Georgia RC&D’s in Action

  • Two Rivers RC&D: Project WINGS (Wildlife Incentives for Non-game & Game Species)

  • Chestatee Chattahoochee RC&D: 2020 the year of the mask - Kimberly McCollum & Frank Riley wearing the Smokey mask

  • Upper Ocmulgee River RC&D: Beginning beekeeper program - City of Dacula/Gwinnett County

  • Seven Rivers RC&D: Commercial Food Dehydrator

  • Limestone RC&D: Planted vegetation along the stream of a park in Dade County Georgia

  • Golden Triangle RC&D: Southwest Georgia soil moisture research project

  • Rolling Hills RC&D: Solar Trailer

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Limestone Valley RC&D

The Clean Water Act 319(h) funds, administered through Georgia EPD, have been an excellent way for Limestone Valley RC&D Council to engage with communities across the councils 11 county service area. The Council has in the two years completed agricultural, septic and urban projects through multiple 319(h) grants in numerous counties. Partnerships forged through the grant making process have enabled additional momentum to build and community engagement to continue beyond the scope of funding. Some watersheds served in the last two years include: Oostanaula River, South Chickamauga Creek, Lookout Creek, Chattanooga Creek, Holly Creek, Salacoa and Coahulla Creek. These Creeks represent work in 9 distinct Georgia Counties.

Photo: Installed educational signage along Lookout Creek in Dade County, Georgia. .

Golden Triangle RC&D

The National Association of RC&D Councils has recognized Golden Triangle RC&D as “Outstanding Council of the Year” for 2022. This award recognizes the hard work that Golden Triangle RC&D has done throughout the year and celebrates FY 2019, 2020, and 2021 accomplishments. Golden Triangle RC&D has committed and strong leadership and a talented, dedicated, and hardworking staff. The team is flexible and can put boots on the ground…quickly. They forge new partnerships while maintaining current ones and are constantly seeking out new opportunities to learn and grow. The organization is willing to work and think creatively, inspire others, and continuously listen and make improvements. Golden Triangle thanks our Staff, Board, Representatives, and Partners for making this accomplishment possible.

Golden Triangle RC&D

The Flint River: A Georgia Treasure is the result of a partnership between the Golden Triangle RC&D, Georgia Water Planning & Policy Center at Albany State, and the Flint Riverkeeper. Beginning in the Fall of 2019, our team captured video from the entire length of the river, from Hartsfield-Jackson Airport all the way to Lake Seminole. This video is just the first in a series that will tell the story of Georgia’s amazing Flint River. Footage from the project will be used for a tourism film that can be used to promote this amazing natural resource. Other footage will be used for tourism, educational purposes, and community awareness.

 
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Rolling Hills RC&D

Rolling Hills RC&D has started work on the NRCS Improved Grazing Management grant. This grant consists of a mobile solar watering system built in conjunction with the Bartow County College and Career Academy and a rotational grazing mobile application. With this grant, Rolling Hills aims to provide landowners with a solar powered watering system for cattle that can be deployed in remote areas of a farm. The system also includes solar powered electric fencing materials to protect surface water from cattle activities. The goal of this grant is to help and encourage landowners to open grazing areas where power or water may have been too costly to run as well as protect our natural resources at the same time. The grant also offered four cattle producers the opportunity to test out paid subscriptions with two different rotational grazing applications on computer and cell phones. The purpose of this part of the grant is to provide producers record keeping and data collection to help manage grazing operations on the farm.

 
 

Chestatee Chattahoochee RC&D

Frank Riley, Executive Director of Chestatee Chattahoochee RC&D, received one of the highest national awards that an individual can receive from the US Forest Service, the Silver Smokey Bear Award. Frank is pictured here receiving his award at the US Forest Service office in Gainesville. Congratulations to Frank on this much-deserved award.