FOR MORE INFORMATION

REFERENCES

Jackson, Harvey H., III. Rivers of History: Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995. 

Jackson, Harvey H., III. Putting “Loafing Streams” to Work. Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama Press, 1997.

Pierson, J.M. (1998) Status of the Blue Shiner (Cyprinella caerulea) in Alabama. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Office.

Bogan, A.E, Pierson, J.M. (1993) Survey of the Aquatic Gastropods of the Coosa River Basin in Alabama : 1992 – Final Report. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, State Lands Division, Alabama Natural Heritage Porgram.

Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1998. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: Endangered status for three aquatic snails, and threatened status for three aquatic snails in the Mobile River Basin of Alabama. Federal Register 63(208): 57610-57620.

Steamboat info from internet site www.wavegate.com/~dnordem/usmcoosa.htm

Popeye info from internet site www.wavegate.com/~dnordem/popeye.htm

WEBSITES 
(Disclaimer - many of the website links below may no longer be active)

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

EPA – Surf your Watershed
http://cfpub1.epa.gov/surf/state.cfm?statepostal=AL 

Army Corps of Engineers – ACT information
http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/EN/enhw/actframe.htm

GA DNR Coosa River Basin Management Plan
http://www.state.ga.us/dnr/environ/plans_files/plans/coosa-pdf/coosa.htm

USGS Abstract
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/publications/abstracts/ofr96-177.html

HISTORY

History of Weiss Lake
http://www.postpaper.com/weishist1.htm

Coosa River Steamboats and Such
http://members.tripod.com/~Write4801/areas/coosa-1.html

PROTECTION ACTIVITIES

Coosa River Basin Initiative – CRBI
http://www.roman.net/~crbi/ 

HYDROLOGIC MODIFICATIONS

Hydropower Relicensing
http://www.amrivers.org/hydropowertoolkit/coosa.htm

SPECIES DIVERSITY

Amber Darter – endangered fish
http://endangered.fws.gov/i/e/sae21.html

Blue Shiner – endangered fish
http://www.conservationfisheries.org/Species%20Accounts%20Archive/Cyp.%20caerulea.htm
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/wildlife/blueshiner.htm

Cherokee Darter and Etowah Darter – endangered fish
http://endangered.fws.gov/r/fr94569.html

Conasauga logperch – endangered fish
http://endangered.fws.gov/i/e/sae22.html
http://www.trout.forprod.vt.edu/catt/logperch.htm 

Goldline darter – threatened fish
http://endangered.fws.gov/i/e/sae30.html
http://www.conservationfisheries.org/Photo%20Library/P_aurolineata.htm

Pygmy Sculpin – threatened fish
http://endangered.fws.gov/i/e2p.html 

Lacy Elimia & Painted Rocksnail – threatened snail species – final rule
http://endangered.fws.gov/r/fr98651.html

Tulatoma Snail
http://endangered.fws.gov/i/g/sag0b.html

Kral’s water plaintain – threatened plant
http://endangered.fws.gov/i/q/saq63.html
http://www.pfmt.org/wildlife/endangered/krals_water.htm

Harperella – endangered plant
http://endangered.fws.gov/i/q/saq58.html 

THREATS

Fish Consumption Advisory 2001
http://www.alapubhealth.org/risk/2001fishadvis%20.pdf

RECREATION

Little River Canyon National Preserve
http://www.nps.gov/liri/home/home.htm

Coosa River Whitewater Festival
http://wetumpka.al.us/coosa2.html

Talladega National Forests
http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/alabama/forest/forests.htm 

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