Chattooga Quarterly, Summer, 2002
Hot Issues
Director's Page
Hot issues. There is certainly no shortage of hot topics related to conservation. So many in fact, that controversy seems to be a “constant” in our field of work. The general public is often frustrated with the endless debate and conflict. The Chattooga Conservancy is constantly looking for a fresh approach to reframe issues aimed at conflict resolution. Our goal is always action. Read more....
Red Wolves in the Smokies
Say the word “wolf” and what usually comes to mind is the image of the gray wolf, Canis lupus, with a thick fur coat and mysterious golden eyes staring down at us from the calendar hanging on the office wall. Many are unaware that North America is home to another species of wolf, the less famous and smaller cinnamon colored wolf known as the red wolf, Canis rufus. Read more....
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Update
On June 27th representatives of 8 organizations and 2 senators’ aides met at Clemson University to discuss the plight of our Eastern and Carolina hemlocks. The chief focus of the meeting was to devise a plan to open a lab to mass-produce predator beetles in an effort to combat the highly destructive non-native Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA). Read more....
Where Has All Our Rain Gone
Everyone knows that the Southeast has been in a drought for the last four years, but exactly how bad is our situation in the Chattooga watershed from an historical perspective? Is this a trend that we can expect to become the new climate of the Southern Apps? Read more....
Hot Dam!
Paddling the two miles down Lake Tugaloo to the boat ramp after boating Section IV of the Chattooga River gives you time to think. Time to daydream, time to ponder the universe, time to reminisce. Plenty of time... Read more....
Dixie Trout
On a warm March morning I crouched beside a stream high in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, cradling a brook trout in the icy current. In sunlight, muted by the kind of cloud bank that gave these mountains their name, the belly of the little fish glowed with impossible shades of orange. The Yankee trout that I knew had two or three rows of red spots along their chestnut flanks, but this one had seven. The dorsal fin was broader and marked with strange but lovely black stripes. Underfins, with the familiar cream trim, seemed larger. Read more....
Brookies in the Chattooga River Watershed
Known affectionately to many as speckled trout or “specks,” southern brook trout once thrived in almost every stream in the Chattooga River watershed. Now, after a barrage of destructive human activity, our beloved native brookies struggle to survive as their fragile habitat has been reduced to a handful of creeks. Read more...
- OVERFLOW HEADWATERS IN DANGER OF BEING LOGGED
- POWER LINE UPDATE
- AMENDMENT 14 - RECREATIONAL BOATING AND COMMERCIAL USE ON THE CHATTOOGA WILD AND SCENIC RIVER