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BIO Growing up in the diverse environment of the Georgia Piedmont, Wes’ upbringing instilled a deep and steadfast desire to preserve, protect, and heal landscapes. Design interventions focus strongly on offering creative solutions to site specific problems. His work frequently explores the intricate relationships between architecture and the landscape. From his nationally recognized cultural landscape study on Wormsloe Plantation in Savannah to his site planning of Red Onion Farm in Reva, Virginia, Wes’s work fosters a convergence of past experiences with history and landscape architecture to examine the interwoven layers of ecology, cultural history, and historical land use practices through the lens of environmental history. While a student at the University of Georgia, Wes was actively involved in the Cultural Landscape Laboratory in the College of Environment and Design where he received state and national honors from the American Society of Landscape Architects through his exclusive invitation to study Wormsloe.
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EDUCATION MLA | Graduate Candidate, Coursework completed Summer 2013 University of Georgia, College of Environment and Design BLA | 2010 University of Georgia, College of Environment and Design BA History + Minor Classical and Medieval Studies | 2004 Georgia Southern University, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
WORK EXPERIENCE WES RYALS
E: wesryals@gmail.com P: 478.319.5019
DESIGN EDUCATION Wormsloe Graduate Fellow + Cultural Landscape Lab Project Leader Fall 2011-Spring 2013 | University of Georgia Cultural Landscape Lab Graduate Assistant Summer 2010-Spring 2011 | University of Georgia LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Project Manager, WMWA Jun 2018-Jan 2019 | Chattanooga, TN Lead Design Associate and Founder, Environs Design Studio: Landscape Architecture + Ecological Planning Aug 2012-Jun 2018 | Madison, GA Design Consultant, Georgia Civil Engineering + Land Planning Aug 2008-Dec 2010, May 2013-Jun 2018 | Madison, GA
HONORS 2010 ASLA National Student Honor Award 2010 GA-ASLA Student Award of Merit 2010 GA-ASLA Academic Honor Award
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Wormsloe: Re-envisioning a Cultural Landscape 2011 ESRI GeoDesign Summit | Redlands, CA Co-presenter | Dr. Tommy Jordan, Associate Director CRMS
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
Cullowhee Native Plant Conference 2009, 2011 East Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC Attendee
Preserving the Past and Charting the Future: The Application of Geospatial and Remotesensing Technologies at Two Historic Coastal Plantations 2011 Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation | Fort Worth, TX Co-presenter | Tim Barrett, MHP
Georgia State Historic Preservation Conference & Historic Preservation Commission Training 2013 Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation | Milledgeville, GA Attendee
Community Engagement Through CounterSPACE 2011 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference Co-presenter | Katie Crosta, MLA and Taylor Ladd, MLA
The New Landscape Declaration: A Summit on Landscape Architecture and the Future 2016 Landscape Architecture Foudation | Philadelphia, PA Attendee
Understanding the Past, Charting the Future: GeoDesign Opportunities in Cultural Landscape Research, Documentation, and Management 2012 ESRI GeoDesign Summit | Redlands, CA Co-presenter | Dr. Tommy Jordan, Associate Director CRMS and Cari Goetchus, Associate Professor CED 2012 and 2013 Wormsloe Research Symposium | Athens, GA Incorporating Historic Resources in Madison’s Revitalization Efforts (walking tour) 2017 Georgia Statewide Historic Preservation Conference (GA-SHPO) | Madison, GA Incorporating Historic Resources in Madison’s Revitalization Efforts 2017 Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association | Macon, GA Co-presenter | Monica Callahan, Planning Director, City of Madison
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Socio-ecological sustainability Natural and cultural heritage Sustainable design and retrofitting Adaptive and strategic management Regenerative infrastructure - theorgy and application Design for resiliency - theory and application Integrated, interdisciplinary, and cross-scale design
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ECOLOGICAL PLANNING + CONVERVATION AGRICULTURE + COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT + CULTURAL LANDSCAPES barnesville residence | 2014-2016 farmington residence | 2014-2017 ridgeback farm | 2011-2014 monkeyflower farm | 2012-2014 friendship forest wetland enhancement | 2017-2018 washington-wellington stormwater park | 2016-2018 morgan county hospital expansion: healing and therapy gardens | 2016-2018 morgan county recreation department master plan | 2016 madison historic cemetery expansion master plan | 2016-2017 madison depot | 2012-2018 morgan county greenprint updates | 2017 soque river mitigation bank | 2016-2017 arrowhead farms mitigation bank | 2016-2018 wormsloe plantation - research facility | 2013 brunswick-altamaha canal | 2012 home garden | 2010-2018
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Barnesville Residence
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LOCATION MAP: Lamar County, Barnesville, Georgia
SITE CONTEXT Once heralded as the “Buggy Capital of the South” during the late 19th century, splendid manses of the “Buggy Barons” still grace the city streets and comprise the core of Barnesville’s historic district. This circa 1875 home and property sits at a once vibrant crossroads within the Barnesville Historic District. Design considerations were envisioned to blur the lines between what is historic and what has been added. To this end, great strides were made to blend the two, rather than imposing a purely contemporary aesthetic that is incompatible with the surrounding historic fabric of the town. By providing opportunities for direct engagement with the environment, our aim was to foster interaction between people and nature, provide spaces for contemplation, and encourage discovery and curiosity in the landscape. The resulting design interventions seamlessly stitched the landscape and architecture to the historic fabric of the town. SIZE: 1.27 acres ROLE: Principal Designer, Master Planning, Project Manager
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Above: LEFT: ‘September Charm’ Japanese Anemone CENTER: Southern Shield Fern RIGHT: ‘Brilliant’ Red Chokeberry Opposite: mixed perennial borders, which help to frame and organize the landscape, infusing intimate garden spaces with the architectural components. The selection of landscape species reflect a contemporary twist on traditional southern species by offering more drought-tolerant and pollinator-friendly varieties. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGICAL PLANNING / PORTFOLIO 13
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CASE STUDY | FARMINGTON RESIDENCE SITE CONTEXT Design interventions have focused on selecting various endemic species and compositional plantings. A vegetable garden has been designed as an interactive, contemplative space, and as a source of sensory delight for the clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; three young daughters. Additional design highlights have included assisting in creative land-use planning,and layout of pollinator gardens, meadows, and general garden design. Construction specifications have focused on an expansion of the home environment to include a pool, pergola, and surrounding landscape improvements. SIZE: 45 acres ROLE: Principal Designer, Master Planning, Conservation Agriculture, Project Manager, Graphic Production
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Ridgeback Farms
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LOCATION MAP: Banks County, Maysville, Georgia
SITE CONTEXT Perched at the edge of a terraced hilltop, Ridgeback Farms is set in a bucolic, rural setting. Environs Design Studio worked extensively with the architect to site the house in a minimally invasive manner. We also offered slope and elevation analysis, viewsheds, and plant communities documentation for the 155-acre property. A restrained plant palette echoes the materials used in construction. Landscape massing, layering, and plant species selection were intentionally designed and selected to form spatial and functional interconnections between the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landscape and architecture. SIZE: 155 acres ROLE: Principal Designer, Project Manager, Ecological Analysis, Land Planning
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Above: Trilliums, epimediums, and painted buckeye are but a few of the many wildflowers found on the property. Opposite: A carpet of mayapple blooms in the spring. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGICAL PLANNING / PORTFOLIO 23
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Monkeyflower Farm
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LOCATION MAP: Morgan County, Rutledge, Georgia
SITE CONTEXT Monkeyflower Farms has been designed as a private residence, working organic farm, and event facility. Tapping into the growing Farm-to-Table movement, the clients have proposed developing a Grade-A goat dairy with highlights including beehives and small-scale heirloom vegetables. Environs Design Studio worked extensively with the architect to site outbuildings, paddocks, and other landscape elements that were patterned after a 19th-century farmstead. We provided a landscape management packet with supporting graphics, and supplied research on plant communities inventories. Plans included space for a cutting garden, a kitchen garden and a large arbor, but the highlight of this project was a secret garden tucked between the home and the outlying barn. A threedimensional model of the site and house with renderings of our shared conceived landscape bring the vision to life.
SIZE: 52 acres ROLE: Principal Designer, Master Planning, Conservation Agriculture, Graphic Production
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FRIENDSHIP FOREST WETLAND AND TRAIL ENHANCEMENT Friendship Forest Wildlife Sanctuary is an approximately 15.7 acre park located entirely within the City of Clarkston. In 2002, the City Council designated the area as public greenspace to be used for wetland protection and passive outdoor recreational activities, such as hiking, running, jogging, biking, and walking. In 2004 the Council used Greenspace Program funds to purchase an additional 2.84 acres and the area was established as a Bird Sanctuary. Design interventions provide trail and wetland enhancements for approximately 2.5 acres. SIZE 15.7 acres ROLE: Principal Designer, Ecological Planning, Graphic Production Construction Administration (ongoing) 32 EXHIBITIONS: SELECTED WORKS
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sustainable landscape design must do more than function or perform ecologically; it must perform socially and culturally.â&#x20AC;? Future Building Pad (Typ.)
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Ecological Acupuncture: Washington-Wellington Stormwater Park Using ecologically-based practices to treat stormwater, we design landscapes that work with natural processes. By biologically treating stormwater runoff, contaminants are broken-down by microorganisms in the soil and absorbed by plant roots. Located in the heart of the City of Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s redevelopment efforts, the WashingtonWellington Gateway and Stormwater Park will provide an attractive entry into the City. Incorporating state-of-the-art techniques in stormwater management and water quality treatment, the combination stormwater pond and constructed wetland forebay system will be utilized to reduce and eliminate heavy metals, sediments, and other pollutants before water enters the nearby Tanyard Branch.
CASE STUDY | MMH HEALING AND THERAPY GARDENS SITE CONTEXT Garden spaces for the Morgan Memorial Hospital offer a design that provides opportunities for reflection, recovery, and healing. With a sensitivity to the needs of varying user-groups, including patients, their families, nurses, doctors, and visitors, the plan embodies the core mission of the hospital. Outdoor areas were designed for flexibility, accommodating a diversity of users and activities. The plan incorporates a therapy garden, positioned near the rehabilitation wing of the hospital, enabling patients to take advantage of the landscape. The garden unfolds in a series of outdoor rooms, providing a wide variety of both active and calming outdoor spaces and experiences. The plan also incorporates a healing garden that provides an area for rest and quiet contemplation. A stone wall articulates the space, both framing and dividing the garden which serves as an immediate extension of the chapel. SIZE: 52 acres ROLE: Principal Designer, Master Planning, Therapeutic Garden Design
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CASE STUDY | MADISON HISTORIC CEMETERY EXPANSION SITE CONTEXT The site, located directly adjacent to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing historic cemetery, has many unique opportunities and challenges. A primary catalyst for the development of a Master Plan for the expanded cemetery is to provide a holistic vision for the development of the entire property and its relationship to the adjacent Madison Historic Cemeteries, already in existence. The overal vision for the Master Plan ensures that the cemetery expansion is compatible with existing natural and historic assets, offers expansion of interment possibilities, improves accessibility, and increases educational and passive recreational opportunities. In addition to establishing the parameters necessary to meet future interment needs the expansion also provides for proper land stewardship and advances greenspace connectivity within the city. SIZE: 19 acres ROLE: Master Plan Development, Conservation and Preservation Planning
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CASE STUDY | MCRD FACILITIES MASTER PLAN
To meet the recreational needs of Morgan County, the design incorporates a variety of active and passive recreation opportunities across the 49-acre site. Responding to the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s topography and surrounding context, the plan offers responsive siting of various recreational elements, including a tournament baseball complex, soccer fields, recreation building, and pavilions. Additional programming of the site incorporates a network of trails, an event lawn space, amphitheater, playscapes, and places for outdoor education and exploration. The planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design explores a series of distinctive landscape opportunities by framing views, maximizing site use while minimizing disturbance, accentuating and enhancing site hydrology, responding to solar orientation, and creating pedestrian-friendly circulation with treelined avenues and minimizing potential vehicularpedestrian conflicts. SIZE 49 acres ROLE: Landscape Architecture, Transportation and
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The Madison Depot
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LOCATION MAP: Morgan County, Madison, Georgia
SITE CONTEXT The old Central of Georgia Depot, built in the early 1900s, sits along the oldest rail lines in the state. The line, which was completed in 1845, stretched 171-miles from Atlanta to Augusta. As part of a downtown redevelopment plan, the city of Madison has acqured the depot in order to relocate and rehabilitate it for new use. As part of the rehabilitation process, extensive research is needed to guide restoration efforts for this important piece of Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. I am assisting the lead architect with cleanup as well as contributing technical skills in documentation.
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Above: Historic photos of the depot. Note the lever on the desk for changing the signal tower. Opposite: Interior of the freight room of the depot. Note the original Fairbanks freight scale and original grafitti on the walls for different local businesses. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGICAL PLANNING / PORTFOLIO 47
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CASE STUDY | MORGAN COUNTY GREENPRINT UPDATES CONTEXT Located on the outskirts of the Atlanta-metro region, Morgan County has maintained its rural setting and small-town charm, abundant greenspace, and rich agricultural heritage through progressive planning efforts. A public-driven Greenprint Plan was first commissioned in 2004, identifying countywide resources such as springs, historic farmhouses, productive agricultural lands, scenic roads, important gateways, and greenspace buffers. The Greenprint serves as a long-term strategy for the preservation of significant and valuable resources, while recognizing the inevitability and desirability of growth and economic expansion. To this end, the Greenprint reflects a desire to balance growth with preservation goals. The Greenprint Plan has been used by local governments, landowners, land trusts, the Historic Preservation Division, and the Madison-Morgan Conservancy as a guiding document to facilitate the preservation of these special places. Over the course of 2017, updates to the 2004 Greenprint Plan were prepared to coincide with updates to the Morgan County Comprehensive Plan. In order to garner input and support for the process, several forums were held throughout the county for eliciting information from the public. Results of identification efforts accounted for over 200 specific opportunities and threats pertaining to resources, features, and other significant factors within the county. The expansive inventory represents public opinion regarding what is important to save for future generations. Environs assisted planning efforts by providing technical analysis of countywide resources, and cataloguing information derived from public identification of resources, features, and other significant opportunities. ROLE: Project Manager, Charrette Participation, Graphic Production, Thematic Mapping Production
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Greenprint Analysis Basemaps 1. Publicly Identified Ecological Resources 2. Existing Ecological Resources 3. Existing Recreation Resources 4. Existing Agricultural Resources 5. Existing Historic Resources 6. Publicly Identified Historic Resources
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Top Left: Nolan Crossroads Top Right: Pastoral Landscape Bottom Left: Goosecreek Farm Bottom Right: Balance Rock
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Soque River Mitigation Bank
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LOCATION MAP: Habersham County, Clarkesville, Georgia
SITE CONTEXT The Soque River Mitigation Bank is a 140-acre wetland and stream restoration site located on a former sod farm near Clarkesville, Georgia. Environs Design Studio assisted in restoring over 9,000 linear feet of tributary streams using natural channel design principles. We provided bank stabilization with riparian buffer enhancement on 4,000 feet of the Soque River, while at the same time restoring 46 acres of wetlands, important habitat for the migratory Sandhill crane. Environs Design Studio will be monitoring the bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance for seven years.
SIZE: 46 acres and 9,000 linear ft along river ROLE: Site Assessment and Monitoring, Regulatory Production
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CASE STUDY | ARROWHEAD FARMS
Arrowhead Farms comprises nearly 2,300 acres and is located near Clinton, South Carolina, along 3-miles of the Enoree River. More than 120,000 linear feet of stream and 130 acres of wetland mitigation within five tributaries to the Enoree have been restored. Construction is slated to begin in late 2015 and will take approximately 18 months to complete. SIZE: 2,300-acres and 120,000 linear ft of stream and 130 acres of wetland mitigation ROLE: Ecological Assessment, Graphic Production, Site Monitoring and Regulatory Production
Legend Stream Enhancements Streams Road Networks Site Boundary Mitigation Boundary
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Wormsloe Research Facility Expansion
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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PROPERTY
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fortified house ruins
LOCATION MAP: Chatham County, Isle of Hope, Georgia
SITE CONTEXT At the end of 2010, the University of Georgia, College of Environment and Design was contacted to help facilitate future development decisions for the Wormsloe Foundation Property because of the in-house expertise in landscape architecture, planning and historic preservation. The transfer of the 15-acre parcel represents an important milestone for Wormsloe, enabling research opportunities to continue for future generations of university faculty and students. As part of the transfer to the university, the Foundation property will undergo some changes in order to expand research capabilities and accommodation capacities. Proposed dormitory expansions will permit more research opportunities to take place on site simultaneously, while a fully-functioning laboratory will increase research opportunities on site. Internal pedestrian and vehicular circulation improvements within the property will also be necessary as site use increases. Such developments will assist Wormsloe in achieving its goal of becoming a leading contributor in the study, interpretation, and outreach of environmental history.
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Above: The remnant slave cabin, currently functioning in a dormitory capacity, has potential for being reinterpreted in its former historic context. Opposite: Magnificent views of Long Island from the existing slave cabin. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGICAL PLANNING / PORTFOLIO 65
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ARCHIVAL RESEARCH + FIELD WORK
It is imperative that a balanced approach to development be enacted in order to minimize irreparable impacts on archaeology, culturally and ecologically-significant features. Proposed locations of structures, utilities, and circulation improvements must be vetted against all known historic and ecological data in order to determine placement that minimizes disturbance to al resources—ecological and cultural. As such, our approach tends to be based on how the level of impact will affect the integrity of the Wormsloe landscape, not in terms of years, but in the decades and centuries beyond. Extensive field work was conducted in order to “ground truth,” or verify, the locations of features with existing site conditions. A thorough documentation of existing site conditions also enabled us to start with the most accurate data possible when making design recommendations. To assist with design development, archival research was also conducted, including identifying historic maps and photographs. The following represent some of the items collected from the DeRenne Collection in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia.
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Above: “Aunt LIza,” mammy at Wormsloe, who was born a slave, standing in front of her cabin. Opposite: View of the original slave cabins along the historic slave avenue. 68 EXHIBITIONS: SELECTED WORKS
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Basemap Creation Data Sources
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ArcGIS Online Atlanta Regional Commission Chatham County GIS GA GIS Clearinghouse GPS Field Data UGA-CRMS USGS NHDS
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Research
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Data Acquisition
Data Types: UGA-Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library: Historic Maps Historic Photographs
Oral Histories
Figure 1.0 Basemap Creation Process Diagram
LiDAR Small-scale Features Hydrology Aerial Imagery Landcover Landuse Vegetation Circulation Structures
Data Analysis
Georeference Merge Clip Extract Classify Features Topo Creation DEM Creation
Periods of Significance Maps Pre-European Cotton Culture Family Reestablishment and Tourism Existing Conditions
Existing Conditions Map (2012)
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Pre-European Map (Prior to 1733)
Cotton Culture Map (1791-1860)
Family Reestablishment and Tourism Map (1896-1940)
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3 Ribbed urn with Yucca located at top of wall.
2 1 Picketed wrought iron fencing has since been replaced with wrought iron screen. Iron scrolls at ends of wall have been used as bench arms and relocated to the inside of the garden room.
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Wormsloe State Historic Site* Savannah, Georgia Work completed under previous employment
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5 Shrubbery has been added to rectangular beds. Clay pots have been removed and replaced with seated lion statuary.
Iron statuary on pedestals with ivy growing at base. Rectangular stone paving noted per 1928 garden plan.
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BrunswickAltamaha Canal
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LOCATION MAP: Glynn County, Brunswick, Georgia
SITE CONTEXT Located in Glynn County, Georgia, the Brunswick-Altamaha Canal stretches for approximately 12 miles from Academy Creek at Brunswick Harbor where it intersects with Six Mile Creek at the upland edge of the estuarine marshes, which flank the Altamaha River. Six Mile Creek meanders an additional 1.4 miles north before emptying into the South Branch of the Altamaha River. The canal was intended to function as a transportation corridor, linking Brunswick Harbor with the Altamaha River located 12 miles to the north. Although construction began in 1836, the canal was not completed until 1854 due to financial problems. In June of 1854 the canal finally opened, but the success was short-lived after falling victim to the advent of the railroad. Water level in the canal was originally controlled by locks placed at each end, however, only those in the north remain.
SIZE: 12 miles ROLE: Site Research and Analysis, Graphic Production (graduate coursework)
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HYDROLOGY
The canal is located within two major river basinsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Altamaha and the Satilla. Based on the information provided by the EPA, the total area comprised of the Cumberland-St. Simons watershed feeding into the canal is estimated at 10573 acres or 16.5 square miles. An analysis of impervious cover and elevation reveal patterns, which appear consistent with previous findings suggesting that ecological function of the canal has been degraded over time. In additon, Yellow Bluff Creek, which feeds into the southern reach of the canal was found to be designated impaired for fishing by the EPA due to high concentrations of dissolved oxygen and fecal coliform bacteria. Additional information needs to be gathered to determine if any industrial facilities dump into connecting waters. LAND USE
Generalized land use categories found within the Cumberland-St. Simons watershed include industrial, commercial, residential, and open space. Multi-family residential comprises the greatest distribution, which can be found along most of the length of the canal. The second largest category includes commercial, with concentrations noted along Interstate 95, and the area including and south of the Brunswick airport. Industrial pockets can be found along the southern reaches of the canal, owing to the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proximity to the Turtle River. In all, development comprises 57% of the watershed. Understandably the greatest concentrations of population can be found in the areas closest to downtown Brunswick. Greater density located along the southern end of the canal poses a challenge for ecological systems, which are at a greater risk of receiving pollutants from stormwater runoff.
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Context Map River Basins
Impervious Cover
Urban Areas
Brunswick Canal
Coastal Counties
Impervious 0
Study Boundary
CUMBERLAND-ST. SIMONS WATERSHED
WATERSHED CONTEXT GIS Skills: Export to Adobe Illustrator, Clip to Shapefile, Calculate Geometry, Export .kml, .kml to shapefile, Create New Shapefile from Selected Attributes, Create New Attribute Field Data Sources: EPA Google Earth Waters Data, ARC, USGS, Glynn County, GDOT
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1 Mile
Pervious
ALTAMAHA-SATILLA RIVER BASINS
IMPERVIOUS COVER GIS Skills: Export to Adobe Illustrator, Clip to Shapefile, Calculate Geometry, Export .kml, .kml to shapefile, Create New Shapefile from Selected Attributes, Create New Attribute Field Data Sources: EPA Google Earth Waters Data, ARC, USGS, Glynn County, GDOT, UGA-NRSAL
Canal
m ah a Bruns wick-A lta Land Categories
Lowest Elevation (-5’)
Brunswick Canal
Industrial
High
Commercial
Highest Elevation (55’) 1 Mile
(Total Pop./Acres)
Water Bodies
Direction of Flow 0
Population Density
Brunswick Canal
Drainage
0
1 Mile
LandUseResidential
0
1 Mile
Medium Low
Brunswick Canal Agricultural/Parks/
Conservation Industrial Commercial Residential Agricultural/Parks/ Conservation
ELEVATION + DRAINAGE PATTERNS GIS Skills: Export to Adobe Illustrator, Clip to Shapefile, Hillshade, Export .kml, .kml to shapefile, Create New Shapefile from Selected Attributes, Classify attributes, Model Builder
LAND USE GIS Skills: export to Adobe Illustrator, clip to shapefile, export .kml, .kml to shapefile, create new shapefile from selected attributes, symbolize by attributes
POPULATION DENSITY GIS Skills: export to Adobe Illustrator, clip to shapefile, calculate geometry, export .kml, .kml to shapefile, create new shapefile from selected attributes, create new attribute field, classify data
Data Sources: EPA Google Earth Waters Data, ARC, USGS, Glynn County, GDOT
Data Sources:
Data Sources:
EPA Google Earth waters data, ARC, USGS, Glynn County, GDOT, DNR
EPA Google Earth waters data, ARC, USGS, Glynn County, GDOT, UGA-NRSAL
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LAND COVER
An analysis of land cover revealed that the watershed is comprised of approximately 4076 vegetated acres or 42% vegetated cover. In addition, thirteen unique plant communities were identified, including maritime forests, estuarine marshes, hardwood swamps, pine savannas, and successional forests. The greatest coverage consisted of pine plantations, tidal marsh, and successional forests respectively.
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Fig. 1.1 Land Cover-Plant Communities
Fig. 1.2 Generalized Land Cover Classification
Alluvial Rivers and Swamps Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest Peatland Pocosin and Canebrake Pine Plantation
Depression Pondshore
Water Bodies
a Canal
Floodplain
Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh
Marsh
Maritime Forest
Maritime
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Pine
Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh
Successional
Tidal Wooded Swamp
Other
Brunsw
Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Hydric Hammock Successional Hardwood Forest Successional Pine Forest
Coverage (Acres)
Coverage (Acres)
Alluvial Rivers and Swamps-98 (2.4%)
Water Bodies-463.7 (4.4%)
Blackwater Stream and Floodplain Forest-362.3 (8.9%)
Floodplain-688.1 (6.5%)
Peatland and Pocosin Canebrake-27.4 (0.7%)
Marsh-962.4 (9.1%)
Pine Plantation-1309 (32.1%)
Maritime-344.7 (3.3%)
Depression Pondshore-4.2 (0.1%)
Pine-1476.4 (14%)
Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh-656 (16.1%)
Successional-502 (4.8%)
Maritime Forest-344.7 (8.5%)
Other-6109.7 (57.9%)
Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh-306.4 (7.5%)
TOTAL WATERSHED
4076 Total Vegetated Acres
Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods-167.4 (1.5%)
42% Vegetated Cover
Hydric Hammock-235.3 (5.8%) Successional Hardwood Forest-65 (1.6%) Successional Pine Forest-437 (10.7%)
LandUse
Plant Communities
Brunswick Canal Industrial Commercial
Brunswick-Altamaha Canal
Residential Agricultural/Parks/ Conservation
Parcels Water Bodies
LAND COVER GIS Skills: export shapefile to Adobe Illustrator, clip to shapefile, export .kml, .kml to shapefile, create new shapefile from selected attributes, symbolize by attributes, create new field, calculate geometry, export table to excel
Marsh Maritime Pine 0
Successional
.5 Miles
Floodplain/Riparian
Data Sources: EPA Google Earth waters data, ARC, USGS, Glynn County, GDOT, DNR 2008
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Alluvial Rivers and Swamps
Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest Bald Cypress Water Tupelo Swamp Tupelo Carolina Ash Virginia Sweetspire Laurel Oak Musclewood Fetterbush Red Maple Looseleaf Water-Willow
Taxodium distichum Nyssa aquatica Nyssa biflora Fraxinus caroliniana Itea virginica Quercus laurifolia Carpinus caroliniana Lyonia lucida Acer rubrum Justicia ovata
Peatland Pocosin and Canebrake Loblolly Bay Sweetbay Magnolia Swamp Bay Sphagnum Moss
Gordonia lasianthus Magnolia virginiana Persea palustris Sphagnum spp.
Pine Plantation Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
Depression Pondshore
Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Common Bulrush
Typha latifolia
Maritime Forest Live Oak Slash Pine Cabbage Palm Red Bay American Hornbeam
Quercus virginiana Pinus elliottii Sabal palmetto Persea borbonia Carpinus americana
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SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
I have incorporated a variety of software programs into my work flow, including the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator), Kerkythea, Google Sketchup, ArcMap, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D, Nik Silver Efex Pro 2, Microsoft Office, and LandFX. MODELING PROCESS
The following is a typical process for rendering landscape models when more detail is needed than can be achieved by Photoshop alone: Models are created in Google Sketchup before being brought into Kerkythea for rendering. Kerkythea is a free, standalone rendering software. The software can be integrated with any software supporting .obj or .3ds formats, including 3Ds Max and Google Sketchup. A plug-in enables Kerkythea lights to be placed in Sketchup, and effectively “turned on” in Kerkythea.
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Above: Feature article in Lake Oconee Living featuring heirloom squash production in the home garden. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGICAL PLANNING / PORTFOLIO 87
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Above and Opposite: Select species in the home garden provide valuable habitat for pollinators. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGICAL PLANNING / PORTFOLIO 91
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