An exacting, uncompromising scientist and her staff doggedly interpolate data from disparate sources in order to reach accurate conclusions.
The State of the Water 2018
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Posts About: Union County, NC
The Solid Waste principles of Sole Commissioner Lamar Paris
Lamar Paris is the influential and respected fifth-term commissioner serving in his 18th year as the governing authority of this county of 22,267 souls at the roof of Georgia.
The State of the Water 2017
HRWC is not-for-profit, and serving no pharmaceutical giant. Its data gathering is broad-based and uncompromisingly tough. And no matter what else is going on around it, it’s driven to achieve its mission – to accurately post true records of the quality of water.
The “State of the Water” in the Hiwassee River watershed
If you’re going to save a river on this globe from human neglect, you could choose no better than the Hiwassee.
Union County, Georgia: Watershed Highlights 2015
Living together in a watershed unites people from all over who find they share a desire to protect its beauty and health.
Union County, Georgia: Watershed Highlights 2014
A model small-town venue for produce that’s home grown
Amid rock and fire, rugged men replace a 1940 bridge
A crew is proceeding with a $3.9 million contract from Georgia Dept. of Transportation to replace the 1940 bridge over Ivy Log Creek.
He’s too sharp for his critics, and sold on water quality
Lamar Paris, a Conservative Democrat in a Deep South that is colored deep red on political maps, is the only commissioner Union County has had this century.
Yes, a large body of law protects streams
Streams such as Butternut Creek that course through high valleys in resort areas of the Appalachians serve dual, and completely contradictory, purposes.
‘Hard times have given counties a chance to get caught up’
Lamar Paris, who is the sole commissioner of Union County, received the HRWC’s award for environmental protection