UGA Cooperative Extension

Habersham County Extension Office:
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Soque River Watershed Partnership

General Information

• Fall 2010 Progress Report
• Citizens Guide to the Soque River Watershed
• Stream Biotic Health and Land Cover in the Soque River Watershed
• Project Proposal 2010
• Project Proposal 2003
• Soque Map

Recent Publications of Interest

• Building a Rain Garden
• Harvesting Rain with Rain Barrels and Cisterns
• Litter Composting Bacteria
• Poultry Litter Compost Facts
• Compost 4 Erosion Control
• Erosion Control Revegetation

Powerpoint Presentations

• NACAA Tulsa OK Presentation
• Stream Monitoring for Jeff Cook
• Southern Region Water Quality Conference
• Northeast GA Cattleman 9/13/07
• ANREP Conference 8/21/07
• Public Meeting 7/19/06
• First Public Meeting 11/18/04

Data Collection Results

• Soque BMI
• Soque Bacteria Sampling
• Headwaters & Raper Creek Bacteria
• Shoal Creek Bacteria
• Proposed BMP Location - Shoal Creek
• Deep Creek Bacteria
• Hazel Creek Bacteria
• Yellowbank & Beaverdam Bacteria

Bug Data

• Macroinvertebrate Sampling
• Habitat Score vs Bug Index Score
• Bug Index Scores

Pebble Count Data

• What is Pebble Counting?
• Pebble Counting Data
• Pebble Count - % Cobble
• Pebble County - % Sand/Silt

Additional Information

• Minutes & Correspondance from Meetings
• Copeland Study Summary
• Copeland Study Draft Report

Resource Agencies

• Georgia Adopt-A-Stream
• GA EPD/DNR/WRD
• GA NRCS
• Georgia Forestry Commission
• USFS - Chattahoochee
• Soque River Watershed Association
• Upper Chatt Trout Unlimited
• Upper Chatt River Keeper

Additional Resources

• Stream & River Corridors
• AU Biotic Indicators
• Auburn Streams Publication
• NC Watershed Education Page
• Oostanaula Creek TN Watershed Project
• Etowah River Aliance
• Upper Etowah Watershed Assessment
• Etowah Habitat Conservation Plan
• Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition
• Savannah River Watershed Protection Plan
• Chatooga River Watershed Protection Plan
• Chattahoochee River WS Protection Plan

VA Riparian Buffer Publications

• An Overview of Riparian Buffers
• Riparian Forest Buffers: Benefits to Communities and Landowners
• Riparian Forest Buffers: Effects on Plant and Animal Communities
• Riparian Forest Buffers: Effects on Water Quality
• Riparian Forest Buffers: Factors Influencing Adoption
• Riparian Forest Buffers: Planning, Establishment, and Maintenance
• Riparian Forest Buffers: Resources for Virginia Landowners

The Watershed Partnership

For more information on the Soque River Watershed Partnership, send me an email at stevep@uga.edu or call (706) 754-2318.