WGAU – Athens News & Weather, October 2, 2019 The cranes and earth movers are gone. So is the concrete and rusted rebar. Now all that’s left is the gentle sound of water lapping the edges of the Middle Oconee River where once it poured over White Dam. And that is just how it should be. “This has allowed me to bring people to the Middle Oconee and showcase it as it should be seen,” said Oconee Joe, a local…
The Fisheries Blog was started in 2011 by a group of scientists who are professional fisheries scientists by day and communicators of scientific information by night. In a recent post, they speak to Henry Jackson, the executive director of the Chattahoochee River Conservancy, about Georgia Power’s surrender of two FERC licenses for low-head dams on the middle Chattahoochee.
Important new research comparing methods of assessing fish movement through culverts…. https://www.tu.org/blog/monitoring-fish-movement-is-a-vital-conservation-tool/ Doug Peterson, a biologist at the Fish and Wildlife Service, and Helen Neville, Trout Unlimited’s Senior Scientist, aim to provide this much-needed guidance in a recent paper in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management. In a field study across four streams in Montana and Idaho, commissioned by the U.S. Forest Service’s Aquatic Organism Passage Program, Peterson and Neville compared the relative performance and cost of four different approaches…
GA-ACT members Sara Gottlieb and Jay Shelton were joined by Robin Armetta of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a panel organized by Stephen Bailey and Glenn Martin of Pond & Co. titled Resilience, Restoration and Re-connectivity at the 14th annual Georgia Environmental Conference Aug 21-23 on Jekyll Island. Sara spoke about the challenge of addressing aquatic connectivity statewide, highlighting the GA-ACT strategies aimed at increasing capacity for barrier removals, streamlining the regulatory process, and inventorying culverts in priority…
Connecting fish, rivers and people World Fish Migration Day is a one day global celebration to create awareness on the importance of free flowing rivers and migratory fish. Everyone is welcome to join in on this celebration and organize their own event! This time, we are celebrating our love for fishes and rivers…love flows! Can we count on you? Visit the website to learn more: https://www.worldfishmigrationday.com/
Leading Water Protection Coalition Announces Clean Water Heroes in 2018 Clean 13 Report In July 2018, students and faculty at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources witnessed the demolition of a long-standing and iconic structure in the midst of their 840-acre Whitehall Forest outdoor classroom and research area…all in the name of restoring a river. With assistance from multiple partners, the Warnell School oversaw the modification of White Dam, an obsolete hydro-power dam built in 1911,…
