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the etowah initiative Mission Statement To help protect the ecological integrity of the Etowah River Basin by working with stakeholders to reduce the impact of human activities on water quality and biodiversity. The Etowah Initiative is a service learning course that provides a structured and supportive format for students to apply policy, design and ecological principles learned in the classroom to the real world of people and policy.
Philosophy and History The Etowah Initiative matches graduate students from the University of
Georgia with community stakeholders facing specific environmental challenges.
Students from law, ecology, environmental design, wildlife ecology, scientific
illustration and agricultural engineering may participate in the course.
Water quality and the protection and restoration of aquatic species through
the best available science, design and policy concepts are key goals for
this hands-on program. The course presents a holistic approach to land
use planning from the perspectives of our interdisciplinary faculty and
guest lecturers. Students in earlier Etowah Initiative classes drafted a conservation subdivision ordinance adopted by the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, promoted the use of transferable development rights to protect water quality resulting in enabling legislation adopted by the Georgia General Assembly, and developed a system of water withdrawal that protected endangered aquatic species which was adopted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For more information about these and other Etowah Initiative projects, see the Papers & Reports page. Practicum Goals
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