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Planning and partnerships: a model for successful section 319(h) projects
Planning and partnerships: a model for successful section 319(h) projects
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Faulkner, Chris
Hughes, Duncan
Hughes, Duncan
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Restoration of Georgia’s water quality requires
many elements and players. From developing a
plan, to deciding on the appropriate implementation actions,
to finding the right organization to coordinate these
efforts, trying to restore water quality in a given stream,
lake, or estuary presents many challenges. However, when
all of the necessary elements and players do come together,
the results are well worth the challenges. One of the
most important aspects of restoring waters is partnerships,
and the partnerships forged by the Soque River Watershed
Association (SRWA) have proven extremely effective.
The Soque Partnership (SP) was formed by SRWA and
the City of Clarkesville to develop a watershed management
plan (WMP) and engage many diverse stakeholders
in its many partnerships and implementation actions. The
SP has demonstrated what a model Section 319(h) Grant
funded project can look like. The SRWA continues to utilize
their partnerships in the most effective manner, which
has resulted in several rounds of funding under Section
319(h) to implement their WMP. The result of this work
will be a segment of the Soque River that has been moved
from Not Supporting is designated use to Supporting on
the Draft 2012 3035(b)/303(d) List of Waters. The SRWA
hopes to continue this model to further their restoration
effort and to being teaching others in an attempt to export
this successful model of planning and implementation to
other in the hopes of seeing more of Georgia’s waters restored.
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Sponsored by: Georgia Environmental Protection Division; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute; The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty.
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2013-04
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