Leadership Team

  • Cassidy Lord, Coordinator – Oconee River Watershed Partnership (2017-2022)

  • Steffney Thompson – Oconee River Land Trust

  • Justine Merrifield - Athens Land Trust

  • Peter Stangel – Southeastern Partnership for Forests and Water 

  • Scott Thackston – Georgia Forestry Commission

  • Andrès Villegas – Georgia Forestry Association

  • Robert Farris – Georgia Forestry Foundation

  • Marla Lindsley – US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4

  • Todd Rasmussen – University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

  • Todd Stevenson – Athens-Clarke County Stormwater Management Program

  • Mike Wharton - Athens-Clarke County Sustainability Office

  • Eva Kennedy - Northeast Georgia Regional Commission

  • Andrew Schock - The Conservation Fund

2019 Upper Oconee Watershed Forests and Drinking Water Forum: Tour of Whitehall Forest

2019 Upper Oconee Watershed Forests and Drinking Water Forum: Tour of Whitehall Forest

Our Partners

  • Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

    • Public Utilities Department

    • Stormwater Management Program

    • Sustainability Office

  • Athens Land Trust

  • Barrow County

  • Georgia Environmental Protection Division

  • Georgia Forestry Association

  • Georgia Forestry Commission

  • Georgia River Network

  • Greater Apalachee River Community

  • Jackson County

  • Keeping Forests

  • National Resource Conservation Service

  • Northeast Georgia Regional Commission

  • Oconee County

  • Oconee River Land Trust

  • Southeastern Partnership for Forests and Water

  • Sustainable Forestry Initiative

  • The Conservation Fund

  • University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

  • University of Georgia, River Basin Center

  • Upper Oconee Regional Water Planning Council

  • Upper Oconee Watershed Network

  • US Endowment for Forestry and Communities

  • US Environmental Protection Agency – Region 4