GALT traces its origins to the Coastal Georgia Land trust and the Chattowah Open Land Trust, both 501(c)(3) nonprofits established in 1993 and 1994 respectively. The Chattowah Open Land Trust, the Georgia Land Trust, and the Alabama Land Trust merged in 2015, forming the Georgia-Alabama Land Trust (GALT). GALT is now the largest regional land trust in the Southeast, protecting and stewarding nearly 1,200 properties totaling over 430,000 acres —and we are currently working to preserve additional critical wildlife habitat, prime soils, and other important lands which make the Southeast a special place. In order to fulfill our mission, we also regularly partner with governmental agencies, institutions of higher learning, and other non-profit organizations to steward greenspace and create nature preserves, providing the public with areas to hike, bike, recreate, and otherwise experience nature.