Welcome to the Carl Vinson Institute of Government’s on-line survey of users of Georgia’s section of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW).

This survey is part of a study to determine the effects of the federal government’s decision to stop dredging the ICW. The study will determine the likely loss of use and the economic impact that will have in Georgia’s coastal counties. You have been invited to participate in this survey because because you are a registered boater. Please be assured that your responses will be kept in confidence and only aggregate statistics from all responses will be made public.

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Be advised that all Internet communications are insecure and there is a limit to the confidentiality that can be guaranteed due to the technology itself. However once the materials are received by the researcher, standard confidentiality procedures will be employed.

Additional questions or problems regarding your rights as a research participant should be addressed to The Chairperson, Institutional Review Board, University of Georgia, 612 Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, Athens, Georgia 30602-7411; Telephone (706) 542-3199; E-Mail Address IRB@uga.edu