The University of North Georgia Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis awarded a $5,000 sub-grant to the Soque River Watershed Association and Upper Chattahoochee River Soil and Water Conservation District. The funds will be used to support a grant project for educating middle school students and teachers in Habersham County on stream and streambank health in the Soque Watershed.
The Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis supports grant projects that educate the public and promote cleaner waterways and healthier forests in northern Georgia. This project is expected to reach approximately 375 students in grades 4-9 with emphasis on grade 7. The purpose of this project is to help students understand how to manage landscapes and access stream and streambank health. Both SRWA and Upper Chattahoochee River SWCD will accomplish this by teaching in the classrooms, having a teach-the-teacher field day, and allowing teachers to rent stream monitoring tools for their own classrooms, according to a press release
The Upper Chattahoochee River SWCD serves Habersham, White, Lumpkin, Dawson, and Forsyth counties. SRWA serves Habersham County and the surrounding area by implementing projects to protect and improve water quality and to educate the public about the Soque River and its importance to north Georgia.
The grant runs through June 2020.
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