Volunteer Day
Saturday, November 12, 2022 1:00PM – 4:00PM
- Meet @ County Corner – 1690 West Nancy Creek Dr
Sign-up Genius - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054aaaaf23aafa7-murphey1
Park Clean-up – Invasive Species Removal – Trail Mulching
We will build work- teams & provide tools, gloves, and water. Dress appropriately. Push for Scouts/Students/Groups needing service hours and invite family/friends/neighbors.
Great work and fun, while we care for the focal point of our community.
Questions: call/text/email Steve Peters / 404-313-4348 / stevebp@bellsouth.net
Saturday, November 12, 2022 1:00PM – 4:00PM
- Meet @ County Corner – 1690 West Nancy Creek Dr
Sign-up Genius - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054aaaaf23aafa7-murphey1
Park Clean-up – Invasive Species Removal – Trail Mulching
We will build work- teams & provide tools, gloves, and water. Dress appropriately. Push for Scouts/Students/Groups needing service hours and invite family/friends/neighbors.
Great work and fun, while we care for the focal point of our community.
Questions: call/text/email Steve Peters / 404-313-4348 / stevebp@bellsouth.net

Georgia Audubon Society Field Trips: Murphey Candler Park
Look for monthly MCP walks
**Meet at Spillway/SW Parking Lot - Online REGISTRATION thru GA Audubon required
Upcoming Dates: Tues, November 15, 2022 - 8am
AAS Leader: Mary Kimberly
Cell contact morning of walk: 404.308.6279
Birding Focus: Four main habitats (lake, creek, wetlands, mixed woods, and ball fields) provide good species diversity. We will look for resident birds and wintering birds. We’ll check the lake for wintering waterfowl if lake levels permit. This walk is suitable for adults and children over 10 years of age. Please do not bring your dog. This site can be especially good for beginning birders. Binoculars are necessary; if you don’t own a pair, please let the leader know BEFORE November 13 and they will bring loaners. The path can be muddy and slippery in places, so wear appropriate footwear. Restrooms are available near the parking lot.
Directions and parking: From I-285 on the north side of Atlanta, take Exit 29. Go south on Ashford Dunwoody Rd. about 0.95 mile, then turn left onto W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE. Drive to parking lot at the intersection of Nancy Creek Dr. NE and Candler Lake West NE.
This walk is co-sponsored by the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy.
website: https://www.georgiaaudubon.org/field-trips.html
Park & meet at SW Corner of MCP Lake / by the spillway and Caretaker’s House parking lot
1636 West Nancy Creek Dr, Brookhaven 30319
Look for monthly MCP walks
**Meet at Spillway/SW Parking Lot - Online REGISTRATION thru GA Audubon required
Upcoming Dates: Tues, November 15, 2022 - 8am
AAS Leader: Mary Kimberly
Cell contact morning of walk: 404.308.6279
Birding Focus: Four main habitats (lake, creek, wetlands, mixed woods, and ball fields) provide good species diversity. We will look for resident birds and wintering birds. We’ll check the lake for wintering waterfowl if lake levels permit. This walk is suitable for adults and children over 10 years of age. Please do not bring your dog. This site can be especially good for beginning birders. Binoculars are necessary; if you don’t own a pair, please let the leader know BEFORE November 13 and they will bring loaners. The path can be muddy and slippery in places, so wear appropriate footwear. Restrooms are available near the parking lot.
Directions and parking: From I-285 on the north side of Atlanta, take Exit 29. Go south on Ashford Dunwoody Rd. about 0.95 mile, then turn left onto W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE. Drive to parking lot at the intersection of Nancy Creek Dr. NE and Candler Lake West NE.
This walk is co-sponsored by the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy.
website: https://www.georgiaaudubon.org/field-trips.html
Park & meet at SW Corner of MCP Lake / by the spillway and Caretaker’s House parking lot
1636 West Nancy Creek Dr, Brookhaven 30319
RIVERS ALIVE CLEAN-UP
Saturday, October 29, 2022 - more details to follow
North Fork Peachtree Creek location with City of Chamblee and Keep Chamblee Beautiful
Rivers Alive is back! Volunteers will work on the stream North of Peachtree Creek Greenway. Join KCB as we help Chamblee in this effort to protect fresh drinking water, recreational opportunities like canoeing and fishing, and the general health of 70,150 miles of state streams and rivers.
Look for two watershed clean-ups every year:
Chattahoochee Riverkeepers - Sweep the Hooch - Mar/Apr each Spring
Rivers Alive - Nancy Creek & North Fork Peachtree Creek - Oct each Fall
Saturday, October 29, 2022 - more details to follow
North Fork Peachtree Creek location with City of Chamblee and Keep Chamblee Beautiful
Rivers Alive is back! Volunteers will work on the stream North of Peachtree Creek Greenway. Join KCB as we help Chamblee in this effort to protect fresh drinking water, recreational opportunities like canoeing and fishing, and the general health of 70,150 miles of state streams and rivers.
Look for two watershed clean-ups every year:
Chattahoochee Riverkeepers - Sweep the Hooch - Mar/Apr each Spring
Rivers Alive - Nancy Creek & North Fork Peachtree Creek - Oct each Fall

Parks & Recreation Coalition of Brookhaven (PARC)
- provides a cooperative forum as an umbrella for all Brookhaven park groups to discuss various issues of common concern, share experiences, encourage volunteerism and find common ground.
- supported by Brookhaven P&R, Brookhaven Stormwater and CoB Arborist, and assisted by Park Pride to develop and improve our parks and natural areas
Upcoming Events
Mondays Brookhaven Bike Alliance – Monday Rides from Savi on Dresden Dr
Wednesdays Brookhaven Bike Alliance – Wednesday Rides from Big Peach in Town Brookhaven
Nov 12 - MCPC Quarterly Volunteer Day
Nov 15 - GA Audubon Bird Walk / Field Trip
Nov / Dec PARC Daffodil Plantings – partner w Park Pride & The Daffodil Project
* Daffodil plantings at Blackburn and LaVista Parks
2023 Events are being planned - quarterly workdays, Arbor Day plantings, Earth Day & more
Need more info: email stevebp@bellsouth.net
Ashford Forest Preserve - www.northdekalbgreenspace.org
Briarwood Park Conservancy - www.briarwoodparkga.org
Brookhaven Park Conservancy - http://brookhavenparkconservancy.org/
Friends of Blackburn Park - Facebook Group page
https://www.facebook.com/BlackburnParkFriends/
Brookhaven Bike Alliance - Facebook Group page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrookhavenBikeAlliance/
Brookhaven Tree Conservancy - Facebook Group page
https://www.facebook.com/BrookhavenTreeConservancy/
Peachtree Creek Greenway - www.peachtreecreekgreenway.org
City of Brookhaven P&R - www.brookhavenga.gov/parksrec
Park Pride - www.parkpride.org
- provides a cooperative forum as an umbrella for all Brookhaven park groups to discuss various issues of common concern, share experiences, encourage volunteerism and find common ground.
- supported by Brookhaven P&R, Brookhaven Stormwater and CoB Arborist, and assisted by Park Pride to develop and improve our parks and natural areas
Upcoming Events
Mondays Brookhaven Bike Alliance – Monday Rides from Savi on Dresden Dr
Wednesdays Brookhaven Bike Alliance – Wednesday Rides from Big Peach in Town Brookhaven
Nov 12 - MCPC Quarterly Volunteer Day
Nov 15 - GA Audubon Bird Walk / Field Trip
Nov / Dec PARC Daffodil Plantings – partner w Park Pride & The Daffodil Project
* Daffodil plantings at Blackburn and LaVista Parks
2023 Events are being planned - quarterly workdays, Arbor Day plantings, Earth Day & more
Need more info: email stevebp@bellsouth.net
Ashford Forest Preserve - www.northdekalbgreenspace.org
Briarwood Park Conservancy - www.briarwoodparkga.org
Brookhaven Park Conservancy - http://brookhavenparkconservancy.org/
Friends of Blackburn Park - Facebook Group page
https://www.facebook.com/BlackburnParkFriends/
Brookhaven Bike Alliance - Facebook Group page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrookhavenBikeAlliance/
Brookhaven Tree Conservancy - Facebook Group page
https://www.facebook.com/BrookhavenTreeConservancy/
Peachtree Creek Greenway - www.peachtreecreekgreenway.org
City of Brookhaven P&R - www.brookhavenga.gov/parksrec
Park Pride - www.parkpride.org