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Conservation Advocacy in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Water Allocation Process

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Kales, Matthew
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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For the better part of a decade, the states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida have disputed how to equitably apportion the waters of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. The significant ecological implications of the ACF water allocation process have compelled the conservation community to advocate on this issue, despite its highly complex nature and lack of formal public leverage. In this paper, I trace the evolution of the conservation community's role in the interstate water allocation process, present recommendations intended to protect environmental quality in an ACF allocation agreement, and conclude with a discussion of lessons learned from this process.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2001-03
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