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Conasauga River Alliance awarded grant for Swamp Creek work
The Conasauga River Alliance has been awarded a grant for $30,000 from Southern Co. to treat 500 linear feet of collapsing streambank to restore “riparian integrity” to a 3,800-foot segment of Swamp Creek, a tributary to the Conasauga River in Whitfield County.
The alliance must provide a match of $32,500 either through money or in-kind contributions. The grant is through the Five Star Restoration Program.
“The site will be used for an in-field, community-based workshop to showcase actual installation of currently underutilized, ecologically-preferable streambank stabilization techniques to area developers, designers and landowners,” Southern Co. said in a press release. Other project partners include Whitfield County, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Limestone Valley RC&D; Council, D2 Land and Water Resources, and private landowners. Several other communities in Southern’s four-state service area also received grants.
“EPA’s Five Star Restoration Grant Program will help promote conservation and environmental stewardship in these communities,” said Jimmy Palmer, EPA regional administrator. “Community-based projects, such as these, improve environmental awareness among local residents and create lasting relationships for protecting and sustaining wetlands, streams and coasts.”
The Conasauga River Alliance previously received a grant of $8,200 from Southern Co. in 2007 for efforts to protect the Varnell Springs, and a $15,000 grant from Southern Co. in 2006 that funded the removal of Chinese privet, an invasive species that was crowding out native plants.
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Entrepreneur tries to sew up business with better uniform
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Dalton residents part of immigration march
Frustrated with the pace of action to overhaul the country’s immigration system, thousands of demonstrators descended on the nation’s capital Sunday, including several from the Dalton area, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.
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Restaurant report card — Whitfield County
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Ga. Superintendent recommends CRI-approved cleaning products
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Gordon Morehouse to be Toast of the Town
The Family Support Council has named local certified public accountant Gordon C. Morehouse its 2010 Toast of the Town honoree. The celebration will be June 17 at 6 p.m. at The Farm in Rocky Face.
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Area arrests for March 22
Recent arrests from the Whitfield and Murray County jail reports.
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Dalton State College hosts climate change lecture
A University of Georgia Professor of Ecology will talk about the “Effects of Global Climate Change on Georgia” on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Goodroe Auditorium of Memorial Hall.
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Derby time
Owen Halman, 8, of Dalton, lines up his car “Fire Bullet” before a race during the Boy and Cub Scouts grand championship Pinewood Derby Saturday at First Presbyterian Church.
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Helpin’ and paintin’
With his bracket busted and interest in the men’s college basketball tournament waning, Pierce Montgomery spent Saturday re-painting the Dalton home of a Vietnam veteran who couldn’t do the work himself.
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