Oconee County Field Trip Provided Opportunity For Sampling Of Greenbriar Creek And Examination Of Stream Characteristics

The Citizen Committee for Water Resources and its guests on Saturday got a chance to see Greenbriar Creek and one of its tributaries up close in a field trip to three farms just east of Bishop.

The creek, and the three farms, could be impacted by construction of a U.S. 441 bypass of Bishop if the Georgia Department of Transportation opts for a route east of the small city.

GDOT officials have stressed that they have not selected a route, but one that was listed as under review when the state resurrected the U.S. 441 widening project back in June of 2015 would affect the three farms visited.

During the walk on Saturday, the 10 participants did some preliminary stream sampling and got a sense of the current characteristics of the stream.

Chris Greer, who does drone photography, joined the group when the rain cleared to record some still and video images of the creek.

For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Group Doing Stream Sampling.