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Work has begun to install Agricultural Best Management Practices within the Williamson Swamp Creek Watershed in Washington County. The Pine Country Council received a $343,400 grant from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to implement this project. Currently 25 landowners have qualified to receive cost share payments for implementing Best Management Practices on their farm. Practices such as pasture planting, cover crops, heavy use areas, alternative watering facilities, and animal waste facilities will be installed using grant funds. All of the participating landowners will be supporting the project goal of reducing the fecal coliform bacteria and sediment load in Williamson Swamp Creek.

The Pine Country Council has been awarded a $353,400 EPA Section 319 Grant to be used in the Williamson Swamp Creek Watershed in Washington County. The objective of the project is to install Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) that reduce non -point source pollution, with a special emphasis on livestock waste runoff. Producers within the watershed will be given the opportunity to request financial and technical assistance for installation of BMPs. The Washington County NRCS staff will assist the RC&D Council by providing the technical assistance needed to implement the project. This project is directed at reversing trends of increasing numbers and miles of impaired stream segments in the Upper Ogeechee River Watershed by reducing pollutant loads within Williamson Swamp Creek with the installation of Agricultural Best Management Practices.