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Energy and Water in Georgia: ARK launches new website feature

2012 Coastal Georgia Regional Science and Engineering Fair >>

Winner

Longleaf Defeat Marks End

WSAV TV news story: Rayonier Discharge Makes Dirty Dozen Rivers List

Report Sections:
Altamaha River
Oconee and Ogeechee Rivers
Coastal Wetlands
South Georgia Wetlands
Brier and Commissioner Creeks

Rayonier acknowledges waste issues

Twelve Rivers make "Dirty" List

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists the Altamaha Spinymussel as an Endangered Species

Altamaha Riverkeeper Investigating Fish Kill in Commissioner CreekFishkill

Radioactive Water Found under Plant Hatch

Leaky pipe ID'd as radioactive source at nuclear Plant Hatch

Georgia Drought Redux: Reading Between the Lines of the News
Providing an informed look at water-related topics in the news. A project of Georgia River Network -- www.garivers.org.

Paddle Georgia Comes to the Altamaha in 2012 - River Scouting Underway

Year after massive chemical spill, Trail Creek's future remains murky

Altamaha Riverkeeper objecting to Rayonier's plans to change its method of cleaning up discharges

Barton: What reeks about rivers

Past News

Paddle Georgia Comes Home
River Enthusiasts Converge on Athens

Support EPA in finalizing a strong Mercury Rule! May 26th

River Celebration Planned for June 24th in East Dublin, GA

Paddle Georgia

 

 

Let the voting begin.

Vote for your favorite photos by making a $10 donation for each vote. You can vote-donate as many times as you want on any photo. Photographers may contribute for their own photo.
Start voting now!

Calling all Photographers – Altamaha Riverkeeper Photo Contest.

Please help us raise money to protect our watershed.

Photographers: Submit your nature photos to ARK for our website and ask your friends to vote for your entry online with a $10 donation. We will promote and publicize the contest on the ARK website, facebook and email alerts, and in over 100 watershed newspapers.


Start voting now!

Who wins? At the end of May, the person whose photos receive the most contributions – wins. A winner will also be selected in a drawing from the photo contributors.

What do they win? The winning photographer and winning contributor will have a choice of adventures, a joint trip with retired Altamaha Riverkeeper, James Holland, to the largest cypress in the tri-state area or an eco tour by boat on the Lower Altamaha. Both trips offer spectacular photo-ops and a chance to experience what ARK is trying to protect!

The winning photo & photographer will be featured on the ARK website, facebook, receive a one year ARK membership, and get lots of publicity in local newspapers and in environmental circles.

Submit your nature photos

Share your creativity and help us generate support for healthy water. Photographers may contribute for their own photo. Send your photos and tell your friends.


WSAV TV news story: Rayonier Discharge Makes Dirty Dozen Rivers List

Photos of Rayonier’s pollution

Watch this video by James Holland showing the discharge and its impact from the river

ARK documents the discharge over the years. Is it getting better? You be the judge.

Georgia Water Coalition Releases Dirty Dozen.
Download the Full Report.





10 years of ARK history in photos

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Our Photo Gallery

Gallery Photo

Bald Eagle in the Altamaha River

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James Holland Altamaha Book

Be among the first to get your hands on James Holland’s book, Altamaha, A River and Its Keeper. Join us for the book premier, reception, reading, and book signing at historic Ashantilly in Darien on
June 30 at 2:00.


Altamaha Riverkeeper Position Open
Applications are currently under review and will be accepted until the position is filled.


Altamaha Riverkeeper’s
Annual Meeting Celebration

On The Ocmulgee River At Way’s Landing
In Hawkinsville
Saturday, April 28, 2012


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