautiful and I certainly understand why you worked so hard to see it protected."   Lost Creek Forest is mentioned twice in her book as Lost Creek Natural Area.  

Neil Fleckenstein, Planning Coordinator, Tall Timbers Research Station, "Lost Creek is a good example of a community following their land use plan."

Visits by members of GA Botanical Society, GA Native Plant Society, Florida Native Plant Society, including botanists and plant enthusiasts from all over Georgia and North Florida, all enthusiastic about the quality and beauty of the forest, the diversity of plant species, especially trees, the pristine nature of the numerous ecosystems.

Dr. Michael Abrams, journalism professor, FAMU, amateur botanist, flwildflowers.com  “Your group owns one of the best stories of grassroots preservation— how a community came together, planned a strategy, and persuaded local government to turn around in its tracks. It’s a story that needs to be written/circulated many times. It’s a lesson as to how people really can exercise persuasive power and change attitudes. I like the name “Lost Creek Forest” as it carries with it the magic and romance of nature. 

Karan Rawlins, Invasive Species Coordinator, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, U of GA " a wonderful example of our native Georgia hardwood forest" with its "native under-story plants" rather than invasive species.