Soil and Water Conservation Concerns

Georgia Academy for the Blind (website)
-- perennial stream issues --
Meetings, Minutes, Emails, etc...

	Current Ga DOE Destructive Plan
GaDOE	Current Ga DOE Destructive Plan Application for Environmental Disturbance Public Notice of Environmental Disturbance Letters from DNR (approval - conditional) and GSFIC and Breedlove (contractors)

Conserve	Alternative Plan Conserves the Environment, and Education Dollars
	Alternative Plan Conserves the Environment, and Education Dollars Advantages of Conservative Alternative plan: -Preserves more of the natural resources on the site, Canopy, and intact soil. - More resilient to environmental challenges like drought and heat waves that are more common here, - Less municipal water needed for lawn irrigation; - Less runoff of lawn chemicals and fertilizers. - Less electrical power will be needed to cool the campus buildings. - Enhanced teaching of safety, - Esthetically superior appearance to most people's preferences. (more trees) Surmounting Blindness: Proposed -- Enhanced Educational Opportunity with a Streamside Outdoor Classroom

Background Information:

site meet 1-11-2013

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Ronnie Davis, GAB Groundskeeper; Roger Wells and Reece R Parker of Breedlove Land Planning, Inc.; Peggy Chambers, Ga EPD ; Cindy Gibson (Principal) and Anna Bass (Assistant) of GAB , Lindsay Holliday, SWCC. Meeting Minutes from 1-11-13, Emails, etc...

Existing Conditions:
ivy

Brick wall collapsed into drain. Ivy is spreading from adjacent properties.

swale

Many large trees should remain on the campus. Fence needs to be extended. Gated.

roots

roots hang out of pipe like a dead squid or octopus. Just needs basic root maintenance. .. .

erosion

pipe dumps storm water too close, eroding bank of gully, mud splattered up on building shows where water is splashing into the foundation.

gap in safety fencing. Extend fence. Add gate.

Beautiful, pleasant nature walk. Lots of green. Moss underfoot. Tall Canopy.
Ivy in trees can be easily removed by hand. Note- high barbed wire fence. stable soil.

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	Disclaimer: All information and opinion on this page comes from Lindsay Holliday (a Ga SWCC District Supervisor) and his friends, neighbors and other Concerned Citizens. None of the expressed opinions are attributable to either the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), nor the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission (GSWCC) , nor the Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors (GACDS)
	Links to Official Conservation Information sites below:
	Conservation Organizations
	Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission (GSWCC) Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors (GACDS) ....... Dedicated to the Protection and Conservation of Natural Resources

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