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Buffer Protection for Coastal Areas

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)

Georgia Coastal Research Council (external site)
GCRC provides mechanisms for improved scientific exchange between coastal scientists and decision makers, and promotes the incorporation of best-available scientific information into State and local resource management.

 

 

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