Ongoing Projects:
- Saluda River Relicensing
- Navigability Research in NC, SC, and VA
- Stream Clean-ups
- Twelvemile Creek dam removals
- Enhanced Management of the Tallulah River
Recent Successes:
We strongly encourage you to read our 2006 Southeastern Stewardship Report. We have recently:
- Signed settlement agreement on the Nantahala River that secures and improves the over 230 releases on the Lower Nantahala and will provide 8 days of releases per year on the Upper Nantahala. The agreement also improves minimum flows, public access, and flow information.
- Signed settlement agreement on the Tuckasegee River that secures and improves 168 releases on the Lower Tuckasegee and will provide 7 days of releases per year on the West Fork of the Tuck. The agreement also calls for the removal of Dillsboro Dam, protects a piece of land, provides nearly $1,000,000 for river conservation, and improves minimum flows, public access and flow information.
- Successfully advocated for 54 days of recreational releases on the Upper Ocoee
- Negotiated access to the Little River in NC’s Dupont State Forest
- Purchased and manage the Watauga River Take out
- Assisted with the purchase of an access site on the Cartecay River
- Defeated unreasonable proposed fee system, and advocated for improved water quality on the Pigeon River
- Assisted in the restoration of emergency hiking access to the Green River Narrows
- Negotiated and manage 10 annual releases on the Tallulah River
- Restored flows to the Cheoah River included scheduled releases
Future Challenges:
- Securing permanent public access for the Green River in NC
- Improving river access laws in GA
- Horsepasture River Access in NC
- Restoring flow to the Pigeon River Dries
- Restoring flow to the Hiwassee River Dries
- Improving water quality across the region
- Opening access to the Oconoluftee River
- Opening access to the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area.
- Encouraging smart growth and riparian corridor protection