Georgia Stream Restoration Sites

Stream Location County River Basin Organization Funding Date type goals information
North Fork private property Stephens Broad Broad River Watershed Association, Chestatee-Chattahoochee Resource Conservation and Development Council EPA 319, GA EPD 1999 whole tree revetment stability Broad River Watershed Association, EPA Section 319
Middle Fork private property Franklin Broad Broad River Watershed Association EPA 319, GA EPD 2001 whole tree revetment, livestock fencing stability Broad River Watershed Association, EPA Section 319 
trib to Dawson Creek Georgia Power substation Dawson Etowah Georgia Power Georgia Power 2001 channel restructuring, riparian restoration mitigation of impacts of construction personal communication 
trib to Pumpkinvine Creek Bentwater Subdivision Pauling Etowah Aquascape Environmental, Rochester Associates developer  2001 streambank stabilization, bioengineering minimize impacts of development on endangered Cherokee Darter Rochester, Assoc. 
Silver Creek Rome, GA Floyd Etowah Southeast Waters AmeriCorps streambank stabilization, bioengineering, riparian restoration       Southeast Waters AmeriCorps
Ward Creek Chattahoochee National Forest Lumpkin Etowah Trout Unlimitied, Upper Etowah River Alliance, USFS, University of Georgia Institute of Ecology Office of Outreach Trout Unlimited ($1,320), 
UERA ($1,715), UGA-Institute of Ecology ($660)		 2001 riparian restoration habitat, education Institute of Ecology Office of Public Service and Outreach
Shoal Creek/Wildcat Creek Griffin, GA Spalding Flint City of Griffin Stormwater Utility City of Griffin Stormwater Utility, EPA 319 1999 retention pond and wetlands stormwater retention, water quality(urban) EPA Section 319 , Stormwater journal
Phillips et al 2001
Ebenezer Creek Ebenezer Creek Greenway Effingham Lower Savannah     1997-1999   habitat, water quality (agriculture), hydrologic control, education, community enhancement EPA Restoration Projects Directory 
Broad River private property Wilkes Savannah GA Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc, UGA EPA 319  1996 grazing management, livestock exclusion, animal waste management water quality (agriculture) EPA Section 319 
Stekoa Creek private property Rabun Tugaloo Chattooga Outfitters Association state, federal, Chattooga Outfitters Association   Rosgen channel reconstruction, livestock exclusion water quality (agriculture), education GORP
Rock Creek Marietta Middle School Cobb Upper Chattahoochee Marietta Middle School   ongoing streambank stabilization stability personal communication
Peachtree, Nancy, Utoy Creeks   DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett Upper Chattahoochee US Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Development Act of 1996 ongoing   water quality (urban), sediment control, stormwater management US Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Development Act of 1996
trib to North Peachtree Creek Dresden Park DeKalb Upper Chattahoochee DeKalb County Parks, Southeast Waters AmeriCorps   1996 streambank stabilization, bioengineering, riparian restoration   Southeast Waters AmeriCorps
South Peachtree Creek Medlock Park DeKalb Upper Chattahoochee DeKalb County Parks EPA 319 1993 streambank stabilization, bioengineering, riparian restoration stability, education, riparian restoration EPA Section 319 
Snapfinger Creek Forty Oaks Nature Preserve DeKalb Upper Chattahoochee DeKalb County Parks, EcoWatch Americorps   ongoing streambank stabilization, bioengineering, riparian restoration stability, education, riparian restoration EcoWatch AmeriCorps
John's Creek Chattahoochee High School Fulton Upper Chattahoochee Chattahoochee High School Community Development Fund ($240,000)
EPA Region 4 Environmental Education Grant ($18,875)
EPA Five Star Grant ($10,000)		 ongoing retention wetland water quality (urban), education EPA Five Star Grants, EPA Region 4 News, Seaworld Environmental Excellence Awards
Nancy Creek Blue Heron Nature Preserve Fulton Upper Chattahoochee Little Nancy Creekkeeper, Southeast Waters AmeriCorps, Chattowah Land Trust Urban Resources Partnership ($30,000) federal ($45,000) developer ($10,000)  2002 streambank stabilization, bioengineering, riparian restoration   Southeast Waters AmeriCorps, Little Nancy Creekkeeper
North Buckhead Civic Association
Nancy Creek private property Fulton Upper Chattahoochee Aquascape Environmental landowner    streambank stabilization stability Aquascape
Nancy Creek Starlight Dr. Neighborhood Fulton Upper Chattahoochee Starlight Civic Association, Southeast Waters AmeriCorps Urban Resources Partnership  2000 streambank stabilization, riparian restoration stability Southeast Waters AmeriCorps
Proctor Creek Carver Hills Neighborhood Fulton Upper Chattahoochee Carver Hills Neighborhood Association   ongoing streambank stabilization stability, education, community involvement Sustainable South 
Sandy Creek private property Fulton Upper Chattahoochee Southeast Waters AmeriCorps   2001 streambank stabilization, bioengineering, riparian restoration   Southeast Waters AmeriCorps
Sibley Creek Chattahoochee National Recreation Area Gwinnett Upper Chattahoochee Chattahoochee National Recreation Area   ongoing rip-rap removal, native vegetation planting   personal communication
Soque River private property Habersham Upper Chattahoochee Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, EPA EPA, USFWS, Lyndhust Foundation 1996-1998 Rosgen channel reconstruction, instream structures stability, education, riparian restoration, habitat, hydraulics, sediment Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, EPA Region 4
Rock Creek Rock Creek Greenway Hall Upper Chattahoochee Gainesville Parks and Recreation Agency Gainesville Friends of the Parks ongoing daylighting, streambank stabilizatioin water quality (urban), stormwater management, community development Gainesville Friends of the Parks , Rochester, Assoc
Jones Creek Chattahoochee National Forest Lumpkin Upper Chattahoochee Chattahoochee National Forest   1984-1988 instream structures trout habitat Hunter 1991
Doolittle Creek GA Perimeter College DeKalb Upper Ocmulgee Georgia Perimeter College, Rochester Associates   ongoing channel reconstruction stability Environmental Studies Case Studies, Rochester, Assoc, Georgia Perimeter College Science Club
trib to Shoal Creek Longdale Park DeKalb Upper Ocmulgee DeKalb County Parks EPA 319 ($14,500) 1994 daylighting   Daylighting:New Life for Buried Streams, Available from the Rocky Mountain Institute
Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Golf Course DeKalb Upper Ocmulgee DeKalb County Parks, Sugar Creek Golf Course         personal communication
trib to Middle Oconee River Coggins Industrial Park Clarke Upper Oconee Beall, Gonnsen and Company landowner  1988-1993 instream check dams sediment retention, stormwater management Ferguson and Gonnsen 1993
Tanyard Branch University of Georgia Clarke Upper Oconee Students and Educators for Ecological Design and Sustainability   ongoing     SEEDS
Sewanee (Suwannee) River private property Tift Withlacoochee USDA Agricultural Research Service, GDNR EPA 319 1996 riparian restoration water quality (agriculture) EPA Section 319 

Ferguson, BK and PR Gonnsen. 1993. Stream rehabilitation in a disturbed industrial watershed. In Hatcher, KJ, editor Proceedings of the 1993 Georgia Water Resources Conference, University
    of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Hunter, C.J. 1991. Better Trout Habitat: A Guide to Stream Restoration and Management. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Phillips, L, JE Alford, and MB McLeod.  2001.  City of Griffin Streambank Restoration Program.  in Hatcher, KJ editor Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water Resources Conference, University of
    Georgia, Athens, GA


Last Updated on 5/23/02
By Elizabeth Sudduth
Email: esudduth@arches.uga.edu