Chattooga Quarterly
Summer, 2003
Summer Stock
Dawn greets a solitary fly fisherman on the upper Chattooga. Photo by Doug Adams.
Director's Page
I enjoy working on our property. The work is necessary for our lifestyle and it also yields side benefits. Repetitive physical labor like cutting firewood or mowing the grass can be a way to relax and clear the mind. Sometimes, then, my unencumbered mind soars far from the task at hand to unexplored places and dreams or back to a time past that had, by the nature of its significance, etched itself into the archives of memory. Read more.
Forest Plan Comments
Years in the making, the U.S. Forest Service recently presented citizens with their new Forest Plans for public lands in the Chattooga River watershed. The following is an abridged version of the Chattooga Conservancy’s comments on these draft Land & Resource Management Plans for the Chattahoochee and Sumter National Forests. Read more.
The Controversy of ATVs on Public Lands
National forests were established by Congress in 1897 to improve and protect our country’s forests. The Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act of 1960 stated that the national forests would be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, wildlife and fish purposes. Today, national forests cover more than 190 million acres nationwide. The U.S. Forest Service frequently finds itself called upon to perform a balancing act, trying to keep all users of the forest content. Conflicts between boaters and fishermen, hikers and horsemen, preservationists and loggers are all part of the balancing act. In recent years a new trouble zone lies between all-terrain vehicle (ATV) users and their opponents.. .
Invasive Plants Threaten Native Ecosystems
Anyone who knows the landscape of the southeastern U.S. is all too familiar with kudzu. With a growth rate of up to 1 foot per day, kudzu has the propensity to swallow almost anything in its path. We’ve all seen trees, power poles, and sometimes entire houses consumed by the alien vine. Kudzu was introduced to the U.S. from Japan in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. American gardeners were quick to adopt the quick growing plant for use as a ground cover and a climbing ornamental. In the 1920’s kudzu was promoted as livestock forage and sold widely through mail order. Then in the 1930’s the Soil Conservation Service bolstered the vine for erosion control. The Civilian Conservation Corps began widespread planting in disturbed areas... Read more.
- WATER RIGHTS
- LAWSUIT FILED IN RABUN COUNTY POWER LINE CASE
- HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID MAPPING PROJECT