Wetland Mitigation Guidelines for Water Supply Reservoirs and Public Fishing Lakes in Georgia

Proceedings of the 1989 Georgia Water Resources Conference, May 16-17, 1989, Athens, Georgia.The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has responsibility for both environmental protection and management of the natural resource base in Georgia. In meeting this broad mandate, DNR is responsible for protection, management and frequently the preservation of natural resources. In addition, the Department also has responsibility for management of resources to assure that the needs of a growing population are met through environmental protection, adequate water supplies, hunting, fishing, parks and related outdoor recreational opportunities. Georgia presently ranks fourth among the 50 states in net population growth. The impact of growth during the past ten years has seriously affected all DNR programs; however, two major problem areas--a shortage of water resources in the Piedmont Region of Georgia, and need for additional state-owned lands to meet the demand for public hunting and public fishing lakes--are critical to the state. In response to these needs, Georgia DNR has initiated specific action programs for: (1) identification and construction of water supply reservoirs and; (2) acquisition of land {including wetlands) for wildlife management areas and public fishing lakes.Sponsored by U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.This book was published by the Institute of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (P.L. 98242). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors