The Conservation Fund announced Monday that it has acquired former President Jimmy Carter’s historic family farm, permanently protecting the southwest Georgia property where the nation’s 39th president grew up.
The 2,458-acre property outside Plains includes the former peanut farm and surrounding forestland. The acquisition also paves the way to expand the adjacent Lanahassee Creek Wildlife Management Area to nearly 7,000 acres.
The Carter property is expected to open to the public for hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation as soon as 2027…