Chattooga Quarterly
Winter / Spring Equinox 2010
Director's Page
A pastoral scene on Chattooga Ridge Road shimmers after a late winter ice storm.
Photograph by Buzz Williams
I heard something on National Public Radio the other day that was shocking. A recent poll showed that the number of people who believe that global warming is a real problem is actually declining! The report went on to say that even though 98% of the world's scientists agree that climate change is the direct result of global warming linked to human activity, the public refuses to believe that this is the case. Read more.
The Perfect Storm
Like a distant tsunami that is only a few meters high in the deep ocean but rises dramatically as it reaches shallow coastal waters, the great wave of climate change has snuck up on people-and is now beginning to break. Climate change was first identified as a potential danger by a Swedish chemist in the last nineteenth century, but it was not until the late 1980's that scientists had enough evidence to conclude that this transformation was under way and presented a clear threat
to humanity.
Read more.
"The Story of Forest Green"
The road builders and loggers arrived at 7:30 a.m. on the banks of the small creek where they had left off the day before, pushing a new road deep into the Sumter National Forest. What they saw-about forty feet up in a huge white pine tree just across the creek-stopped them in their tracks. A young man perched in a tree stand, with a bandana over his face and wearing sunglasses, stared down in silence as forest workers read the large white banner made from bed sheets stitched together hanging down beneath the tree stand. In big, multi-colored letters, the banner read: "No More Mismanagement, Save Stand Twelve." Read more.
Tinkle of Bell Teams Fade
The days of riding the shake-guts and the tinkle of bell teams have faded into the limbo of an epic pageant of wheels. Gone are the lurching gig, the antiquated shay, and the spring wagon. The hitching rack and the boot scraper have been destroyed. Read more.
- Andrew Pickens Ranger District
- Stekoa Creek Watershed 319(h) Project Approved
- Chattooga River Ranger District
- Upcoming Bird Watching Expedition
Members' Page
THANK YOU VERY MUCH to everyone who recently renewed their membership, joined as a new member, or contributed gifts, services, and memorial donations to the Chattooga Conservancy. Your generous contributions will help us continue to work on all of the important conservation issues facing the Chattooga River watershed area. Read more.