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 The Pine Country Council received a $212,000 grant from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division for the purpose of installing Best Management Practices that will reduce the fecal coliform loading of Jack’s Creek and Yam Grandy Creek.  Practices such as pasture planting, cover crops, heavy use areas, alternative watering facilities, use exclusion, 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 into the adjacent streams and wetlands.

The Emanuel County NRCS staff is assisting 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 Ohoopee River Watershed by reducing pollutant loads within Jacks Creek and Yam Grandy Creek.