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Mike Britton,President
Scott McBride, Vice President
Berta Britton, Treasurer
Sharon Britton, Secretary
Collin Carter
Dave
Teffeteller
Wayne Jenkins, Environmental Advisor
Cliff Lancey, Legal Advisor
MAILING
ADDRESS
PO Box 252 • East Ellijay GA 30539
ON-GOING
PROJECTS
Upper Ellijay River
Clear Water Restoration
Upper Tickanetley
Sedimentation Monitoring
Lower Cartecay
Sedimentation Monitoring
Lower Cartecay River Clean-up
Get the Dirt Out Education
To download a
copy of CWA's
membership brochure, click on the
image above.
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The CWA is the Coosawattee
Watershed Alliance, a
local, grass-roots, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated
to protecting, conserving and restoring the water
resources of the Coosawattee River watershed. The
CWA achieves this mission through education,
research, science, advocacy, information-sharing and
lots of hard work.
Adopt-a-Stream
Program ...
a water quality monitoring program that
assists in
the early detection of water pollution problems.
Stream Bank
Restoration ...
a re-vegetation process for local rivers
and creeks
that reduces erosion and sedimentation entering
our streams.
Get the Dirt
Out Program ...
an educational program that teaches citizens about
Georgia's erosion and sediment control laws.
Agricultural
Pollution Prevention Program ...
an outreach program that assists farmers
with
pollution prevention issues and provides technical resources to
maximize the benefits of best management practices.
Public
Outreach Program ...
reaches out to local citizens and shares best
management practices to:
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Prevent and reduce septic
tank failures
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Reduce the impact of logging
and clear cutting
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Provide a citizens' hot-line
to report
environmental concerns or to ask for assistance
in establishing best management practices.
Report a watershed contamination,
sedimentation or erosion problem.
Email a description of the
problem, directions and photos. Remember to observe trespassing
laws.
Download a schematic chart of the Coosawattee Watershed
showing the river and all of its tributaries.
To learn the
importance of headwaters and why they must be protected, read
Where Rivers Are Born
CLICK IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD
Coosawattee Watershed Alliance, Inc. is non-profit
501(c)(3)corporation.
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IMPORTANT
LINKS AND
RESOURCES
Coosa
River Basin Initiative
Georgia River Network
Georgia Water Coalition
Rivers Alive
EPA Surf Your Watershed Coosawattee Watershed
Georgia
ForestWatch
Gilmer Waterways Code
Gilmer County
Soil & Sedimentation Control
James Holloway
706 635-3405
City of Ellijay
Code Enforcement
Don Schneider
706 635-4711
City of East Ellijay
Soil & Sedimentation
Mack Wood
706 276-3111
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