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1991
- Pickens County residents organized and convinced Georgia Pacific not to exercise timber rights on the steep southwestern slopes of Burnt Mountain. This success empowered the group to form a nonprofit land conservation association: Oglethorpe Wilderness Land Trust (OWLT).
1998
- Private landowners and Georgia Tech/Board of Regents donated development rights and placed over 350 acres in conservation easements to protect the summit of Burnt Mountain and its steep slopes. This was the beginning of the Burnt Mountain Scenic Preserve. Partners included Trust for Public Land Rand Wentworth, Georgia Environmental Policy Institute, The Georgia Land Trust Service, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
2000
- Phase I of the Burnt Mountain land procurement was completed with the transfer of 396 acres into Pickens County ownership.