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Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority
PO Box 456
Acworth, Georgia 30101
Phone: 678-776-6331
Fax: 770-974-5165
http://www.allatoona.org
Watershed Information
Basin: Etowah River
Streams: All within the Lake Allatoona Watershed. Main stream is the Etowah
River.
Size of Watershed: 1100 Square Miles - 700,000 acres
Contact:
Mr. Ron Papaleoni, General Manager
Email: rpapaleoni@allatoona.org
Mission:
The Mission of the Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority is to provide stewardship
of the Greater Lake Allatoona Watershed in order to restore, preserve and
protect water quality and uses beneficial for present and future generations.
The Authority identifies and addresses issues impacting the lake and is the
repository of the latest information, technology and conditions of the Watershed.
We educate, motivate, empower and unify individuals and diverse groups, enhancing
personal responsibility and involvement to promote the Authority's mission.
Activities:
education and outreach, public meetings, Citizens Task Force, Scientific Task
Force, Source Water Assessments, speakers bureau etc.
Issues:
Phosphorus loadings, erosion and sedimentation, pathogens, algal blooms, nonpoint
source problems, land use trends, sprawl, stormwater runoff.
Successes:
Creating a Task Force of all the stakeholders in the watershed to be one unit
for the protections of Lake Allatoona and its watershed (cross jurisdictional
planning and coordination).
Assistance Provided by the Group:
Technical, governmental and environmental assistance on all issues that affect
Lake Allatoona.
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: No
Paid Staff: 3
Number of Paying Members: 0
Non-Profit Status:
Founded: 1999
Lake Blackshear Watershed Association
P. O. Box 1218
Cordele, Georgia 31010
Phone: 229-273-3820
Watershed Information
Basin: Flint River
Streams: Flint River, as major tributary of Lake Blackshear. Also all local
tributaries to the lake
Size of Watershed: 6,022 square km (3,742 sq. miles)
Contact:
Mr. Marcus Waters, Secretary and Treasurer
Phone: 229-273-3811
Email: mwaters@crispcountypower.com
Mission:
The evaluation and protection of the waters and general environment of Lake
Blackshear and the Flint River through education.
Activities:
Monitoring, environmenal studies, education.
Issues:
General water quality.
Successes:
General evaluation of lake water quality.
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Founded: 1987
Lake Homeowners Alliance
Sally Mason, Executive Director
sallyamason@yahoo.com
www.lakehomeownersalliance.org
Watershed Information
All Georgia Lakes
Mission:
To advocate quality growth and quality development for the preservation, protection, restoration,
and management of lakes and their tributaries through community based action and enlightened stewardship.
Activities:
Advocacy, Restoration, Monitoring, Education and Cleanups
Issues:
Sedimentation, failing surface water impoundment infrastructure & septic
systems,
obtaining a permit for lake maintenance
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Founded: 2007
Lake Lanier Association
Mrs. Vicki Barnhorst, Executive Director
615-F Oak Street, Suite 100
Gainesville, Georgia 30501
Phone: 770-503-7757
Fax: 770-503-7757
lakeinfo@lakelanier.org
http://www.lakelanier.org
Watershed Information
Basin: Chattahoochee River
Streams: Lake Lanier and its headwaters of Chattahoochee and Chestatee
Size of Watershed: 38,000 acres
Mission:
Dedicated to preserving the quality and quantity of water in Lake Lanier.
Activities:
Shore Sweep and Adopt-A-Lake, Educational Newsletters and Meetings
Issues:
Siltation and Runoff
Successes:
Shore Sweep 2001 yielded 17.5 tons of trash and 16 containers of styrofoam.
We hope to make event semi-annual.
Assistance Provided by the Group:
Informing similar groups or organizations of problems in this watershed; willing
to participate in offering volunteer efforts to groups. (Participate in Elachee
Nature Center in yearly Earth Day Celebration.) Contact with various civic
organizations.
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Paid Staff: 1
Number of Paying Members: 5500
Non-Profit Status: 501c3
Founded: 1960
Lake Oconee Property Owners' Association
Ms. Sylbie Yon, President
PO Box 4046
Eatonton, Georgia 31024
Phone: 706 485-9243
Fax: 706 485-9243
sylbieyon@bellsouth.net
http://www.geocities.com/lopoa2000/
Watershed Information
Basin: Oconee River
Streams: Lake Oconee
Size of Watershed: 19,050 acres with 374 miles of shoreline
Activities:
Environmental Protection, clean-ups, other concerns of Lake Oconee property
owners
Issues:
Rapid growth and development, lots of construction
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization:
Paid Staff: 0
Number of Paying Members: varies by year - currently about 200 units or 400
members
Non-Profit Status: 501c4
Founded: 1988
Lake Oconee Water Watch
PO Box 4046
Eatonton, Georgia 31024
Phone: 706 485-4090
Fax: 706 485-1188
Watershed Information:
Basin: Oconee River
Streams: Lake Oconee
Size of Watershed: 19,050 acres with 374 miles of shoreline
Contact:
Ms. Janet Pearson, President
Phone: 706 485-4090
Email: lakeoconeejanet@bellsouth.net
Activities:
Monitoring, clean-up, education
Issues: Rapid growth and development, lots of construction
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization:
Paid Staff: 0
Number of paying members: about 30 + other occasional volunteers
Non-Profit Status: 501c3 (pending)
Founded: 2004
Line Creek Association of Fayette County
290 Crabapple Road
Fayetteville, GA 30215
Phone: 770-719-8425
dechase65@hotmail.com
Watershed Information
Basin: Flint River
Streams: Flint River and tributaries in upper half of the watershed. Occasional
work in the watersheds East and West of the Flint. Most of our efforts have
been in the Flint River tributaries in and near Fayette County.
Contact:
Mr. Dennis Chase, President
Phone: 770-719-8425
Email: dechase65@hotmail.com
Activities:
We acquire complete development files and then prepare an environmental impact
analysis and prepare recommencations for appropriate responses/actions. Public
statements at hearings and meetings, and occasional newspaper editorials
are used. We do in-depth water quality analysis by biological characterizations
of the streams impacted. This includes macroinvertebrate sampling, analysis
of existing sampling programs by the State or other agency and in some cases
use information gathered by colleges.
Issues:
Water quality, especially as impacted by a variety of developments.
Successes:
We participated in the campaign to open the EPD consent order process. We requested
and commented at an EPD public hearing on a 1.5 million gallons sewage spill
in Peachtree City. We worked with a group from Thomaston, finally through
a meeting with Governor Barnes, to prevent a sewer line from going to the
Flint River from Springs Industries in Griffin, Georgia. We participated
(and continue to do so) with the Peach County group that is fighting the
importation of garbage from New York to (an as yet to be built) land fill.
We offered to GA Senators to locate open pit mines between GA and NY for
use rather than dumping in GA. We assisted a group in Harris County with
their fight with a developer to destroy a high-quality stream. We worked
with the Fayette County Board of Education to change their construction procedures,
especially where sediment and erosion control were concerned. We requested
and attended a meeting with the cities and county government representatives
to change those policies and the result is one of the best approaches to
constuction in this part of Georgia. Following the spill of de-icing fluid
from Hartsfield Airport, we took samples from the Flint and identified a
1.5 mile section of the upper-most part of the river as DEAD. As part of
that investigation, we learned that there have been dozens of other spills
of very toxic material which have had NO publicity. We continue to work on
that issue. We continue to work with the Fayette County Board of Health over
a contamination issue in central Fayette County from a poorly run sewage
treatment facility that services a mobile home park. We offered a definition
for perennial and intermitent streams which Peachtree City has adopted in
their ordinances. We participate in the North Georgia Water District effort
as members of the Flint River Advisory Council. We participate in Peachtree
City's new storm water permit process and the associated change in ordinances.
That includes a separate effort to improve their tree ordinance.
Assistance Provided by the Group:
We meet with new groups, offering assistance in organization and how to impact
the issue. We have prepared and distribute a booklet which tells any group
how to take on the issues. "Activism Handbook" is the title and
it offers any group a step by step method of getting things done. On some
projects, we go on-site and take samples to determine existing biological
conditions or if a development is already under way, make an analysis of
what the impact has been.
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Number of Paying Members: 15 to 25
Founded: 1997
Little Nancy Creek Watershed Alliance
551 Chateaugay Lane
Atlanta, Georgia 30342
Phone: 404-531-0006
Fax: 404-760-5129
kpmccauley1@netscape.net
http://www.littlenancy.org
Watershed Information
Basin: Chattahoochee River (Nancy Creek)
Streams: Little Nancy Creek (tributary of Nancy Creek) located in DeKalb and
Fulton counties
Contact:
Mr. Kevin McCauley
Phone: 404-531-0006
Email: kpmccauley1@netscape.net
Mission:
To protect and restore the Little Nancy Creek Watershed by creating a community
in harmony with its environment
Activities:
Largely education, plus monitoring and cleanups
Issues:
Development (sedimentation, chemical, runoff)
Successes:
Stop work orders (if only temporary!) on significant developments seriously
impacting water quality; Hosting the Peachtree/Nancy Creek River Rendezvous
2000 (November 2000)
Assistance Provided by the Group:
Information/strategies in urban environment in areas such as monitoring, networking
and dealing with county paperwork
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Paid Staff: 0
Number of Paying Members: 0
Non-Profit Status: 501c3
Founded: 1998
Little River Valley Association
Ben and Linda Statham, Bill and Debbie Royston, Co-founders
1424 Gantt Rd.
Alpharetta, Georgia 30004
Phone: 770-475-9214
statham@mindspring.com
Watershed Information
Basin: Coosa River
Streams: Little River, Chicken Creek, Cooper Sandy Creek, Hen Run Creek, and
other smaller tributaries that run into the Little River and eventually into
Lake Allatoona
Activities:
We sponsor annual Rivers Alive cleanups primarily with Girl Scout and Boy Scout
troops along with our community children and adults. We assist other organizations
with support when water issues are at risk and when they need assistance
and information.
Issues:
Rapid development in our area means there are always water issues to watch.
Successes:
We feel we have made a statement about the need to protect and preserve our
waterways within areas that are currently being developed in our watershed.
Participation in Monitoring: Not
currently
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Paid Staff: 0
Number of Paying Members: 0
Non-Profit Status: 501c3
Founded: 1997
Little Tennessee Watershed Association
Jenny Sanders, Executive Director
16 Stewart St.
Franklin, NC 28734
Phone: 828-369-6402
info@ltwa.org
http://www.ltwa.org
Watershed Information
Basin: Tennessee River
Streams: Upper Little Tennessee River and Tributaries to Fontana Lake
Paid Staff: 1
Non-Profit Status: 501c3
Long Island Creek Watershed Preservation
Association (LICWPA)
Ms. Patty Berkovitz, President
PO Box 76979
Sandy Springs, Georgia 30358
Phone: 404-921-5911
pres@longislandcreek.org
www.longislandcreek.org
Watershed Information
Basin: Chattahoochee River
Streams: Long Island Creek
Size of Watershed: 2500 homes
Mission:
To restore and maintain the ecological balance of the Long Island Creek Watershed;
to control flooding, health, and erosion hazards; to advocate for the preservation
of the environmental integrity and character of the watershed region.
Activities:
We try to educate the households along the creek to keep their eyes open as
they travel around. We have been very instrumental in getting groups together
to fight zoning issues and we have thus far had a couple of creek walks.
Issues:
At the moment zoning and construction. There are problems with restaurants
in Sandy Springs dumping grease and debris into drains. Septic tanks and
high fecal coliform counts are also a concern. Volume of water in flooding.
Successes:
We are so new that we are still trying just to get our name recognized. We
do feel some success in that but have far to go. We had a very successful
first creek walk and have had some success in fighting developers but know
that is a never ending battle that can't be let up on.
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Paid Staff: 0
Number of Paying Members: 71
Non-Profit Status: 501c3
Founded: 2000
Mountain Park Watershed Preservation Society
Julia Neal
PO Box 800042
Roswell, GA 30075
Phone: 770-641-8563
Fax: 770-645-7956
Watershed Information
Basin: Coosa River (Rocky Creek)
Streams: Rocky Creek, numerous springs, Garrett Lake, the wetlands and Lake
Cherful. Our organization's primary focus is the streams, wetlands and lakes
of the City of Mountain Park but our approach is to address the major issues
facing the Rocky Creek Watershed. Rocky Creek is a main tributary to the Little
River which flows to Lake Allatoona.
Size of Watershed: 6 miles
Mission:
Restore, protect and preserve the streams, lakes and wetlands of Mountain Park
Georgia.
Activities:
Our organization uses advocacy, communication, monitoring, education, clean
ups, fund-raising and litigation.
Issues:
Excessive sedimentation caused by upstream development along with urban nonpoint
source pollution.
Successes:
The decision to form MPWPS was made in mid June 2004. Since that time, we have
held two community awareness days, incorporated, obtained our tax exempt
status, increased membership to approximately 25% of the homes in Mountain
Park, photographed numerous land
disturbance permit violations, assisted the City with the open records requests
and the retention of environmental professionals for Clean Water Act notices
to three upstream developments, obtained assistance from the Georgia Soil and
Water Conservation Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and a Consent
Oder has been issued by Georgia EPD. We have also provided assistance to our
City with the Army Corp of Engineers Preliminary Restoration Plan for Rocky
Creek and we are actively networking with other Watershed organizations including
the Coosa River Basin Initiative and the Lake Allatoona Preservation Society.
Finally, we have joined the Georgia Water Coalition and have spoken at the
DNR
hearings opposing the recent changes to the stream buffer variance regulation.
Assistance Provided by the Group:
We can attest to the problems caused by the failure to enforce Federal and
State laws that protect wetlands and stream buffers and the failure to maintain
Best Management Practices. We can also share our experiences as we proceed
through our restoration process plus provide guidance to communities to avoid
excessive sedimentation and stream buffer encroachments before it becomes
a reality.
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Number of Paying Members: 50
Non-Profit Status: 501c3
Founded: 2004
New Echota Rivers Alliance
Wendi Murphy
PO Box 2843
Calhoun, GA 30703
(706) 625-5763
neramembership@hotmail.com
http://www.newechotarivers.org/
Watershed Information
Basin: Coosa
Nickajack Community Coalition
Roberta Cook
5911 Graywood Circle
Mableton, GA 30126
404 699-2326
Roberta.cook@worldspan.com
Watershed Information
Basin: Chattahoochee (Nickajack)
Ocmulgee River Initiative
Dr. Brian Rood
PO Box 6961
Macon, GA 31208
rood_be@mercer.edu
Ogeechee - Canoochee
Riverkeeper, Inc.
Ms. Chandra Brown, Executive Director
PO Box 1925
Statesboro, GA 30459
Phone: 912-764-2017
Toll Free Phone: 877-261-8021
Fax: 413-639-3757
cbrown@ocrk.org
http://www.ocrk.org
Watershed Information
Basin: Ogeechee / Canoochee River
Participation in Monitoring: Yes
Advocacy Organization: Yes
Paid Staff: 3
Non-Profit Status: 501 c3
Founded: 2005 by merger of Canoochee Riverkeeper and Friends of the Ogeechee
Peavine Watershed Alliance
PO Box 909
Decatur, GA 30031
Phone: 404-377-6386
Watershed Information
Basin: Chattahoochee
Rock Creek Watershed Alliance
Chattahoochee River
Barbara Baggerman, President
1346 Avalon Place NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
Phone: 404-876-8072
www.rockcreekatl.org
Watershed Information
Basin: Chattahoochee
Size: 1.5 square miles
Mission:
The Rock Creek Watershed Alliance is a coalition
of community stakeholders dedicated to the restoration
and preservation of the ecological balance and
beauty of Rock Creek, its tributaries and adjacent
parks.
Activities:
Clean ups, monitoring, education
Issues:
Stormwater runoff from development
Successes:
Clearing 15 acres of invasive plant species from Johnson-Taylor Park; getting
county authorities to cite runoff violations.
Assistance Provided by the Group:
We provide information.
Participation in Monitoring: Sometimes
Number of Paying Members: 20
Non-Profit Status: Georgia non-profit corporation
Founded: 1999
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