WATR Column
Watershed Activities Thoroughly ReviewedNovember 2006 – May 2019
Twelve environmental issues within a 35-mile radius
A mountain being taken down, stone by stone; federal finding sets stage for Laurel Creek suit; new legal thrust arises here — opossum protection
This is one Scarlett from Georgia who hits the ground running
Scarlett Fuller is named Lake Chatuge Watershed Coordinator for the Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition.
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.
The smoke you see above Fires Creek is burning hard drives
The HRWC implores the USFS to suspend its decision on this project until other reasonable alternatives to the Fires Creek watershed are thoroughly investigated
A hidebound setting choked environmental reform
Cherokee County remained in a stultifying status-quo rut with confounding government aspects like those for 116 years.
The NC General Assembly reduces DENR’s ranks, but can’t staunch the agency’s zeal
Here in the far west along the Hiwassee River, a fourth cycle of five-year basin-wide water planning is complete, and this revealing document outlines the work so sorely needed.
In the headwaters county, water quality is game plan
The Hiwassee is born here as a bright and sparkling trickle that confidently grows into a river and playfully crosses a valley.
Tiny proving ground for the future of a river
Clay is the smallest North Carolina county with only 221 square miles, yet some big water-quality dispute always is being fought here.
Way out west on the brink of progress
Two streams that, if they could talk, would say the Coalition is their best friend are the Valley River and Brasstown Creek.
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.