Chattooga Quarterly
Fall, 2005
On To the Confluence
Director's Page
Warwoman Creek above its confluence with the Chattooga River
photograph by Peter McIntosh
I am making an urgent appeal TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHATTOOGA CONSERVANCY to take immediate action to write their Members of Congress and ask them to vote for restoring the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Here is the situation.
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- Interstate 3 Road Notes
- Chattooga Land Swap Controversy
- White Bull Timber Sale Appeal Moves Forward
- New Public Land Logging Bill Moving Fast
"Keeping it Wild" - Representative John Lewis
As many of you know, the beauty of the Earth is one of my greatest inspirations. And I try, as often as I can, to get back to the fields and streams of rural Alabama where I grew up. As I said in the introduction to Keeping It Wild, as I was walking through the fields, smelling the wildflowers, touching the ancient oaks, the poplars and pines, I learned wonder. As I was drinking the clear fresh water from an Alabama spring, I learned purity. When I was fishing with a simple cane pole deep in the quiet of a warm, lazy afternoon, I learned the value of prayer and patience.
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Chattooga River Farm
The Chattooga Conservancy is proud to announce the inception of Chattooga River Farm to promote sustainable agriculture in Rabun County. We are grateful to have access to 2 acres just outside of Clayton in Tiger, Georgia. The farm will use biodynamic and biointensive farming techniques as a means of controlling erosion and eliminating the need for synthetic soil amendments.
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Stekoa Creek Water Monitoring Project
One year ago, the Chattooga Conservancy began a full-on assault on the pollution problems that have plagued Stekoa Creek for over thirty years. In the Fall 2004 issue of the Chattooga Quarterly, an article entitled “Stekoa Creek: A Plan for Restoration” highlighted the sad history of Stekoa and outlined a plan of action to stop further degradation of the creek while working towards restoration of Stekoa as a native brook trout habitat. In just one year, many of these proposals have taken shape as part of a larger water-monitoring project that has made considerable strides toward actualizing the Stekoa dream. Read more.
Jim Fisher, Long Hunter
The following story is based on true accounts of Jim Fisher , a legendary character from the headwaters of the Toxaway River in North Carolina. Fisher belonged to a class of rugged mountain men called long hunters, named for their extended hunts in the untamed wilderness, which sometimes lasted as long as six months. Long hunters hunted for a living, and they often worked under contract, providing meat and furs to the cities and towns adjacent to the wilderness they hunted. These events took place in the mid 1800’s. Read more.