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About Georgia Adopt-A-Stream

Georgia Adopt-A-Stream (AAS) is housed in the NonPoint Source Program in the Water Protection Branch of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. The program is funded by a Section 319(h) Grant.

Georgia Adopt-A-Stream has five program goals that we encourage you to ADOPT!

  • Increase public Awareness of the State's nonpoint source pollution and water quality issues
  • Collect quality baseline water quality Data
  • Gather Observations
  • Encourage Partnerships between citizens and their local government
  • Provide citizens with the Tools and Training to evaluate and protect their local waterways

To accomplish these goals, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream encourages individuals and communities to monitor and/or improve sections of streams, wetlands, lakes or estuaries through several levels of involvement. Manuals, training, and technical support are provided through Georgia EPD, Adopt-A-Stream Regional Training Centers and more than 50 established Community/Watershed Adopt-A-Stream organizers.

Board

Adopt-A-Stream Advisory Board

Amanda Buice, Georgia Youth Science & Technology Centers

Bob Bourne, Cobb County Water System Water Quality Laboratory

Callie Moore, MountainTrue

Checo Colon-Gaud, Georgia Southern University, Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies

Daniel Calhoun, U.S. Geological Survey

David Bell, Jacobs

James Moore, Department of Water Resources at Gwinnett County Government

Javier Sayago, Lowe Engineers, LLC

Jessica Sterling, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper

Jessica Warren, Camden County Extension Office

Jon Becker, EPA Region 4 Water Division Groundwater & GIS Section

Katie Owens, Nature Conservancy

Lucas Grantham, Georgia Power

Luke Roberson, City of Savannah

Lynn Cobb, Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation

Rachel McGuire, The Jones Center at Ichauway

Ruth Mead, Phinizy Center for Water Sciences

Steve Blackburn, Environmental Protection Agency

Steve Golladay, Georgia Water Planning & Policy Center, Albany State University

Adopt-A-Stream Staff

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Monica Kilpatrick

Watershed Outreach Manager

470-524-0617

[email protected]

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Camila Rountree

State Coordinator

470-858-1058

[email protected]

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Emily Skibinski

State Coordinator

470-521-0674

[email protected]