the etowah initiative:
fall 2002
historical, cultural and archaeological resources
of the etowah
Jake McGrew, Arman Deganian, Tom Gibney, Jessica Jenkins, Joseph Evans
Arman Deganian (Law)
Joseph Evans (Law)
Tom Gibney (Environmental Design)
Jessica Jenkins (Law)
Jake McGrew (Ecology)
The University of Georgia is assisting the counties in the Etowah watershed
in preparing a Habitat Conservation Plan to protect the imperiled aquatic
species of the region pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act.
The plan would allow develoopment in the watershed to continue so long
as particular areas critical to the survival of the species are permanently
protected and development controls (stormwater controls, road crossings
that allow free movement of fish, etc.) are enacted to mitigate impacts
to the species. One of the successful HCPs being developed out west (in
the Sonoran Desert of Pima County, AZ), motivated citizens to buy in to
the planning process with an appeal to their appreciation of the historical
and cultural resources of the region that go hand in hand with the natural
resources the plan is intended to protect. This project would involve
developing a kind of atlas of the historical, cultural, and archaeological
resources of the Etowah that we can use in the educational component of
the Etowah HCP. It would involve reading a lot about the history of the
area, interviewing historians in the area, and drafting a summary document
(incorporating drawings and photographs). It would also include an analysis
of the federal and state laws in place that currently protect these resources.
The client in this project is the Etowah Aquatic Conservation Plan Technical
Committee.
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