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Publications Note: Many of these publications are in PDF format. If you don't already have it, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you will need to read PDF files, at no charge. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
Questions on Potential Landowner Libaility for Recreational Use in Georgia, 1996, Ronnie Abellera. Alber, Merryl Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Andros, Tammy Green Roof Proposal and Guide, 2007, Tammy Andros and Ted Maclin. A proposal and guidelines for installing a green roof on the east balcony of the Athens-Clarke County City Hall to help manage stormwater. Part of the Initiative for Watershed Excellence: Upper Altamaha Pilot Project. Memo: Whitehall Mill Condominium Community Stormwater Management, Tammy Andros, Spring 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Arce-Flores, Sofia Working with Watersheds: An Educational Resource Binder for the Environmentally Aware Educator, Sofia Arce-Flores, Sara Pilzer, Caroline McFarlin, Stacey Vigil, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum. PDF version. Visit the project Web page for more resources. Working with Watersheds: Poster, Sofia Arce-Flores, Sara Pilzer, Caroline McFarlin, Stacey Vigil, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum (Powerpoint slide - formatted for 24x36 inches) Atiles, Jorge The Feasibility of a Transferable Development Rights Program for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, February 2, 2005, Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Jorge H. Atiles, Jamie Baker Roskie, Jeffrey Boring, Nanette Nelson, Beth Gavrilles. UGA Alliance for Quality Growth report on the environmental and economic impacts of various TDR program scenarios, funded by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. (PDF) Attorney General's Water Advisory Council Attorney General's Water Advisory Council Presentations: Dougherty Plain, 2003 (PDF file.) Attorney General's Water Advisory Council Presentations: The Essentials for GA Water Planning: The Relationship Between the Proposed GA State Comprehensive Water Plan and the Alabama-Florida-Georgia Water Sharing Dispute (The failure to agree on the two Compacts), October 2003, Stephen E. Draper (PDF file.) Attorney General's Water Advisory Council Presentations: Interface Between Land Protection & Georgia’s Water Resources, October 2003, Laurie Fowler (large PDF file.) Attorney General's Water Advisory Council Presentations: Water Management Laws in Georgia, 2003, Ciannat M. Howett, The Southern Environmental Law Center (PDF file.) Habitat Conservation Plan for the Upper Etowah River Watershed: Road Crossings - Effects and Recommendations, Fall 2001, Audrey Baggett, Erica Chiao, Tracey Harton. 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. (PDF file) Baxter, Amanda An Aquatic Safe Harbor Program for the Upper Etowah River, Spring 1999, Amanda Baxter, Douglas Parsons, Alison Van Lear. Investigating the value and protocol for developing and implementing a safe harbor agreement under the Endangered Species Act for landowners in the Upper Etowah. (PDF file). Beck, James TMDLs and Lake Allatoona, Spring 1999, James Beck, Kerry Fleming, Amy Mullally, Scott Randolph. 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. (PDF file) Bergstedt, Amy 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. Bien, Michael 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. Demonstrating the use of BMPs to control stormwater runoff and erosion at two sites in the Etowah watershed. (PDF file) Bledsoe, Melissa Introduction to Transferable Development Rights, Summer 1998, by Melissa Bledsoe, Joe Covert, Matt Freeman, William Jones, Autumn Rierson. Case studies of TDR programs around the U.S. The Georgia General Assembly passed TDR enabling legislation in 1998. (PDF file) Boothe, Dennis LEED Building Ordinances for Local Governments, Dennis Boothe, Lori Leonardo, Darren Rowles, Fall 2007 Land Use Clinic (PDF) Boring, Jeffrey Comparing the Environmental and Public Cost Impacts of Compact and Scattered Development Patterns in the Upper Etowah Region, Sept. 2003, Jeffrey Boring. Assesses how the pattern of development will affect stream health, rural character and public costs in the Upper Etowah Region. (large PDF file: 1.3 MB) The Feasibility of a Transferable Development Rights Program for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, February 2, 2005, Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Jorge H. Atiles, Jamie Baker Roskie, Jeffrey Boring, Nanette Nelson, Beth Gavrilles. UGA Alliance for Quality Growth report on the environmental and economic impacts of various TDR program scenarios, funded by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. (PDF) Upper Etowah & Lake Allatoona Regional Greenspace Initiative, Fall 2001, Jeffrey Boring, Marcie Diaz, Raysun Goergen, Brannon Hancock, Clif Henry. Report links greenspace plans from Upper Etowah counties and proposes regional implementation strategies such as PDR and TDR programs. (PDF file) Bumback, Bill Estimating the Economic Benefit of Landscape Pattern: An Hedonic Analysis of Spatial Landscape Indices and a Comparison of Build- Out Scenarios for The Protection of Ecosystem Functions, March 2004, Nanette Nelson, Liz Kramer, Jeffrey Dorfman, Bill Bumback. (PDF file) Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths. (PDF) Scientific Basis for Bacterial TMDLs in Georgia, Bacteria Technical Advisory Group (TAG) White paper, June 2006, David Radcliffe, Bill Bumback, Shana Udvardy, Peter Hartel, Larry West, Todd Rasmussen. Developed for The Georgia Conservancy and the UGA Institute of Ecology. (PDF) Little Commissioner Creek Recommendations, Claire Carothers, Patrick Garrard, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Little Commissioner Creek Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan for Fecal Coliform Monitoring Program 2006/2007, Claire Carothers, Patrick Garrard, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: Changing the Use Designation of a Particular River or Stream Segment, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Claire Carothers, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Carter, Lee Memo: Legal Requirements for Disclosure of Wastewater Management Systems in Real Estate Transactions, Lee Carter, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Carter, Tim Vegetated Roofs for Urban Ecosystem Remediation: Performance and Policy in the Tanyard Branch Watershed, 2006, Tim Carter, PhD Dissertation. Runoff Limits: An ecologically based stormwater management program, 2008, Cavagnolo, Beth Richard B. Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, GA, 2004, Beth Cavagnolo, Andrew Echols, Jim Edge, Emily Franzen, Lawton Zurn, Jamie Baker Roskie. Sustainable development scenarios for Russell Parkway, created with faculty and students from the UGA College of Environment & Design. (PDF file) Cazier, Dave Poultry Waste Management for Better Water Quality in the Etowah River, Fall 1998, Dave Cazier, Alissa Salmore. This report focuses on animal waste and specifically addresses chicken farms in the Etowah River basin. (PDF file) Chiao, Erica Habitat Conservation Plan for the Upper Etowah River Watershed: Road Crossings - Effects and Recommendations, Fall 2001, Audrey Baggett, Erica Chiao, Tracey Harton. 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. (PDF file) Christoph, Erica Conservation Subdivision Survey, Kenna Hall, Erica Christoph, Amy Salley, Spring 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Christy, Don R. Georgia's Trout Stream Buffer Program Assessment Under the Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act and Georgia Water Quality Control Act, October 2005, Terry A. DeMeo, Don R. Christy and James E. Kundell. This report explores policy implications of the 2000 Amendments. (PDF file) Cifaldi, Rebecca Municipal Water Efficiency, Fall 1998, Julia Hill, Els Reynaers, Rebecca Cifaldi, Rebecca Klaper. (PDF file) Cogswell, Gini The Legacy of Urban Rivers: A Case Study of the North Oconee River (brochure), Spring 2001, by Gini Cogswell. Video documenting conditions of the North Oconee. To order a copy of the video, contact the Office of Public Service & Outreach web manager. Community Greenspace Advisory Committee Georgia's Community Green Space Program: A Report of the Community Green Space Advisory Committee, 1999, Community Greenspace Advisory Committee. Recommendations for establishing the Georgia Community Greenspace Program. (PDF) Corson-Knowles, Benjamin NPDES Phase II Compliance & Illicit Discharge Ordinances, 2005, Benjamin Corson-Knowles, Land Use Clinic. How municipalities can implement illicit discharge ordinances in compliance with NPDES Phase II. (PDF file) Covert, Joe Introduction to Transferable Development Rights, Summer 1998, by Melissa Bledsoe, Joe Covert, Matt Freeman, William Jones, Autumn Rierson. Case studies of TDR programs around the U.S. The Georgia General Assembly passed TDR enabling legislation in 1998. (PDF file) Cowie, Gail Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Custer, Janna Blasingame New Urbanism and Euclidian Zoning: Can They Co-Exist? 2007, Janna Blasingame Custer, Jamie Baker Roskie, Land Use Clinic. Analysis of conflicts between traditional Euclidian zoning and the principles of New Urbanism. (PDF file) Memo: Legal requirements for home sales: disclosure of information about wastewater management systems, Gino D'Angelo, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: Lender requirements for home mortgage loan: inspection of onsite wastewater management systems, Gino D'Angelo, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Davis, Mary Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) DeMeo, Terry Georgia's Trout Stream Buffer Program Assessment Under the Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act and Georgia Water Quality Control Act, October 2005, Terry A. DeMeo, Don R. Christy and James E. Kundell. This report explores policy implications of the 2000 Amendments. (PDF file) Deyo, Patricia 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. Diaz, Marcie Upper Etowah & Lake Allatoona Regional Greenspace Initiative, Fall 2001, Jeffrey Boring, Marcie Diaz, Raysun Goergen, Brannon Hancock, Clif Henry. Report links greenspace plans from Upper Etowah counties and proposes regional implementation strategies such as PDR and TDR programs. (PDF file) Dorfman, Jeff Estimating the Economic Benefit of Landscape Pattern: An Hedonic Analysis of Spatial Landscape Indices and a Comparison of Build- Out Scenarios for The Protection of Ecosystem Functions, March 2004, Nanette Nelson, Liz Kramer, Jeffrey Dorfman, Bill Bumback. (PDF file) The Feasibility of a Transferable Development Rights Program for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, February 2, 2005, Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Jorge H. Atiles, Jamie Baker Roskie, Jeffrey Boring, Nanette Nelson, Beth Gavrilles. UGA Alliance for Quality Growth report on the environmental and economic impacts of various TDR program scenarios, funded by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. (PDF) The Potential for Community Forests to be Self-Financing: An Hedonic Analysis of the Enhancement Value of Georgia's Trees, November 2002, Nanette Nelson, Jeffrey Dorfman, Laurie Fowler. (PDF) Protecting Farmland in Developing Communities: A Case Study of the Tax Implications of Agricultural Conservation Easements, Feb. 2001, by Nanette Nelson, Jeff Dorfman and Laurie Fowler. Exploration of economic costs and benefits of farmland protection strategies including conservation easements and the Conservation Use Program. (large PDF file: 1.5 MB) Draper, Stephen E. Attorney General's Water Advisory Council Presentations: The Essentials for GA Water Planning: The Relationship Between the Proposed GA State Comprehensive Water Plan and the Alabama-Florida-Georgia Water Sharing Dispute (The failure to agree on the two Compacts), October 2003, Stephen E. Draper (PDF file.) Dreelin, Erin Paving the Way to Better Stormwater Management: Water Quality, Porous Pavement, and Public Policy, Erin Dreelin, PhD dissertation, 2004. Dunbar, Kate Memo: Stream and River Monitoring in Georgia, Kate Dunbar, Spring 2007 Upper Altamaha Practicum Duncan, Will Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Richard B. Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, GA, 2004, Beth Cavagnolo, Andrew Echols, Jim Edge, Emily Franzen, Lawton Zurn, Jamie Baker Roskie. Sustainable development scenarios for Russell Parkway, created with faculty and students from the UGA College of Environment & Design. (PDF file) Edge, Jim An Analysis of Development Impact Fees in Georgia, 2004-2007, Jim Edge, Michael J. Eshman, Land Use Clinic. Analyzes and tracks the use of the Georgia Development Impact Fee Law. (PDF file) Richard B. Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, GA, 2004, Beth Cavagnolo, Andrew Echols, Jim Edge, Emily Franzen, Lawton Zurn, Jamie Baker Roskie. Sustainable development scenarios for Russell Parkway, created with faculty and students from the UGA College of Environment & Design. (PDF file) El-Jourbagy, Jehan 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. Demonstrating the use of BMPs to control stormwater runoff and erosion at two sites in the Etowah watershed. (PDF file) Ellis, Justin Memo: How to Promote the Use of Community Gardens for Athens-Clarke County, Justin Ellis, Spring 2007 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: Michigan's GAAMP Program as a model for Semi-regulatory Controls for Non-point Sources of Pollution, Justin Ellis, Spring 2007 Upper Altamaha Practicum Eshman, Michael J. An Analysis of Development Impact Fees in Georgia, 2004-2007, Jim Edge, Michael J. Eshman, Land Use Clinic. Analyzes and tracks the use of the Georgia Development Impact Fee Law. (PDF file) Evans, Sally 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) Urban Wildlife Management in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, Carol Flaute, Nate Hunt, Leif Stephens, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum Fleming, Kerry TMDLs and Lake Allatoona, Spring 1999, James Beck, Kerry Fleming, Amy Mullally, Scott Randolph. 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. (PDF file) Fowler, Laurie Attorney General's Water Advisory Council Presentations: Interface Between Land Protection & Georgia’s Water Resources, October 2003, Laurie Fowler (large PDF file.) Conservation Easements for Natural Resource Protection, 1st edition, 1994, Laurie Fowler. Overview of conservation easements, their purpose, function, and benefits (both ecological and financial). Includes a sample easement and list of resources. Conservation Subdivision Ordinances, August, 2001, Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler. Conservation Subdivision Toolkit published by Atlanta Regional Commission and Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Spring 2002. (large file 1.2 MB) The Potential for Community Forests to be Self-Financing: An Hedonic Analysis of the Enhancement Value of Georgia's Trees, November 2002, Nanette Nelson, Jeffrey Dorfman, Laurie Fowler. (PDF) A Primer on Conservation Easements and Greenspace for the Property Tax Division of the Georgia Department of Revenue, 2002, Nanette Nelson, Laurie Fowler. Note: appendices available upon request. Contact Nanette Nelson at nanette@uga.edu. (PDF) Protecting Farmland in Developing Communities: A Case Study of the Tax Implications of Agricultural Conservation Easements, Feb. 2001, by Nanette Nelson, Jeff Dorfman and Laurie Fowler. Exploration of economic costs and benefits of farmland protection strategies including conservation easements and the Conservation Use Program. (large PDF file: 1.5 MB) Protecting Riparian Buffers in Coastal Georgia: Management Options, December, 2006, Emily Franzen, Seth Wenger, Laurie Fowler, Trent Myers, Sandra Glaze. UGA River Basin Center, School of Law, and Land Use Clinic. An explanation of protection that can be provided by riparian buffers in coastal areas. A new model riparian buffer ordinance tailored to meet the specific needs of local governments along Georgia's coast is included. (PDF) Protecting Stream and River Corridors: Creating Effective Local Riparian Buffer Ordinances, 2000, Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler. (PDF) Recommendations for Increasing the Effectiveness of Georgia’s Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Water Quality Program: A Report of the Georgia TMDL TAG, Laurie Fowler, David Radcliffe, Shana Udvardy, et al., 2007. Sponsored by The Georgia Conservancy, The Odum School of Ecology and the River Basin Center. (PDF) Runoff Limits: An ecologically based stormwater management program, 2008, Franzen, Emily Agricultural Zoning as a Farmland Protection Tool in Georgia, 2006, Emily Franzen. Agricultural zoning is a cost-effective, planning-based approach that local governments can use to preserve farmland and create an economically sustainable agriculture industry for future generations. Coastal Riparian Buffer Guidance Manual: A Companion to the Model Coastal Buffer Ordinance, January 2007, Katherine Rowe, Jennifer Spangler, Emily Franzen. UGA River Basin Center. Prepared for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Coastal Nonpoint Source Management Program to provide specific guidance in implementing the model coastal riparian buffer ordinance (below.) (PDF) Model Coastal Riparian Buffer Ordinance for Georgia's Local Governments, January 2007, Katherine Rowe, Jennifer Spangler, Emily Franzen. UGA River Basin Center. Prepared for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Coastal Nonpoint Source Management Program. (PDF) Protecting Riparian Buffers in Coastal Georgia: Management Options, December, 2006, Emily Franzen, Seth Wenger, Laurie Fowler, Trent Myers, Sandra Glaze. UGA River Basin Center, School of Law, and Land Use Clinic. An explanation of protection that can be provided by riparian buffers in coastal areas. A new model riparian buffer ordinance tailored to meet the specific needs of local governments along Georgia's coast is included. (PDF) Richard B. Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, GA, 2004, Beth Cavagnolo, Andrew Echols, Jim Edge, Emily Franzen, Lawton Zurn, Jamie Baker Roskie. Sustainable development scenarios for Russell Parkway, created with faculty and students from the UGA College of Environment & Design. (PDF file) Freeman, Byron J. Criteria for Suitable Spawning Habitat for the Robust Redhorse Moxostoma robustum, January, 2001, Byron J. Freeman and Mary C. Freeman. Report to the US Fish & Wildllife Service. (PDF, 50KB) Etowah River Basin Stressors Analysis, July 5 2002, Byron Freeman, Seth Wenger, Sarah McClurg and Carrie Straight. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (PDF, 6.5 MB) Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Stream fish occurrence in response to impervious cover, historic land use, and hydrogeomorphic factors, 2008, Seth J. Wenger, James T. Peterson, Mary C. Freeman, Byron J. Freeman, and D. David Homans. Published in Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 1250–1264 (2008). Freeman, Mary C. Criteria for Suitable Spawning Habitat for the Robust Redhorse Moxostoma robustum, January, 2001, Byron J. Freeman and Mary C. Freeman. Report to the US Fish & Wildllife Service. (PDF, 50KB) Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Stream fish occurrence in response to impervious cover, historic land use, and hydrogeomorphic factors, 2008, Seth J. Wenger, James T. Peterson, Mary C. Freeman, Byron J. Freeman, and D. David Homans. Published in Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 1250–1264 (2008). Stressors to Imperiled Fishes in the Etowah Basin: Mechanisms, Sources and Management under the Etowah HCP, Feb. 1 2007, Seth Wenger and Mary Freeman (PDF) Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Freeman, Matt Introduction to Transferable Development Rights, Summer 1998, by Melissa Bledsoe, Joe Covert, Matt Freeman, William Jones, Autumn Rierson. Case studies of TDR programs around the U.S. The Georgia General Assembly passed TDR enabling legislation in 1998. (PDF file) Little Commissioner Creek Recommendations, Claire Carothers, Patrick Garrard, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Little Commissioner Creek Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan for Fecal Coliform Monitoring Program 2006/2007, Claire Carothers, Patrick Garrard, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Gavrilles, Beth The Feasibility of a Transferable Development Rights Program for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, February 2, 2005, Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Jorge H. Atiles, Jamie Baker Roskie, Jeffrey Boring, Nanette Nelson, Beth Gavrilles. UGA Alliance for Quality Growth report on the environmental and economic impacts of various TDR program scenarios, funded by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. (PDF) Georgia Land Conservation Partnership Advisory Council Georgia Land Conservation Partnership Plan: A Report to Governor Sonny Perdue, August 2004, Georgia Land Conservation Partnership Advisory Council. Report proposes a state land coservation plan that emphasizes partnerships with local governments, the private sector, and other institutions for a cooperative movement to achieve appropriate land conservation goals. (PDF) Gibson, Jeff Little Commissioner Creek Recommendations, Claire Carothers, Patrick Garrard, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Little Commissioner Creek Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan for Fecal Coliform Monitoring Program 2006/2007, Claire Carothers, Patrick Garrard, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: Changing the Use Designation of a Particular River or Stream Segment, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Claire Carothers, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: What are the legal requirements for disclosure of wastewater management systems in a real estate transaction?, Jeff Gibson, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Giles, Lauren Accessory Apartments, 2007, Lauren Giles, Land Use Clinic. Use and regulation of accessory dwelling units, also known as accessory apartments, as a way to promote affordable housing and multi-generational housing options in single-family neighborhoods. (PDF file) Controlling Big Box Retail Development in Georgia, 2004-2007, Matt Roberts, Brian White, Elizabeth Simpson, Lauren Giles, Anna Hauser, Land Use Clinic. Strategies to help communities avoid "big box blight." (PDF file) Glaze, Sandra Protecting Riparian Buffers in Coastal Georgia: Management Options, December, 2006, Emily Franzen, Seth Wenger, Laurie Fowler, Trent Myers, Sandra Glaze. UGA River Basin Center, School of Law, and Land Use Clinic. An explanation of protection that can be provided by riparian buffers in coastal areas. A new model riparian buffer ordinance tailored to meet the specific needs of local governments along Georgia's coast is included. (PDF) Goergen, Raysun How to Form a Regional Greenspace Plan: Case Study of the Upper Etowah Watershed, 2002, Masters Thesis. Upper Etowah & Lake Allatoona Regional Greenspace Initiative, Fall 2001, Jeffrey Boring, Marcie Diaz, Raysun Goergen, Brannon Hancock, Clif Henry. Report links greenspace plans from Upper Etowah counties and proposes regional implementation strategies such as PDR and TDR programs. (PDF file) Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Hall, Kenna Conservation Subdivision Survey, Kenna Hall, Erica Christoph, Amy Salley, Spring 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: Wastewater Management Systems Disclosure Requirements, Kenna Hall, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Hancock, Brannon Upper Etowah & Lake Allatoona Regional Greenspace Initiative, Fall 2001, Jeffrey Boring, Marcie Diaz, Raysun Goergen, Brannon Hancock, Clif Henry. Report links greenspace plans from Upper Etowah counties and proposes regional implementation strategies such as PDR and TDR programs. (PDF file) Hartel, Peter Scientific Basis for Bacterial TMDLs in Georgia, Bacteria Technical Advisory Group (TAG) White paper, June 2006, David Radcliffe, Bill Bumback, Shana Udvardy, Peter Hartel, Larry West, Todd Rasmussen. Developed for The Georgia Conservancy and the UGA Institute of Ecology. (PDF) Harton, Tracey Habitat Conservation Plan for the Upper Etowah River Watershed: Road Crossings - Effects and Recommendations, Fall 2001, Audrey Baggett, Erica Chiao, Tracey Harton. 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. (PDF file) Hatcher, Kathy Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Hauser, Anna Controlling Big Box Retail Development in Georgia, 2004-2007, Matt Roberts, Brian White, Elizabeth Simpson, Lauren Giles, Anna Hauser, Land Use Clinic. Strategies to help communities avoid "big box blight." (PDF file) Haynes, Rebecca Bacteria TMDL Implementation Control Strategies of the Southeast: Recommendations for Georgia, October 2006, Rebecca Haynes, MS Thesis Henry, Clif Upper Etowah & Lake Allatoona Regional Greenspace Initiative, Fall 2001, Jeffrey Boring, Marcie Diaz, Raysun Goergen, Brannon Hancock, Clif Henry. Report links greenspace plans from Upper Etowah counties and proposes regional implementation strategies such as PDR and TDR programs. (PDF file) Hill, Julia Municipal Water Efficiency, Fall 1998, Julia Hill, Els Reynaers, Rebecca Cifaldi, Rebecca Klaper. (PDF file) Holmbeck-Pelham, Skelly Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Homans, D. David Stream fish occurrence in response to impervious cover, historic land use, and hydrogeomorphic factors, 2008, Seth J. Wenger, James T. Peterson, Mary C. Freeman, Byron J. Freeman, and D. David Homans. Published in Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 1250–1264 (2008). Howett, Ciannat M. Attorney General's Water Advisory Council Presentations: Water Management Laws in Georgia, 2003, Ciannat M. Howett, The Southern Environmental Law Center (PDF file.) Hunt, Nate Urban Wildlife Management in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, Carol Flaute, Nate Hunt, Leif Stephens, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum Hunt, Sarah 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) Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths. (PDF) Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Jennings, Cecil Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Jiang, Feng Recommendations for Improving Fecal Coliform Pollution Control in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Feng Jiang, Amanda Worthington, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum Jones, Krista L. Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths. (PDF) Jones, William Introduction to Transferable Development Rights, Summer 1998, by Melissa Bledsoe, Joe Covert, Matt Freeman, William Jones, Autumn Rierson. Case studies of TDR programs around the U.S. The Georgia General Assembly passed TDR enabling legislation in 1998. (PDF file) A Protocol for Establishing Sediment TMDLs, Sediment TMDL Technical Advisory Group, Feb. 25, 2002, Alice Miller Keyes, Convener and David Radcliffe, Writing Chair. Developed for The Georgia Conservancy and the UGA Institute of Ecology. (PDF) Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Klaper, Rebecca Municipal Water Efficiency, Fall 1998, Julia Hill, Els Reynaers, Rebecca Cifaldi, Rebecca Klaper. (PDF file) Kramer, Liz Estimating the Economic Benefit of Landscape Pattern: An Hedonic Analysis of Spatial Landscape Indices and a Comparison of Build- Out Scenarios for The Protection of Ecosystem Functions, March 2004, Nanette Nelson, Liz Kramer, Jeffrey Dorfman, Bill Bumback. (PDF file) Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths. (PDF) Kundell, James E. Georgia's Trout Stream Buffer Program Assessment Under the Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act and Georgia Water Quality Control Act, October 2005, Terry A. DeMeo, Don R. Christy and James E. Kundell. This report explores policy implications of the 2000 Amendments. (PDF file) Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths. (PDF) Chattahoochee Hill Country Transferable Development Rights Ordinance, 2003, Land Use Clinic. The state's first TDR ordinance. (PDF file) Sign Control on Rural Corridors: Model Provisions and Guidance, 2003, Land Use Clinic. Funded by Georgia Department of Community Affairs. (PDF file) Strip Corridor Redevelopment: A Guidance Document, 2004, Land Use Clinic. Guidance document and model ordinance for Georgia local governments, created for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. (PDF file) Lori Leonardo LEED Building Ordinances for Local Governments, Dennis Boothe, Lori Leonardo, Darren Rowles, Fall 2007 Land Use Clinic (PDF) LiaBraaten, Lia 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. Demonstrating the use of BMPs to control stormwater runoff and erosion at two sites in the Etowah watershed. (PDF file) Green Roof Proposal and Guide, 2007, Tammy Andros and Ted Maclin. A proposal and guidelines for installing a green roof on the east balcony of the Athens-Clarke County City Hall to help manage stormwater. Part of the Initiative for Watershed Excellence: Upper Altamaha Pilot Project. Memo: Greening the world, one structure at a time: Case Study of a the Sweetwater Creek State Park Visitor Center in Douglas County, GA, Ted Maclin, Spring 2007 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: The Lakewood Development in Athens, Georgia: Case Study of an EarthCraft Community, Ted Maclin, Spring 2007 Upper Altamaha Practicum Maffitt, Charlie Memo: Stormwater Issues at Whitehall Mill, Charlie Maffitt, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: Use of tracers to determine movement and dispersal of water-borne pollutants, Charlie Maffitt, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum McClurg, Sarah Etowah River Basin Stressors Analysis, July 5 2002, Byron Freeman, Seth Wenger, Sarah McClurg and Carrie Straight. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (PDF, 6.5 MB) McFarlin, Caroline Working with Watersheds: An Educational Resource Binder for the Environmentally Aware Educator, Sofia Arce-Flores, Sara Pilzer, Caroline McFarlin, Stacey Vigil, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum. PDF version. Visit the project Web page for more resources. Working with Watersheds: Poster, Sofia Arce-Flores, Sara Pilzer, Caroline McFarlin, Stacey Vigil, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum (Powerpoint slide - formatted for 24x36 inches) Merrill, Mike Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Meyer, Judy L. Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths. (PDF) Official Comment on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on the Clean Water Act Regulatory Definition of "Waters of the United States," April 2003, Judy Meyer et al. Comments submitted to the US EPA relating to isolated wetlands in the wake of the SWANCC decision. Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Where Rivers Are Born: The Scientific Imperative for Defending Small Streams and Wetlands, 2003, Judy Meyer et. al. (PDF file.) Bibliography. Minihan, Kristin 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) Mitchell, Paul Protecting the Future Forever: Why Perpetual Conservation Easements Outperform Term Easements, 2006, Paul Mitchell, Land Use Clinic. (PDF file) The Scientific Justification for Stream Buffers, 2006, Paul Mitchell, Land Use Clinic. Fact sheet on the importance of stream buffers in protecting water quality. (PDF file) Mullally, Amy TMDLs and Lake Allatoona, Spring 1999, James Beck, Kerry Fleming, Amy Mullally, Scott Randolph. 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. (PDF file) Myers, Trent Protecting Riparian Buffers in Coastal Georgia: Management Options, December, 2006, Emily Franzen, Seth Wenger, Laurie Fowler, Trent Myers, Sandra Glaze. UGA River Basin Center, School of Law, and Land Use Clinic. An explanation of protection that can be provided by riparian buffers in coastal areas. A new model riparian buffer ordinance tailored to meet the specific needs of local governments along Georgia's coast is included. (PDF) Estimating the Economic Benefit of Landscape Pattern: An Hedonic Analysis of Spatial Landscape Indices and a Comparison of Build- Out Scenarios for The Protection of Ecosystem Functions, March 2004, Nanette Nelson, Liz Kramer, Jeffrey Dorfman, Bill Bumback. (PDF file) Evaluating the Economic Impact of Community Open Space and Urban Forests: A Literature Review, November 2004, Nanette Nelson. Funded by Urban and Community Forest Grant Assistance Program administered through the Georgia Forestry Commission. (PDF file) The Feasibility of a Transferable Development Rights Program for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, February 2, 2005, Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Jorge H. Atiles, Jamie Baker Roskie, Jeffrey Boring, Nanette Nelson, Beth Gavrilles. UGA Alliance for Quality Growth report on the environmental and economic impacts of various TDR program scenarios, funded by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. (PDF) The Potential for Community Forests to be Self-Financing: An Hedonic Analysis of the Enhancement Value of Georgia's Trees, November 2002, Nanette Nelson, Jeffrey Dorfman, Laurie Fowler. (PDF) A Primer on Conservation Easements and Greenspace for the Property Tax Division of the Georgia Department of Revenue, 2002, Nanette Nelson, Laurie Fowler. Note: appendices available upon request. Contact Nanette Nelson at nanette@uga.edu. (PDF) Protecting Farmland in Developing Communities: A Case Study of the Tax Implications of Agricultural Conservation Easements, Feb. 2001, by Nanette Nelson, Jeff Dorfman and Laurie Fowler. Exploration of economic costs and benefits of farmland protection strategies including conservation easements and the Conservation Use Program. (large PDF file: 1.5 MB) Office of Public Service & Outreach Annual Report (July 2002-June 2003), Office of Public Service & Outreach, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia (large PDF file: 2.59 MB) Lighting and Dark Sky Regulations, Marjorie Palmer, Spring 2008 Land Use Clinic (PDF) Xeriscape Practice in Georgia, Spring 2008, Marjorie Palmer, Land Use Clinic (PDF) Palta, Monica Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Parsons, Douglas An Aquatic Safe Harbor Program for the Upper Etowah River, Spring 1999, Amanda Baxter, Douglas Parsons, Alison Van Lear. Investigating the value and protocol for developing and implementing a safe harbor agreement under the Endangered Species Act for landowners in the Upper Etowah. (PDF file). Peterson, James T. Stream fish occurrence in response to impervious cover, historic land use, and hydrogeomorphic factors, 2008, Seth J. Wenger, James T. Peterson, Mary C. Freeman, Byron J. Freeman, and D. David Homans. Published in Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 1250–1264 (2008). Pilzer, Sara Working with Watersheds: An Educational Resource Binder for the Environmentally Aware Educator, Sofia Arce-Flores, Sara Pilzer, Caroline McFarlin, Stacey Vigil, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum. PDF version. Visit the project Web page for more resources. Working with Watersheds: Poster, Sofia Arce-Flores, Sara Pilzer, Caroline McFarlin, Stacey Vigil, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum (Powerpoint slide - formatted for 24x36 inches) Plourde, Jennifer Little Commissioner Creek Recommendations, Claire Carothers, Patrick Garrard, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Little Commissioner Creek Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan for Fecal Coliform Monitoring Program 2006/2007, Claire Carothers, Patrick Garrard, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: Changing the Use Designation of a Particular River or Stream Segment, Jeff Gibson, Jennifer Plourde, Claire Carothers, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Poole, Geoffrey C. Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths. (PDF) A Protocol for Establishing Sediment TMDLs, Sediment TMDL Technical Advisory Group, Feb. 25, 2002, Alice Miller Keyes, Convener and David Radcliffe, Writing Chair. Developed for The Georgia Conservancy and the UGA Institute of Ecology. (PDF) Recommendations for Increasing the Effectiveness of Georgia’s Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Water Quality Program: A Report of the Georgia TMDL TAG, Laurie Fowler, David Radcliffe, Shana Udvardy, et al., 2007. Sponsored by The Georgia Conservancy, The Odum School of Ecology and the River Basin Center. (PDF) Scientific Basis for Bacterial TMDLs in Georgia, Bacteria Technical Advisory Group (TAG) White paper, June 2006, David Radcliffe, Bill Bumback, Shana Udvardy, Peter Hartel, Larry West, Todd Rasmussen. Developed for The Georgia Conservancy and the UGA Institute of Ecology. (PDF) Randolph, Scott TMDLs and Lake Allatoona, Spring 1999, James Beck, Kerry Fleming, Amy Mullally, Scott Randolph. 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. (PDF file) Rasmussen, Todd Scientific Basis for Bacterial TMDLs in Georgia, Bacteria Technical Advisory Group (TAG) White paper, June 2006, David Radcliffe, Bill Bumback, Shana Udvardy, Peter Hartel, Larry West, Todd Rasmussen. Developed for The Georgia Conservancy and the UGA Institute of Ecology. (PDF) Ray, Brian Memo: Regulation of Pre-Development Site Activities, Brian Ray, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Reynaers, Els Municipal Water Efficiency, Fall 1998, Julia Hill, Els Reynaers, Rebecca Cifaldi, Rebecca Klaper. (PDF file) Richardson, Elizabeth Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Rierson, Autumn Introduction to Transferable Development Rights, Summer 1998, by Melissa Bledsoe, Joe Covert, Matt Freeman, William Jones, Autumn Rierson. Case studies of TDR programs around the U.S. The Georgia General Assembly passed TDR enabling legislation in 1998. (PDF file) Rivenbark, B. Lane Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths. (PDF) River Basin Center Annual Report (July 2002-June 2003), Office of Public Service & Outreach, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia (large PDF file: 2.59 MB) UGA River Basin Center Strategic Plan, 2008. (PDF) Roskie, Jamie Baker City of Jefferson Curry Creek Water Supply Watershed: Estimate of Existing and Projected Impervious Cover and Assessment of Watershed Protection Provisions, 2007, revised 2008, Seth Wenger, Jamie Baker Roskie. (PDF file) The Feasibility of a Transferable Development Rights Program for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, February 2, 2005, Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Jorge H. Atiles, Jamie Baker Roskie, Jeffrey Boring, Nanette Nelson, Beth Gavrilles. UGA Alliance for Quality Growth report on the environmental and economic impacts of various TDR program scenarios, funded by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. (PDF) New Urbanism and Euclidian Zoning: Can They Co-Exist? 2007, Janna Blasingame Custer, Jamie Baker Roskie, Land Use Clinic. Analysis of conflicts between traditional Euclidian zoning and the principles of New Urbanism. (PDF file) Richard B. Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, GA, 2004, Beth Cavagnolo, Andrew Echols, Jim Edge, Emily Franzen, Lawton Zurn, Jamie Baker Roskie. Sustainable development scenarios for Russell Parkway, created with faculty and students from the UGA College of Environment & Design. (PDF file) Roberts, Matt Controlling Big Box Retail Development in Georgia, 2004-2007, Matt Roberts, Brian White, Elizabeth Simpson, Lauren Giles, Anna Hauser, Land Use Clinic. Strategies to help communities avoid "big box blight." (PDF file) Rowe, Katherine Coastal Riparian Buffer Guidance Manual: A Companion to the Model Coastal Buffer Ordinance, January 2007, Katherine Rowe, Jennifer Spangler, Emily Franzen. UGA River Basin Center. Prepared for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Coastal Nonpoint Source Management Program to provide specific guidance in implementing the model coastal riparian buffer ordinance (below.) (PDF) Memo: Aspects & Impacts of Porous Pavements, Katherine Rowe, Fall 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Model Coastal Riparian Buffer Ordinance for Georgia's Local Governments, January 2007, Katherine Rowe, Jennifer Spangler, Emily Franzen. UGA River Basin Center. Prepared for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Coastal Nonpoint Source Management Program. (PDF) Rowles, Darren LEED Building Ordinances for Local Governments, Dennis Boothe, Lori Leonardo, Darren Rowles, Fall 2007 Land Use Clinic (PDF) Conservation Subdivision Survey, Kenna Hall, Erica Christoph, Amy Salley, Spring 2006 Upper Altamaha Practicum Salmore, Alissa Poultry Waste Management for Better Water Quality in the Etowah River, Fall 1998, Dave Cazier, Alissa Salmore. This report focuses on animal waste and specifically addresses chicken farms in the Etowah River basin. (PDF file) Schonenberg, Jill Keeping Livestock Out of Streams in Georgia, 2006, Jill Schonenberg, Land Use Clinic. Regulatory and incentive methods for requiring or encouraging the fencing of streams to exclude livestock. (PDF file) Sharitz, Rebecca Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Sheehan, Katherine A. Managing Fertilizer for Lawn Use: Guidance for Local Governments in Watersheds where Nutrient Loading is an Issue, Katherine A. Sheehan, Fall 2007 Sheldon, Joan Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) Simpson, Elizabeth Controlling Big Box Retail Development in Georgia, 2004-2007, Matt Roberts, Brian White, Elizabeth Simpson, Lauren Giles, Anna Hauser, Land Use Clinic. Strategies to help communities avoid "big box blight." (PDF file) Siragusa, Kelly Memo: Monitoring Protocol for Georgia Wetland Trust Fund, Kelly Siragusa, Spring 2007 Upper Altamaha Practicum Memo: Stream Restoration On Streams Degraded By Illegal Dumping, Kelly Siragusa, Spring 2007 Upper Altamaha Practicum Smith, Joshua Stormwater Utilities in Georgia, 2006, Joshua Smith, Land Use Clinic. How a local government can establish a stormwater utility to help fund infrastructure improvements to protect water quality. (PDF file) Spangler, Jennifer Coastal Riparian Buffer Guidance Manual: A Companion to the Model Coastal Buffer Ordinance, January 2007, Katherine Rowe, Jennifer Spangler, Emily Franzen. UGA River Basin Center. Prepared for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Coastal Nonpoint Source Management Program to provide specific guidance in implementing the model coastal riparian buffer ordinance (below.) (PDF) Model Coastal Riparian Buffer Ordinance for Georgia's Local Governments, January 2007, Katherine Rowe, Jennifer Spangler, Emily Franzen. UGA River Basin Center. Prepared for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Coastal Nonpoint Source Management Program. (PDF) Stephens, Leif Urban Wildlife Management in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, Carol Flaute, Nate Hunt, Leif Stephens, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum Straight, Carrie Etowah River Basin Stressors Analysis, July 5 2002, Byron Freeman, Seth Wenger, Sarah McClurg and Carrie Straight. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (PDF, 6.5 MB) Sutherland, Ellen Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) 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. Demonstrating the use of BMPs to control stormwater runoff and erosion at two sites in the Etowah watershed. (PDF file) Recommendations for Increasing the Effectiveness of Georgia’s Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Water Quality Program: A Report of the Georgia TMDL TAG, Laurie Fowler, David Radcliffe, Shana Udvardy, et al., 2007. Sponsored by The Georgia Conservancy, The Odum School of Ecology and the River Basin Center. (PDF) Scientific Basis for Bacterial TMDLs in Georgia, Bacteria Technical Advisory Group (TAG) White paper, June 2006, David Radcliffe, Bill Bumback, Shana Udvardy, Peter Hartel, Larry West, Todd Rasmussen. Developed for The Georgia Conservancy and the UGA Institute of Ecology. (PDF) An Aquatic Safe Harbor Program for the Upper Etowah River, Spring 1999, Amanda Baxter, Douglas Parsons, Alison Van Lear. Investigating the value and protocol for developing and implementing a safe harbor agreement under the Endangered Species Act for landowners in the Upper Etowah. (PDF file). Vick, R. Alfred Runoff Limits: An ecologically based stormwater management program, 2008, Vigil, Stacey Working with Watersheds: An Educational Resource Binder for the Environmentally Aware Educator, Sofia Arce-Flores, Sara Pilzer, Caroline McFarlin, Stacey Vigil, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum. PDF version. Visit the project Web page for more resources. Working with Watersheds: Poster, Sofia Arce-Flores, Sara Pilzer, Caroline McFarlin, Stacey Vigil, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum (Powerpoint slide - formatted for 24x36 inches) The Constitutionality of Open Space Requirements and Minimum Lot Sizes, Matthew Weiss, Fall 2007 Land Use Clinic (PDF) Wenger, Seth City of Jefferson Curry Creek Water Supply Watershed: Estimate of Existing and Projected Impervious Cover and Assessment of Watershed Protection Provisions, 2007, revised 2008, Seth Wenger, Jamie Baker Roskie. (PDF file) Conservation Subdivision Ordinances, August, 2001, Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler. Conservation Subdivision Toolkit published by Atlanta Regional Commission and Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Spring 2002. (large file 1.2 MB) Etowah River Basin Stressors Analysis, July 5 2002, Byron Freeman, Seth Wenger, Sarah McClurg and Carrie Straight. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (PDF, 6.5 MB) Predicting and Preventing Losses of Imperiled Fish Species in an Urbanizing Environment, 2006, Seth J. Wenger. Ph.D. dissertation (PDF file). Protecting Riparian Buffers in Coastal Georgia: Management Options, December, 2006, Emily Franzen, Seth Wenger, Laurie Fowler, Trent Myers, Sandra Glaze. UGA River Basin Center, School of Law, and Land Use Clinic. An explanation of protection that can be provided by riparian buffers in coastal areas. A new model riparian buffer ordinance tailored to meet the specific needs of local governments along Georgia's coast is included. (PDF) Protecting Stream and River Corridors: Creating Effective Local Riparian Buffer Ordinances, 2000, Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler. (PDF) Reservoirs in Georgia: Meeting Water Supply Needs while Minimizing Impacts, May 2002, Gail Cowie, editor; Mary Davis, Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Bud Freeman, Mary Freeman, Kathy Hatcher, Rhett Jackson, Alice Miller Keyes, Mike Merrill, Judy Meyer, Ellen Sutherland, Seth Wenger. (PDF file) A Review of the Literature on Riparian Buffer Width, Extent and Vegetation, 1999, Seth Wenger. (PDF, 1.1 MB) Runoff Limits: An ecologically based stormwater management program, 2008, Stream fish occurrence in response to impervious cover, historic land use, and hydrogeomorphic factors, 2008, Seth J. Wenger, James T. Peterson, Mary C. Freeman, Byron J. Freeman, and D. David Homans. Published in Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 1250–1264 (2008). Stressors to Imperiled Fishes in the Etowah Basin: Mechanisms, Sources and Management under the Etowah HCP, Feb. 1 2007, Seth Wenger and Mary Freeman (PDF) West, Larry Scientific Basis for Bacterial TMDLs in Georgia, Bacteria Technical Advisory Group (TAG) White paper, June 2006, David Radcliffe, Bill Bumback, Shana Udvardy, Peter Hartel, Larry West, Todd Rasmussen. Developed for The Georgia Conservancy and the UGA Institute of Ecology. (PDF) Weyers, Richard Summary Report Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam, June 2003, Judy Meyer, Merryl Alber, Will Duncan, Mary Freeman, Cody Hale, Rhett Jackson, Cecil Jennings, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Sharitz, Joan Sheldon, and Richard Weyers. (PDF file) White, Brian Controlling Big Box Retail Development in Georgia, 2004-2007, Matt Roberts, Brian White, Elizabeth Simpson, Lauren Giles, Anna Hauser, Land Use Clinic. Strategies to help communities avoid "big box blight." (PDF file) Worthington, Amanda Funding Septic System Repairs in Gwinnett County through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, 2006, Amanda Worthington. MS Thesis undertaken for the Initiative for Watershed Excellence: Upper Altamaha Pilot Project, funded through Georgia EPD's Nonpoint Source Program and US EPA Region IV. Recommendations for Improving Fecal Coliform Pollution Control in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Feng Jiang, Amanda Worthington, Fall 2005 Upper Altamaha Practicum 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. 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) Zurn, Lawton Richard B. Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, GA, 2004, Beth Cavagnolo, Andrew Echols, Jim Edge, Emily Franzen, Lawton Zurn, Jamie Baker Roskie. Sustainable development scenarios for Russell Parkway, created with faculty and students from the UGA College of Environment & Design. (PDF file)
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