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Georgia River Network is pleased
to announce the grantees selected to receive funding
through our Grant Program. This program supports
projects that are designed to address water quality
degradation from non-point source pollution. Thanks
to support from the Turner Foundation, Georgia River
Network was able to re-grant $80,000 to grassroots
groups protecting Georgia’s rivers. Grants
were awarded to the following organizations:
Altamaha Riverkeeper – Darien, GA ($10,000)
To create greater interest in citizen monitoring
to prevent sediment from entering the salt marsh
and damaging the ecological function of the marsh
and to secure regulatory action from the responsible
regulatory agency
Center for A Sustainable Coast – St. Simons
Island, GA ($5,000) To use communication and education
to build the needed constituency to advocate for
local adoption and implementation of conservation
ordinances.
Chattooga Conservancy – Clayton, GA ($7,500)
To stop or restrict flood plain filling within the
City of Clayton in Severe Flood Hazard Areas and
ensure that minimal flood plain management standards
are incorporated and enforced in the Clayton flood
plain ordinance to reduce sediment into Stekoa Creek.
Coosa River Basin Initiative – Rome, GA ($10,000) To
address land development and non-point source pollution in the Upper Coosa Basin
by facilitating Get the
Dirt Out trainings, monitoring active construction sites and addressing stream
buffer variance applications that will have significant impacts on water quality
and the basin’s rare and imperiled species.
Environment Georgia Research and Policy Center – Atlanta, GA ($4,000)
To create Georgia’s first Outstanding National Resource Water in the headwaters
of the Conasauga River.
Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition – Murphy, NC ($4,000) To work with
local governments in north Georgia to create and implement a certification program
for developers that will follow the 22 better site design principles outlined
in the Northeast Georgia Growth Readiness Report.
Ogeechee Canoochee Riverkeeper – Statesboro, GA ($10,000) To bring citizens
together in sustained efforts to protect their local waters by utilizing a multifaceted
approach to recruit and engage new volunteers, educate the public about nonpoint
source pollution issues from construction, provide information to builders and
contractors about preventing pollution and measure the responsiveness of local,
federal, and state government to citizen complaints.
Satilla Riverkeeper –Waynesville, GA ($10,000) To create a working alliance
that comes to agreement on key issues affecting the watershed and makes specific
policy proposals to restore hydrologic functions in the watershed.
Savannah Riverkeeper – Augusta, GA ($10,000) To implement the Get the
Dirt Out program throughout the Savannah River Watershed.
Upper Oconee Watershed Network - Athens, GA ($3,500) To facilitate the improvement
of water quality in the Upper Oconee Watershed by initiating contact with neighborhood
associations adjacent to impaired streams, providing a series of four stream
health workshops for the members of each community and serving as an ongoing
contact for stream health consultation.
Upper Tallapoosa Watershed Group – Carrollton, GA ($6,000) To
address
sources of waterway impairment through education and outreach. This project will
emphasize septic system maintenance and management by educating all new septic
permittees and all landowners with failing septic systems throughout the watershed.
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