Specific goals within this broad mission include:
٭ To provide training and educational programs and opportunities in the geospatial technologies.
٭ Developing programs to maintain and improve the environment in NE Georgia;
٭ Giving individuals technical and conceptual tools to asses and manage environmental problems in watershed management, soil, conservation, forestry, engin
eering, environmental policy, politics and law, health, communications, and society and the environment;
٭ Providing opportunities for public education and professional training in environmental health, environmental communications, and social dimensions of environmental issues;
٭ Raising public awareness of the importance of environmental issues and the effects of land use changes and development on water quality, environmental health, environmental policies, and social issues involving environmental concerns.