2023 - 02 - 15 – APF begins land disturbance and silt fence erection on the former prison farm site following the permit approval by Dekalb CEO Thurmond in a joint decision with Atlanta Mayor Dickens in the wake of the killing of a protestor named Tortuguita d uring a police raid in the adjacent public county park. (Photo source: John Ruch – February 16, 2023 7:06 pm ) 2023 - 03 - 31 – APF begins clear cutting acres of forest in violation of permit appeals process for residentially zoned sites claiming to take adva ntage of the designation as “governmental buildings” although the project is funded, built, and operated by the Atlanta Police Foundation, a private entity not held to the same ethical, financial, and accountability standards of public departments. (Photo source: Atlanta Community Press Collective Twitter – March 31, 2023 2:43 pm) 2023 - 03 - 31 – APF begins clear cutting acres after promising to replace every tree cut with 100 trees . In a since - redacted memo, the Mayor and the city once claimed that there wa s no forest where the facility is proposed to be built. Atlanta loses 0.5 acres of tree canopy per day with this project by the APF being a particularly egregious outlier. 2023 - 03 - 31 – Pictured in the bottom right corner is one of two ponds on the north ern side of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm site that feeds a stream that flows through the proposed site of APF’s PSTC. 2023 - 03 - 3 1 – Powerline cut through the former prison farm site with Shadowbox Studios (fr. Blackhall Studios owned by Ryan Millsap) in th e top right corner 2023 - 03 - 31 – Another one of the ponds on the northern side of the site is visible on the bottom right corner. At the top, the Metro Detention Center, a prison for children, is visible across the street from Shadow Box Studios. APF’s p roposed plans place the firing range right next to the children’s prison. Photos on the following pages were taken at the location as described on pages 21 - 22. 2023 - 04 - 01 – At the confluence of the stream through the prison farm site and Intrenchment Cr eek 2023 - 04 - 01 – Prior to rain event, deep still water is blueish - greenish in color 2023 - 04 - 01 – Heavy rainfall begins 2023 - 04 - 01 2023 - 04 - 01 – Bright red sediment becomes visible in the stream running through the prison farm site 2023 - 04 - 01 – Upstream still blueish - greenish 2023 - 04 - 01 – Distinct contrast between prison farm site mud and Intrenchment Creek water 2023 - 04 - 01 – Upstream still blueish - greenish 2023 - 04 - 01 – Prison farm stream bleeding red clay mud 2023 - 04 - 01 – As the prison farm stream enters the creek, a sand bar diverts water down and upstream 2023 - 04 - 01 – Thick red clay mud contrasts heavily w ith upstream creek water 2023 - 04 - 01 – Adjacent creek water still clear enough to see through to the mud from the stream 2023 - 04 - 01 – Water flows from all over the prison farm site into the stream, from the ponds to this spot 2023 - 04 - 01 – Due to heav y land disturbance and tree removal upstream, dirt gets easily washed away 2023 - 04 - 01 – Thick mud in the stream is a direct result of land disturbance and tree removal 2023 - 04 - 01 – Some of the stream water diverted by the sand bar flows upcreek along t he western bank 2023 - 04 - 01 – Silt fencing can only prevent a certain amount of disturbance 2023 - 04 - 01 – Some blueish - greenish water still present in the creek despite sediment pollution 2023 - 04 - 01 – Water down creek bright red 2023 - 04 - 01 – Water up creek still has blueish - greenish color 2023 - 04 - 01 – Directly up creek of stream inlet 2023 - 04 - 01 – Directly up creek of stream inlet 2023 - 04 - 01 – Entire creek begins to change to bright red color 2023 - 04 - 01 – Red clay mud still clearly visible coming from prison farm stream 2023 - 04 - 01 – After about one hour of rainfall, f lash flood ing raises water level by several feet instantly 2023 - 04 - 01 – High elevation, high volume, high velocity due to high amount of i mpervious surfaces 2023 - 04 - 01 – Flash flood level nearly reaches bridge girder 2023 - 04 - 01 – Approximate max water level not recordable due to hidden measurement marks 2023 - 04 - 01 – High creek level backflows into prison farm stream and suspends addit ional sediment 2023 - 04 - 01 – Water level slowly falls after flash flood, significant sediment pollution up and down creek 2023 - 04 - 01 – High amount of suspended sediment giving it the bright red color 2023 - 04 - 01 – Further up the creek, the trail become s threatened by erosion 2023 - 04 - 01 – River cane being threatened by erosion 2023 - 04 - 01 – A large tree succumbed to erosion and flash flood