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Providence Canyon displays 43 different colors. But it’s not a completely natural formation. Loose soil and early farmers’ poor soil conservation techniques created the canyon. (Photo Courtesy of Georgia Outdoors.)
Nature has played only a supporting role, however, in creating gaps in the earth up to 150 feet deep.
Environmental historian Paul Sutter from the University of Colorado (and previously the University of Georgia) talks about the complicated history of what was once farmland and is now a state park.
Learn much more about Providence Canyon and Cloudland Canyon in northwest Georgia on Georgia Outdoors, premiering 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, and 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 on GPB TV.
BONUS CONTENT:
Paul Sutter shares some of the stories people tell about the creation of Providence Canyon, including one he thinks might have some merit.
FULL INTERVIEW:
Paul Sutter shares some of the stories people tell about the creation of Providence Canyon, including one he thinks might have some merit.
FULL INTERVIEW:
