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Lamar
Paris Selected to Receive the
Holman Water Quality Stewardship Award
March 12, 2010 at Brasstown Valley
Resort
Lamar Paris, Sole Commissioner of
Union County, Ga. has been named the recipient of the second
annual Holman Water Quality Stewardship Award. The award
will be presented at a banquet set for Friday, March 12,
2010 at Brasstown Valley Resort in Young Harris, Ga. The
Holman Water Quality Stewardship Award Banquet & Silent
Auction is held annually to celebrate the relatively good
water quality still being measured in the Hiwassee River and
its tributaries and to honor the person or group that has
done the most over the past year to protect it. The event is
also a fundraiser for HRWC, designed to help better secure
the organization’s long term future. The silent auction
begins at 5:30 and will feature best art and craft items
made and sold right here in the Blue Ridge Mountains, as
well as rare books and other unique items; the banquet and
award presentation begins at 6:30.
Online reservations
are already being accepted; seating is limited so set your
place early!
Sponsorships are also being
accepted. Visit the
banquet page
for details.
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Winter Bird Watch Outing on Lake Chatuge
Saturday, February 6th, 7:00am |
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Join other HRWC members on Saturday,
February 6th for a birding outing led by long-time HRWC
board member and Young Harris College professor, Brenda
Hull. Participants will meet at 7:00am at Mary’s Southern
Grill on GA 17 in Young Harris and carpool to various sites
around Lake Chatuge. We will be seeing primarily waterfowl,
but will also be looking for other birds that spend the
winter with us! The event is expected to last about two and
a half hours and is free. Upon return, all are welcome to
share breakfast at Mary’s. If you will eat with the group,
please plan to pay for your own meal and
RSVP
to the HRWC office so
that we can let Mary know in advance how many are coming. |
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Drought Has Ended! Why Conserve Water? |
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A recent government survey showed at
least 36 states (including Georgia) are anticipating local,
regional, or statewide water shortages by 2013. But by using
water more efficiently, we can help preserve water supplies
for future generations, save money, and protect the
environment. In 2009, HRWC completed the required paperwork
to become a WaterSense Promotional Partner. WaterSense is a
public private partnership between the EPA and others to
protect future water supplies by promoting the use of water
efficient products and services.
Read more…
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Do You Have Invasive
Plants on Your Property?
Chances Are the Answer is
"Yes"! |
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Last year HRWC Restoration
coordinator, Tony Ward compiled general information and
photographs of nearly 30 species of invasive plants that are
commonly found in the upper Hiwassee River watershed. Web
pages have been created to help educate residents as to
which species to avoid and why. HRWC has started a series of
workdays to remove invasive plants from the riparian buffers
of our restoration project sites.
If you are interested in learning more
about invasive plants and/or you want to be notified of
future restoration program workdays,
email Tony
or call (828) 837-5414 ext. 203. Click
here to visit the
Invasive Plants web pages;
links are also available to other sites with
more detailed information. |

Students and teachers worked on Earth Day to remove invasive
plants along the Valley River at the
Murphy High School track. |
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