THE FULTON COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT Home to over 1,000,000 million people and 5 major watersheds Watershed Fulton County

Supplies water to over 2 million Georgians Chattahoochee is a World Class Trout Stream

Fly fishing is very popular There are several commercial outfitters along the river Watershed

] Starts in Fulton County, its beautiful but its water is in great demand 2016 the AFC Basin topped American Rivers threatened list for quantity not quality.

Here is a typical picture of with the water level pulled down about 9 feet because of competing water needs downstream. Full pool would be at the rocks and vegetation. In 2007- 2008 drought the pool level was 20 feet below normal. The drought ended in my neighborhood with a 500 year flood. Strange weather just gets stranger so the need to resolve our water issues becomes more and more important.

Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee) - Own work The Mighty Altamaha

The South River starts under the State Capital, headwaters to the that joins the Oconee to become the Altamaha 4th largest river on the eastern seaboard by volume . The Little River drainage contains 11 FCSWCD watershed dams.

It is also a major tributary to and the Etowah River that joins to and joins the River going into the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile Bay. Our grant helped build Hoop houses in College Park

We support urban agriculture across Fulton County Our supervisor Preston Mason working with Ground Work invasive removal along the Chattahoochee River The District has worked to promote Green Infrastructure

The City of Atlanta and Roswell have been leaders in the Green Infrastructure movement. Put water back in the ground instead of pavement runoff. Marsh Creek Rain Garden Marsh Creek Rain Garden ‘

This is certainly nicer to look at than a detention pond. Lost Corners Nature Preserve and Community Garden

Our district purchased Bush pullers for invasive removal Georgia Power easements provide land for Urban Agriculture thanks to a NACD grant

Allotment Gardens are being develoed along several power eaqsements. Groundwork Atlanta, the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Resilience, and the Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District are teaming up to expand Atlanta's urban agriculture system. Allotment Gardens Partners

USDA NRCS NACD FCSWCD Georgia Power City of Atlanta Office of Sustainably Atlanta Community Food Bank Atlanta Public Schools Local Neighborhood Planning units Before and after

This farm is in Fairburn Georgia Power Easement farming

The land is much appreciated and cared for. The farms have bylaws and farmer ewho do not comply can be removed by the farmer oversite committee. Neighborhood meeting were held to relieve any fears of the prgrasm. Proctor Creek Water Guality Monitoring

Our Supervisors partner with the Georgia Adopt a Stream and Chattahoochee Rive keeper to monitor Streams at 8 locations in Fulton County resulting in 4 major sewer spills discovered and repaired. Georgia Adopt a Stream Chattahoochee River Keeper’s Neighborhood Water Watch Georgia Adopt a Stream Chattahoochee River Keeper Lab

Samples are processed here and data is stored and made available to the public. Several dangerous sewer spills have been located and fixed by Fulton County Public works. Chattahoochee River Watershed Fulton County

Supplies water to over 2 million Georgians The end