Andrew Schock

Georgia and Alabama State Director, Conservation Acquisition


Andrew SchockAndrew is part of the team working to secure a 200,000-acre conservation easement that promotes longleaf pine restoration in southern Alabama and the panhandle of Florida. 

With The Conservation Fund since 2003, Andrew has worked to protect thousands of acres of vital habitat, including parks and greenspace throughout the Metro Atlanta area and throughout Georgia and Alabama.

Before his time at The Conservation Fund, Andrew was with the National Wildlife Federation as the Southeastern Center Director managing the field office in Atlanta. He also spent time at The Nature Conservancy where he completed real estate transactions to protect biodiversity and assisted with the establishment of the botanical inventory at Ft. Stewart in Georgia. Other past affiliations include, The North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission as a District Wildlife Biologist and The Department of Defense as a Biological Technician working on endangered species management at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Andrew has an M.B.A. from Kennesaw State University and a B.S. in Zoology (Wildlife Science) from North Carolina State University.

Contact: aschock@conservationfund.org   Phone: 404-221-0405   Office: Georgia/Alabama

Projects

Suwannee River Headwaters Forest – Georgia

Suwannee River Headwaters Forest – Georgia

One of the largest remaining free-flowing rivers in the Southeast, the Suwannee River originates in the Okefenokee National Wildlife...
Beards Creek Forest — Georgia

Beards Creek Forest — Georgia

Nicknamed Georgia’s “Little Amazon,” the winding 137-mile Altamaha River is a treasured waterway. Largely undammed and free flowing, the...
Fort Blakeley in Alabama

Fort Blakeley in Alabama

These peaceful, pine-covered bluffs overlooking the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in southern Alabama once witnessed one of the last battles of...
Preserving African American History at Fort Blakeley, Alabama

Preserving African American History at Fort Blakeley, Alabama

The Battle of Fort Blakeley—which many have called the “last stand of the Confederate States of America”—ranks among the...
Protecting the Gopher Tortoise along Georgia’s Coastline

Protecting the Gopher Tortoise along Georgia’s Coastline

One of the few tortoises native to North America, the gopher tortoise is facing serious pressures from urban development...
Stateline Forest – Georgia and Alabama

Stateline Forest – Georgia and Alabama

This working forest of 10,369 acres in Haralson and Polk counties, Georgia, and in Cleburne County, Alabama, is a...
Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill

Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill

Atlanta’s Food Forest is the first of its kind, providing fresh produce in a community that has limited access...
Freedom Riders National Monument

Freedom Riders National Monument

Nonviolent protests and acts of civil disobedience powered the civil rights movement, making activists out of ordinary people wanting...
McIntosh SEED Community Forest

McIntosh SEED Community Forest

In the coastal flatwoods of Georgia, a project that demonstrates our focus on community and the environment is unfolding....
Sansavilla Wildlife Management Area

Sansavilla Wildlife Management Area

The Altamaha River is Georgia’s largest free-flowing river, winding 137 miles from the center of the state all the...
Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area

Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area

The nearly 8,400-acre Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area sits in the southwest corner of Georgia, near Bainbridge. The Fund...
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

In the southeastern corner of Georgia, along the Florida border, lies one of the largest and most primitive swamps...
Oconee National Forest

Oconee National Forest

Did you know that forestry is the largest manufacturing sector in Georgia? Forests are a critical part of the state’s...
Atlanta Green Space Assessment

Atlanta Green Space Assessment

In 2005, the City of Atlanta was losing 500 acres of open space each week to development. Historically, the...
Little River Canyon

Little River Canyon

Clean and wild, the Little River in northeast Alabama is America’s longest mountaintop river, cutting through the deepest canyon...
Connecting Pinhoti And Appalachian Trails

Connecting Pinhoti And Appalachian Trails

When the Appalachian Trail was mapped in the 1920s, the plan set out by Benton Mackaye called for a...
A Comeback for the South

A Comeback for the South's Longleaf Pine in Alabama and Florida

Longleaf pine forests once covered as much as 90 million acres from Virginia to Texas. Today, this habitat has...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Georgia

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Georgia

Rocky Face Ridge is the site of the start of the Union Army’s Atlanta Campaign. U.S. Major General Sherman,...
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area

Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area

Located in DeKalb, Henry and Rockdale Counties, just 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta, Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is widely...