Upper Etowah River Alliance
Who We Are

The Upper Etowah River Alliance (UERA) is a community-based watershed protection group that works in the Etowah basin upstream of Lake Allatoona. We formed in 1997 to provide regional leadership to promote watershed protection strategies across the five Upper Etowah counties (Cherokee, Forsyth, Pickens, Dawson and Lumpkin). Our membership is made up of a diverse group of stakeholders.

Our mission is education, especially focusing on water quality and nonpoint source pollution. We accomplish this mission through workshops, presentations, brochures and on the ground demonstration projects.


Alliance Board
Mr. Glen McAllister Ms. Eva Gumbert
Mr. Ken Owen Ms. Lori Forrester
Mr. Robert Morrison Mr. Gene Cornelison
Ms. Melissa Rottenberg Mr. Dwight Turner
Mr. Norman Pope Mr. Nolton Johnson
Mr. Kevin Smith Mr. Don Wells
Mr. Mike Marchbanks  

Upper Etowah River Alliance Executive Committee

Chair

Nolton Johnson

noltonj@bellsouth.net
Vice-Chair Melissa Rottenberg melissa.rottenberg@gmail.com
Secretary Ken Owen ken.owen@cherokee.k12.ga.us
Treasurer Robert Morrison robertlmorrison@comcast.net

Above: Not all of the 319 Best Management Practices projects are stream-side. This photo shows a stackhouse on Jason Hamby's chicken farm. Stackhouse store chicken litter until it can be used for fertilizer. Not only does this keep the litter from being washed into streams, but it composts it as well, making it cleaner when spread on the fields.


Participating Organizations Include:

Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority
Chestatee-Chattahoochee RC&D
Etowah Water and Sewerage Authority
Forsyth County
Forsyth Water and Sewer
Georgia Mountains RDC
Institute of Ecology-UGA
Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority
Limestone Valley RC&D
Limestone Valley Soil and Water Conservation District
Natural Resources Conservation Service - USDA
US Environmental Protection Agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Forest Service

Upper Etowah River Alliance
E-mail: info@etowahriver.org


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