education: environmental practicum
readings and web links
Contents
Assignments
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Outstanding Memo Examples
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Project: ACFS Institutional Options Project
Shannon Bonney, Chad Bickerton and Laurie Fowler. August 20, 2012. Identification and Evaluation of Institutional Models for the Effective Transboundary Management of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin.
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Project: Sea Level Rise
Clare Ellis, Peter Gerakitis, Will Keyes, Ben Levine, Andrew Masak, Phillip Spitalny, Brent Wasser, Brittany Zwald, November 29, 2012. A Legal Analysis of Sea Level Rise (DRAFT). Environmental Practicum.
Jason Evans, August 29, 2012. City of Tybee Island Climate Adaptation Planning and General Overview for Sea Level Rise (Powerpoint presentation). UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
Samuel B. Merrill, Aug. 6, 2012. Preparing for Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge: COAST for Tybee Island, Georgia. Catalysis Adaptation Partners, LLC.
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Project: Sewanee Utility District Constructed Wetlands
Brian Barth, James Bevington, Lisa Biddle, Heather Blaikie, Anna Gore, Riaz Khan, Jennifer Kobylus, Chris Oliver, Ashley Rich-Robertson, Tum Suppakittpaisarn. May 2012. Sewanee Utility District Constructed Wetlands Pilot Project: A Laboratory for Applied Ecological Research. Environmental Practicum. NOTE: The budget for this project, referenced in the introduction, has been amended: Updated Budget, Dec. 3, 2012.
Jamie Page, October 29, 2012. Spring Hill sees sewage as water source. The Tennessean.
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Project: St. Marys/Horsepen Creek Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Management Project
Appendix A. Scope Of Services - Element 20 FY11 Section 319(h) Grant: Restoring Horsepen Creek by Managing Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
Implementation and Drawdown Schedule - Element 20 FY11 Section 319(h) Grant: Restoring Horsepen Creek by Managing Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
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Project: UGA Campus Stream Restoration
Brizendine, Brad, Mindy Edelson, Will Gulsby, Michael Henson, Justin Holloway, Hunter Knowles, Jennifer Kobylus, Melinda Nelson, Brad Valentine, and John Wiles, Jr. (2012) Nine-Key Element Watershed Protection Plan for Streams on the Main UGA Campus. Environmental Practicum.
Section 319(H) FY2013 Grant Proposal: TMDL Implementation Plan for the Nine Element Watershed Management Plan for the North Oconee Watershed; Tanyard Creek to Lilly Branch, October 2012 (PDF)
Environmental Practicum:
Lilly Branch Restoration Plan,
Phase I (PDF)
Lilly Branch 319 Grant Application (PDF)
EPA Introduction to Watershed Planning (external link)
EPA Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters (external link)
Will Keyes, Peter Gerakitis. Nov. 13, 2012. Lily Branch - Illicit Discharge (DRAFT). Environmental Practicum.
Palmer, M. A., E. S. Bernhardt, et al. (2005). "Standards for ecologically successful river restoration." Journal of Applied Ecology 42(2): 208-217.
Walsh, C. J., T. D. Fletcher, et al. (2009). "Stream restoration in urban catchments through redesigning stormwater systems: looking to the catchment to save the stream." Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24(3): 690-705.
http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/tmdl/index.cfm
Read the following:
Section 303 (d) of the Clean Water Act 40 CFR 130.7
Under the "Features Box" on the right of the screen, check out "TMDLS at work" and "TMDL Program Results Analysis".
At bottom of page click on "TMDL litigation," read that as well as the document that comes up on the bottom of that page entitled "Section 303d lists and TMDL Litigation".
Read Sierra Club v. Meiberg, 296 F3d 1021 (11th Cir. 2002) and Sierra Club v. Hankinson, 939 F Supp. 872 (N.D. Ga. 1996).
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