Charles H. Wharton papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles H. Wharton papers
Creator: Wharton, Charles H.
Inclusive Dates: 1935-1982
Bulk Dates: 1970-1980
Language(s): English
Extent: 6 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Collection Number: UA97-053
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Charles H. Wharton was an ecologist who served as a research associate at the University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology from 1981 until his death in 2003. Prior to his UGA career, he spent 20 years researching and teaching at Georgia State University. His best known work is The Natural Environments  of Georgia, published in 1978. In the 1960s and '70s, Wharton successfully led the fight against channelization of the Alcovy River. His efforts not only saved the Alcovy but also led to changes in federal policies concerning channelization nationwide.

In 1966, Wharton developed the Georgia Natural Areas Council, which conducted the most comprehensive survey of Georgia's natural areas and identified places worthy of preservation such as Ossabaw Island, Panola Mountain, Sprewell Bluff, Pumpkinvine Creek, and Talking Rock Creek — all of which were eventually preserved. Later in his life, as chair of the Preservation 2000 Council, Wharton helped protect more than 103,000 acres of natural habitats. In 1992, the Georgia Wildlife Federation (GWF) named Wharton Conservationist of the Year.

For more than 40 years, Dr. Wharton made his home in the Georgia mountains on a 129-acre unique tract of land at the headwaters of the Tallulah River. There, he studied and wrote about the flora and fauna of the Southern Appalachians. Upon his death, Wharton left his land to the GWF to manage. In doing so, the GWF established the Wharton Conservation Center to protect the land and make it available for education and research projects.

Scope and Content

The Charles H. Wharton collection is comprised primarily of Dr. Wharton's investigations of bottomland forests and wetlands and the effects of stream channelization. He studied many river systems in the Southeastern United States including the Alcovy, a tributary of the Ocmulgee, the Altamaha, the Chattahoochee, the Flint, the Nantahala, the Savannah, and the Tallulah. Swamps which benefitted from his research and advocacy include the Atchafalaya in Louisiana and the Congaree in South Carolina. He is best known for his pioneering work The Natural Environments  of Georgia.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Charles H. Wharton papers, UA97-053, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in the repository include the Institute of Ecology records, UA97-066, the Eugene Odum papers--Institute of Ecology, UA97-045, and the Ecological Society of America papers, UA97-061.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Forested Wetland Ecosystems of the Southern United States, 1972 November

 

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Floodplain Vegetation, Pt. 1, undated

 

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Floodplain Vegetation, Pt. 2, undated

 

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Floodplain Fauna, undated

 

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Physical-Chemical Characteristics of Rivers and Their Floodplains, 1978

 

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Values and Functions of Bottomlands Hardwoods by Charles H. Wharton, 1979

 

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Cypress Wetlands for Water Management, Recycling and Conservation, 1974

 

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Computer Mapping of Forest Vegetation - Swamps, 1981

 

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River Ecology and the Impact of Man: Morphometric Changes by T. Blench, 1973?

 

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Stream Impoundments, undated

 

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Classification of Wetlands and Deep-Water Habitats of the United States, 1977 October

 

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Wetland Ecosystems, 1978

 

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Riverine Mangrove Wetlands, undated

 

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Wetlands Fooding, 1953, 1967

 

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Timber Potentials in the Wetland Hardwood by Stephen G. Boyce and Noel D. Cost, 1976

 

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Management of Lowland Hardwood Wetlands for Wildlife by Leigh H. Fredrickson, undated

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Forests Communities and Their Relation to Flooded and Saturated Soil Conditions by Robert Terry Huffman, 1980 June

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Forest Land Resources of the Southeastern United States by R. Eugene Turner, Stephen W. Forsythe and Nancy J. Craig, 1980 May

 

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Bottomland Soils by William H. Patrick, Jr., undated

 

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Swamps and Hardwood Bottomlands, 1970

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Cypress Forests in the Southeast: Extent, Condition, Management and Research Needs by O. Gordon Langdon, et al, 1980 May

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Forests - Use by Fishes in the Southeastern U.S. by C. F. Bryan and J.V. Conner, undated

 

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Plant Associations and Indicator Species, 1971

 

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Southern Hardwood Species and Chief Softwood Associates, undated

 

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Bottomland Hardwoods: A Synopsis of Values of Overflow to Fish and Wildlife, 1979 July

 

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Area of Commercial Land in Bottomland Forest Types in Five Southern States, undated

 

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The Complete Forest Concept by Harold E. Young, undated

 

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Proceedings of the Central Hardwood Forest Conference III, 1980 September

 

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Biomass Utilization and Management Implications by Harold E. Young, 1980 September

 

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A Balanced View of the Forest as a Source of Energy Material by Harold E. Young, 1980 September

 

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Hardwoods: Thinning, Response to Cutting, 1966. 1980

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Stands, 1956, 1965, 1972-1973

 

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River-Swamp Life Support System and the Cost of Modification by Howard T. Odum and Charles H. Wharton, undated

 

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Hardwood Swamps and Related Topics: Selected Bibliography, 1975 February

 

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Succession, undated

 

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Summary of Salamander Species and Estimates of Occurrence in Basin Terrestrial Habitats, undated

 

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Biological Basis for Assessing Impacts of Channel Modification by Arthur B. Benke, David M. Gillespie and Fred K. Parrish, 1979

 

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Coastal Ecosystems of the Southeastern United States, 1980 February

 

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Ecological Factors in the Determination of Riparian Wetland Boundaries, 1980 June

 

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Stream Channelization, 1966, 1970-1972

 

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Report on Workshop in Hydrologic and Meteorological Processes by D.D. Huff, 1970 September

 

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Hydrologic Behavior of Stream Channels by Thomas Maddock, Jr., 1972 March

 

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Plant Distribution from the Carolina Coast to the Southern Appalachians, undated

 

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Aerial Color Photography in the Plant Sciences and Related Fields, 1973 July

 

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Correlation of Apalachicola River Floodplain Tree Communities with Water Levels, Elevation and Soils by Helen McAninch Leitman, 1978

 

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The Apalachicola River and Bay System: A Florida Resource, 1977 April

 

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Vegetation of the Apalachicola National Forest: An Ecological Perspective by Andre F. Clewell, 1971 November

 

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Conceptual Fish and Wildlife Management Plan for Lower Apalachicola EEL Tract, 1978 December

 

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Investigation of Dredged Material Disposal Sites on the Lower Apalachicola River by Neal F. Eichholz, Douglas B. Bailey and Anne V. McGehee, 1979

 

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Long-Term Fluctuations of Epibenthic Fish and Invertebrate Populations in Apalachicola Bay, Florida by Robert J. Livingston et al, undated

 

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Ecology of the Blackwater River System, Florida by D. Gray Bass Jr. and Vinard G. Hill, 1977 December

 

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Seasonal Fish Population Fluctuations in a South Florida Swamp by John E. Carlson and Michael J. Duever, undated

 

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Biomass and Net Productivity of Cypress in Florida by William J. Mitsch and Katherine E. Ewel, undated

 

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Managing Cypress Ponds for Wildlife in Florida by Louie P. Heard, undated

 

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Sopchoppy River Discharge Measurements, 1979

 

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A Model Flood Management Ordinance, 1981 June 30

 

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Evaluation of River Swamp Functions in Southeastern Coastal Stream Ecosystems by J.H. Reuter, 1975 October 17

 

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Sport Fishery Ecology of the Escambia River, Florida by D.G. Bass and V.G. Hitt, 1978

 

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Environmental Impact of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal with Special Emphasis on the Oklawaha Regional Ecosystem, 1970 March

 

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Recreational Aspects of the Santa Fe River by V. Hitt and G. Bass, 1973 November

 

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Duval vs Thomas: Florida Supreme Court, 1979 December

 

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Classification of Florida's Forested Wetlands by C.H. Wharton, undated

 

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Scientists' Report: National Symposium on Wetlands, 1978 November 6-9

 

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Natural Setting and Vegetation of the Florida Panhandle by Andre F. Clewell, 1981

 

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Prevot Case, Louisiana by Charles H. Wharton, 1981

 

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Avoyelles Sportsmen's League vs Clifford Ll. Alexander, 1981

 

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Organic Carbon Budgets in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana by Victor W. Lambou and Stephen C. Hern, 1981 June 9-12

 

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Some Relationships Between Water Quality and Rotifer Plankton in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana by Leslie E. Holland and C. Fred Bryan, undated

 

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Effects of Altered Hydrology on Primary Production and Aquatic Animal Populations in a Louisiana Swamp Forest by F.H. Sklar and W.H. Conner, 1979

 

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Productivity and Nutrient Export Studies in a Cypress Swamp, Freshwater Marsh, and Lake System in Louisiana by John W. Day, Jr., et al, 1975

 

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Productivity and Composition of a Freshwater Swamp in Louisiana by William H. Conner and John W. Day, Jr., undated

 

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Vanishing Delta Hardwoods: Their Wildlife Resources by Richard K. Yancey, undated

 

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Effects of Channelization of the Luxapalila River ... by Dale H. Arner et al, 1976 June

 

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Flooding in Bottomland Hardwoods [Vicksburg], undated

 

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Wetland and Transitional Zone Vegetation of the Mississippi Delta... by Donald Rhodes, undated

 

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Hydrology of Bottomland Hardwood Forests of the Mississippi Embayment by M.S. Bedinger, 1980 May

 

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Environmental Assessment: Addition to Pascagoula River Wildlife Management - Preliminary Draft, 1979

 

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Tallahala Mississippi, Pt. 1, undated

 

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Tallahala Mississippi, Pt. 2, 1979

 

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Report to EPA on the Tallahala Creek Reservoir Project by Charles Wharton and Mark Brinson, 1979

 

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Cache River Basin, Arkansas, 1971

 

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Interim Report on Water Quality...: Degray Reservoir, Arkansas by J. Nix, 1970

 

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An Ecological Survey of the Coastal Region of Georgia by A. Sydney Johnson et al, 1971 August 15

 

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Small Terrestrial Vertebrates and Their Activity on a Chattahoochee River Flood Plain by C.H. Wharton and Carol Ruckdeschel Pt. 1, 1973

 

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Small Terrestrial Vertebrates and Their Activity on a Chattahoochee River Flood Plain by C.H. Wharton and Carol Ruckdeschel Pt. 2, 1973

 

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Progress Report on the Chattahoochee Flood Plain by W.H. Grant, 1972?

 

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A Study of a Pine Sere in the Chattahoochee River Flood Plain by Edgar Wright III, 1967

 

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A Survey of Muckalee Creek and its Fishery by Russell D. Over, 1976 January

 

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Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers, GA, 1935

 

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Lower Coastal Plain Drainage Area Between the Ogeechee and Altamaha Rivers, Georgia by Mallory S. May III, 1974 April

 

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Invertebrates Eaten by Altamaha River Fish by W.R. Woodall, J.G. Adams and J. Heise, 1975 March 19-21

 

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Lewis Island and the Concept of a Multi-Purpose River Park on the Altamaha by Charles Wharton and Barry Staples, undated

 

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Lewis Island Ecology, 1972

 

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Altamaha river Macroinvertebrate Species List, 1973

 

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Big Mortar-Snuff Box Swamp Watershed, 1974 April

 

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Alcovy River Floodplain, 1972

 

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Alcovy River Channelization, 1973

 

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Cornish Creek Watershed, Pt. 1, undated

 

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Cornish Creek Watershed, Pt. 2, undated

 

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Geology of Part of the Ocmulgee River Flood Plain at Macon, Georgia by Oliver J. Cosner, 1962

 

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Nantahalas Wilderness Pt. 1, 1976

 

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Nantahalas Wilderness Pt. 2, 1976

 

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Nantahalas Wilderness Pt. 3, 1976

 

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Nantahalas Wilderness Pt. 4, 1976

 

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Nantahalas Wilderness Pt. 5, 1976

 

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Scull Shoals, Georgia, undated

 

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Middle Oconee River, Fowler's Mill, 1973

 

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Georgia Fall-line Sandhills: Vegetation by W.Z. Faust, undated

 

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Caw Caw Watershed, Brunswick County, undated

 

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Archeology of Cobb County Georgia, undated

 

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Environmental Analysis of Laurel Mill, Georgia, 1971

 

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Panther Creek Natural Area, Stephens County, Georgia, undated

 

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Vegetational Study of the Flint River Through Meriwether, Talbot, Pike and Upson Counties by Marie B. Mellinger, undated

 

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Upper Flint River Creel and Recreational Use Survey by Russell D. Ober, 1977 March

 

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Hatch Nuclear Plant: Environmental Report, 1971 February

 

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Proposed Hydroelectric Power Sites in Georgia, 1980 May 6

 

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Georgia Piedmont Forests, undated

 

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Georgia Scenic Rivers Report, 1970

 

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Georgia Environments : Hydric Systems by C.H. Wharton, undated

 

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Georgia Environments  (Partial Manuscript Draft), undated

 

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Forest Community Classification: Northern Coastal Plain of South Carolina, 1981

 

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Savannah River Hurricanes, 1890s, undated

 

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Savannah River Studies: Interim Report, 1951-1952 by D.D. Gold et al, 1954

 

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Savannah River Limestone Bluffs and Alluvial Woods by J.R. Bozeman, 1966 August 8

 

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Savannah River Studies: Composition f Hoop Net Catches, 1951-1952

 

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Savannah River Basin, Station 01015001, 1978-1979

 

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Macroinvertebrates Collected from the Savannah River and Tributaries, 1970 August-September

 

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Report on Pollution in the Middle Reach of the Savannah River, 1971

 

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Vogtle Nuclear Plant, 1972

 

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Energy Related Pollutants: Ecological Behavior by Robert B. Platt, 1976-1977

 

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Ecological Behavior and Effects of Radionuclides, 1972-1973

 

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Flood Plain Transfer and Accumulation of 137cs from a Reactor Effluent Stream by H. L Ragsdale and D. J. Shure, 1973 May 14-18

 

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Comparative Analysis of Cs 137 Dynamics in Two Floodplain Forests Along a Southeastern Coastal Plain, 1977

 

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Radiocesium Transfer Through Aerial Pathways in a South Carolina Floodplain Forest by Donald J. Shure and Marlin R. Gottschalk, undated

 

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Cesium-137 Dynamics Within a Reactor Effluent Stream in South Carolina by Donald J. Shure and Marlin R. Gottschalk, undated

 

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Mercury Accumulation in Native Mammals of the Southeast by Peter Cumbie and James Hl Jenkins, 1974 November

 

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Santee-Cooper: A study of Estuarine Manipulations by Bjorn Kjerfve, undated

 

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Birds of the Francis Beidler Forest in Four Hole Swamp, South Carolina by P.B. Hamel and N.L. Brunswig, 1980

 

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Proposed Congaree Swamp National Monument, 1963 April

 

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Congaree Wateree and Santee Swamp Systems, 1974

 

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A Vegetative Analysis of Preserve Alternatives Involving the Beidler Tract of the Congaree Swamp by L. L. Gaddy et al, 1975 December

 

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A Study of the Breeding Birds of the Beidler Tract of the Congaree Swamp ... by Paul B. Hamel, 1979 October 9

 

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Congaree Economic Study, undated

 

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Congaree Swamp Natural Area by Joan Wolf, 1978

 

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Vegetation of the Congaree Swamp National Monument by L.L. Gaddy, undated

 

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The Congaree: An Ecological Perspective by Charles H. Wharton, undated

 

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Reconnaissance Survey of the Lower Roanoke River Floodplain, N.C. by J. Merrill Lynch and John Crawford, 1980 June 4

 

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Status of the Cerulean Warbler in the Roanoke River Watershed by J. Merrill Lynch, 1979 August

 

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Nutrient Pathways in Small Mountain Streams by William Robert Woodall, Jr., 1972 October

 

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Habitat - Flowering Chart for N.C. Threatened and Endangered Species, undated

 

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Seasonal Patterns of Water Quality in Natural and Channelized Swamp Streams in Eastern North Carolina by Edward J. Kuenzler, 1976 June 21-24

 

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Effects of Stream Channelization on Water Quality of Flood-Plain Swamps in Eastern North Carolina by Edward J. Kuenzler, 1975 June

 

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Comments Concerning Stream Restoration Techniques Being Employed in Coastal North Carolina by Vincent Bellis, 1979 May

 

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Land Use and the Environment  in the Blacklands of Dare, Tyrrell, Hyde and Washington Counties by William S. Tilley, 1973 April 9

 

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A Study of Nutrient Cycling in Riverine Swamp Forest Ecosystems of North Carolina: Progress Report by Mark M. Brinson, 1975 December 31

 

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A Study of Nutrient Cycling in Riverine Swamp Forest Ecosystems of North Carolina: Final Report by Mark M. Brinson, 1977 March 15

 

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Hydrology of the Creeping Swamp Watershed, North Carolina, with Reference to Potential Effects of Stream Channelization by M. D. Winner, Jr. and C.E. Simmons, 1977 April

 

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Bryophyte Distribution and Abundance in Relationship to Inundation Frequency in a Floodplain Swamp by Robert P. Sniffen, Laura Anne Yarbro and Jennifer G. Smith, undated

 

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Preliminary Reconnaissance Report on the Lower Lumber River by Albert B. Pittman, Jr., 1980 June 1

 

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RARE II [Roadless Area Review and Evaluation]: Last Chance for Our Wild Forest Lands, 1978

 

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RARE II: The Values of Unmanaged National Forests in the Southern Appalachians by Charles H. Wharton and Harvey L. Ragsdale, 1979

 

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Review and Response to U.S. Forest Service Draft Environmental Statement for Roadless Area Review and Evaluation by RARE II Environmental Council, undated

 

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RARE II - Miscellaneous, 1975-1979

 

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Statement by C.H. Wharton on National Forests, undated

 

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Natural Areas as Necessary Components of Man's Total Environment  by Eugene P. Odum and Howard T. Odum, undated

 

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Natural Environments  of Georgia: Natural Area - Community-Flora Worksheets, 1977 June, December

 

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Natural Environments of Georgia: Distribution, 1978

 

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Conservation Foundation, 1979-1980

 

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Correspondence A-D, 1972, 1978-1980

 

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Correspondence E-M, 1971-1972, 1974, 1979-1981

 

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Correspondence O-P, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979-1981

 

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Correspondence S, 1971, 1979, 1981

 

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Correspondence T-Z, 1975, 1978, 1979-1980

 

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Miscellaneous Notes,Pt. 1, undated

 

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Miscellaneous Notes,Pt. 2, undated

 

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Miscellaneous Notes,Pt. 3, undated

 

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Miscellaneous Notes,Pt. 4, undated

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Forests: Manuscript, undated

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Forests: Photographs, undated

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Forests: Tables and Figures, 1982

 

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Bottomland Hardwood Forests: Soil Analysis, undated

 

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Faunal Paper: Manuscript, undated

 

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Faunal Paper: Figures, 1980

 

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Faunal Paper: Tables, undated

 

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Faunal Paper: Literature Cited, undated

 

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Geology and Geomorphology of Floodplains: Manuscript, undated