The 2009/2010 Georgia Conservation Briefing Book provides easy-to-read facts and information on current conservation issues in Georgia.

It's a great guide for the public, legislators, state officials and the media.

Click on each brief title listed below to view the individual briefs, or to view the entire book, click here.

• Secure Water Supply Through Investing in Water Conservation and Efficiency

• Grow Where Water is Adequate Rather than Move Water to Promote Growth

• Protect Well Water

• Evaluating Reservoirs

• The Downside of Desalination

• Protect Instream Flows

• Freshwater Wetlands

• Fund Water Monitoring Programs

• Reducing Muddy Runoff from Construction Sites

• Improve Septic System Oversight

• Conserving Our Land and Parks

• Keep Wildlife from Becoming Endangered

• Protect the Practice of Prescribed Fire

• Require Energy Efficiency and Promote Conservation

• Save Energy and Water with Energy Efficient Buildings

• Advance Renewable Energy

• Make the Water-Energy Connection

• Help Georgia Attain Healthy Air by Cleaning Up Dirty Diesel Engines

• Offshore Drilling is not the Answer

• Reduce Levels of Toxic Mercury in Georgia's Fish and Waters

• Develop a State Plan to Address Climate Change

• Use Power Produced in Georgia for Georgians

• Fund Transportation and Transit for a Brighter Economic Future

• Promote Sustainable Growth Management

• Make Georgia's Highways Safer and More Scenic

• Responsibly Manage Jekyll Island

• Improve Tidal Marsh Protection

• Jusitfy the Need for Savannah Harbor Deepening

• Reduce and Better Manage Solid Waste

• Preserve the Integrity of the Hazardous Waste Clean-up

• Afford Environmental Justice

• Protect Property Rights, Protect Natural Resources

• Natural Resource Management Costs Require Dedicated Funding

• Fund Statewide Water Planning

• Keep Budget Fair to Sportsmen