Back River Section 1135 Environmental Restoration Study, Savannah River, Georgia/South Carolina

• Main Author: Stratton, Terry
• Other Authors: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Savannah District, Hatcher, Kathryn J.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 1999
• Subjects: Water resources management; Water quality; Striped bass; Reproductive success of endangered species; Savanah River Estuary; Dredging moratorium; Back River
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/48042

Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30 and 31, Athens, Georgia. A Section 1135 Environmental Restoration Study has been authorized under the Corps Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) directing the US Army Corps of Engineers to study and develop a restoration plan for Striped Bass in the Back River, Savannah River, Georgia. Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Fisheries Division (GADNR) is the local sponsor for this study. Funds for the Feasibility Phase have been appropriated, a scope of work developed, and a feasibility level study is well underway. Working in partnership with GeorgiaDNR, University of Georgia-Fisheries Unit, US Fish & Wildlife Service, the Feasibility Study will be completed by December 1999. The goal of this joint effort between Federal and State agencies is to determine remaining impediments to restoration of a self-sustaining population of striped bass in the Savannah River estuary. A recommended plan will be developed that offers striped bass the best opportunity for revitalization as possible. Recommendations to be implemented will be cost shared between the Corps and GADNR. Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2202 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Insttitute as authorized by the Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). 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.