River Basin Center
Home  Contact Us  About Us
  People  News and Events  Research  Education  Service and Outreach  International  Publications  Links

People
Advisory Board & Distinguished Fellows
Co-Directors
Faculty, Staff & Students

Affiliated Faculty, Staff & Students

Partners

 


people
faculty, staff & students

Katie Sheehan, Senior Legal Fellow
katiesheehan80@gmail.com
706-410-8035

Katie Sheehan is the Legal Fellow at the River Basin Center. Her work primarily focuses on developing legal and policy solutions to water quality and quantity issues faced by local governments. Katie has developed model ordinances for wetlands protection and conservation subdivisions, conducted community code reviews and revisions to promote low impact development, cataloged green building practices in southeastern communities, and worked on a variety of small projects for local governments and state agencies related to water resources. She is currently developing guidebooks for local management of onsite wastewater treatment systems, local protection of wetlands, and appropriate property tax valuation of properties encumbered by a conservation easement. Katie is currently a member of the Athens-Clarke County Oconee Rivers Greenway Commission, serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Land Conservation Center, and is the At-Large Member of the State Bar of Georgia's Environmental Law Section. Her interests include running, kayaking, and fishing. Katie received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2008.

Katie Sheehan
 
Scott Pippin, Legal Fellow
jspippin22@hotmail.com
Legal Fellow Scott Pippin
 

Tyra Byers, Sustainability Coordinator
tyrab@uga.edu
(706) 542-7615

Tyra Byers is the sustainability coordinator for the River Basin Center. She is currently working with UGA on water sustainability for the protection and restoration of the Oconee River. Her past experience includes sustainability at the University of New Hampshire, environmental education and management for the San Juan Islands Conservation District, and county planning. She holds a Masters of Environmental Science and Management from the University of California at Santa Barbara where she investigated the watershed impacts of land use change, and a Bachelors of Science in conservation and resource studies from the University of California at Berkeley.

Tyra Byers
 

Beth Gavrilles, Web Manager
bethgav@uga.edu
(706) 542-7247

 
 
Catherine Bartenstein, Graduate Assistant
bartec0@uga.edu
 
   
Shannon Bonney, Graduate Assistant
sbonney@uga.edu 
 
   
Jennifer Pahl, Graduate Assistant
jplourde@uga.edu 
 
   
Kelly Robinson, Graduate Assistant
kellyrobinson89@gmail.com 
 
 

Visit Our Partners:
Alliance for Quality Growth Alliance for Quality Growth
Center for Community Design and Preservation Center for Community Design & Preservation
Georgia Museum of Natural history Georgia Museum of Natural History
NARSAL NARSAL


people
| news & events | research | education | service & outreach | international | publications | links
home | contact us | about us | search this site

University of Georgia -  Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology
 

 
UGA River Basin Center
110 Riverbend Road, Room 101
Athens, GA 30602-1510 USA
Phone: (706) 583-0463
Fax: (706) 583-0612

C. Ronald Carroll, Co-Director for Science - rcarroll@uga.edu
Laurie Fowler, Co-Director for Policy - lfowler@uga.edu

Map and Directions to the River Basin Center
For questions or comments about this web site email: bethgav@uga.edu

 
Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology The University of Georgia River Basin Center logo