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RBC Affiliates team up to rescue species from extinction

'We Need to emerge!': SFS Program fosters diversity in freshwater science

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UGA GRADUATE STUDENT CONNECTS CONSERVATION AND AG

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WETLANDS PROTECTION PRIMER OFFERS TOOLS
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Learn about the River Basin Center

The River Basin Center connects freshwater science to management and policy. Although affiliated with the Odum School of Ecology, we are known for an interdisciplinary approach; our members are drawn from units across the University of Georgia.

River Basin Center faculty, staff and students work on aquatic management issues around the globe, but the center maintains an emphasis on the southeastern US.

UpComing Events

Aug 13

Odum School of Ecology Mixer at ESA 2025

6:00 pm

Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor President Room

Aug 27

River Basin Center Informational Session

12:00 pm

Ecology Building Turtle Pond

Recent News

Endangered minnow rallies conservationists in race to save the laurel dace

July 10, 2025

Last summer, a minnow called the laurel dace faced extinction when drought dried up the few streams where it lives in southeastern Tennessee. Conservation biologists rescued two populations to keep at the Tennessee Aquarium, and now two Odum School graduate students are working with other researchers and local residents to save the

Affiliates Rosemond, Pringle named SFS fellows

June 4, 2025

Amy Rosemond and Catherine Pringle were inducted into the Fellows of the Society for Freshwater Science at a recent meeting in Puerto Rico. Several members of the Pringle Lab also held a two-part panel discussion—“Hydrologic connectivity and watershed conservation: a session in honor of Dr. Cathy Pringle”— to highlight the knowledge amassed

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Please contact UGARiverbasincenter@uga.edu with questions

Our location:

203 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602

RBC members and affiliates are based through the University of Georgia campus.

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