Georgia’s pollinator protections trail other states’
Peach State expands pollinator habitat on roadsides but is missing pesticide restrictions
Jennette
Gayer
State Director, Environment Georgia
Started on staff: 2000
B.A. and B.S., The College of William and Mary
As director, Jennette coordinates policy development, research, outreach and legislative advocacy for Environment Georgia. She has run successful campaigns to designate Georgia’s first outstanding national resource water along the headwaters of the Conasauga River, expand parks along the Chattahoochee River and Jekyll Island State Park, and stop construction of three new coal-fired power plants in Georgia, while also advocating for solar policies that have helped make Georgia one of the top 10 states for solar in the country. She serves on the leadership team for the Georgia Water Coalition, and on the boards of Citizens for Progressive Transit and The Georgia Solar Energy Association. Jennette lives in Atlanta, where she enjoys training for triathlons and hiking and camping in Georgia’s mountains.
Posts by Jennette Gayer
STATEMENT: Okefenokee Refuge protected — for now
Historic land purchase will stop immediate threat, future protections needed for Georgia’s ‘wild heart’
Environment Georgia’s director offers testimony to Special House Committee
Protect Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp
STATEMENT: Decatur champions cleaner, quieter lawn care
DECATUR, Ga. — The Decatur City Commission unanimously approved a noise ordinance that will limit the hours leaf blowers and other lawn equipment can be used. It also updates decibel limits to a level that should encourage the use of more quieter and cleaner electric lawn care.