River Basin Center: Etowah Initiative

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Aquatic Safe Harbor, Spring 1999, Amanda Baxter, Douglas Parsons, Alison Van Lear (PDF file).
Investigating the value and protocol for developing and implementing a safe harbor agreement under the Endangered Species Act for landowners in the Upper Etowah.

Conservation Subdivisions: Ecological, Landscape and Construction, and Legal Applications to Cherokee County, Georgia, Spring 1999, Amy Bergstedt, Patricia Deyo, Matthew Yungwirth.
Assisting the developer of a proposed Cherokee County conservation subdivision that would preserve 3 1/2 miles of Etowah riverfront and describes the legal process needed to preserve the open space in perpetuity.

Demonstration Sites of Best Management Practices: A Manual for the Upper Etowah River Alliance, Fall 2001, Michael Bien, Jehan El-Jourbagy, Liv LiaBraaten, Shana Udvardy. (PDF file).
Demonstrating the use of BMPs to control stormwater runoff and erosion at two sites in the Etowah watershed.

Habitat Conservation Plan for the Upper Etowah River Watershed: Road Crossings - Effects and Recommendations, Fall 2001, Audrey Baggett, Erica Chiao, Tracey Harton (PDF file).
Recommendations for bridge and culvert design to protect aquatic habitat in the Upper Etowah watershed; part of a watershed-wide Habitat Conservation Plan being developed for darters and other aquatic life.

Introduction to Transferable Development Rights, Summer 1998, by Melissa Bledsoe, Joe Covert, Matt Freeman, William Jones, Autumn Rierson (PDF file).
Case studies of TDR programs around the U.S. The Georgia General Assembly passed TDR enabling legislation in 1998.

Municipal Water Efficiency, Fall 1998, Julia Hill, Els Reynaers, Rebecca Cifaldi, Rebecca Klaper (PDF file).

Poultry Waste Management for Better Water Quality in the Etowah River, Fall 1998, Dave Cazier, Alissa Salmore (PDF file).
This report will focus on animal waste and specifically address chicken farms in the Etowah River basin.

Recommendations for Effective Septic System Management in the Upper Etowah Watershed, Spring 1999, Sally Evans, Sarah Hunt, Kristin Minihan, Mitchell Zuckerman. Evaluating existing septic tank policies and regulation in the watershed and making recommendations to the five counties where appropriate. (PDF file)

TMDLs and Lake Allatoona, Spring 1999, James Beck, Kerry Fleming, Amy Mullally, Scott Randolph (PDF file).
Investigating the effect of the establishment of water quality standards for Lake Allatoona and its major tributaries (including the Upper Etowah) and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) on the watershed and suggesting strategies on how local governments can assure these standards are met.

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