During May and June 1993, cultural resource surveys were conducted in sections of Compartments 122, 135, 137; 142, 143 in Jasper and Putnam Counties on areas damaged by the November 1992 tornado on the Oconee National Forest. m e surveys were done prior to planned machine preparation and replanting activities on salvaged areas in the tornado swath as presented and agreed to in the Programmatic Agreement and the Cultural Resources Treatment Plan for this project, signed by the Georgia SHPO and the U.S. Forest Service in December 1992. The surveys covered a total of 515 acres of National Forest and located a total of 17 new archeological sites. Most all of the sites were disturbed in some fashion and are ineligible for nomination to the National Register. Previously recorded sites GA08-1417, 1419, 1423, 1425 and 1432 were revisited during this survey, with additional artifacts collected from 1419 and 1423. In addition, an area in Compartment 181 in Greene County around the Dyar Pasture waterfowl impoundment area was surveyed before proposed construction of a trail and observation deck. This is included as an Addendum at the end of this report.
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