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Riverkeeper Raises Coal Ash Concerns at Lake Sinclair
Member Alert for Community Near the Harlee Branch Coal Plant on Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, GA 1/5/2016–The Altamaha River watershed received massive flooding over the holidays, swelling rivers and lakes. Altamaha…
Rayonier AM Permit Allows Pollution of Altamaha to Continue
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has issued the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for Rayonier Advanced Materials. EPD, which granted the permit Dec. 29, is requiring some tighter limits…
Atwood Requests Reconsideration of Spit Permit
Responding to constituent concerns, Georgia Rep. Alex Atwood (R-St.Simons) has asked the DNR’s Shore Protection Committee to reconsider its decision to grant a Permit to Sea Island Acquisitions to build a groin…
ARK Will Pursue Options to Oppose Sea Island Groin
The Coastal Marshlands and Shore Protection Committee has voted 2-1 to approve the proposal by Sea Island Acquisitions (SIA) to build a 350 foot groin intended to protect 8…
ARK Helps Fight Proposed Ethanol Transfer Station
The Altamaha Riverkeeper worked with community members to help fight against a proposed ethanol transfer station in an already contaminated area near Bond Swamp in Macon. The Macon-Bibb Planning and…
How Ga. EPD Helps Rayonier AM Avoid the Clean Water Act
The Altamaha River is designated one of The Nature Conservancy’s “75 Last Great Places.” The Altamaha River is also listed as one of Georgia River Network’s “Georgia’s Dirty Dozen.” Since…
ARK Weighs in Against Sea Wall on Spit
GreenLaw, on behalf of The Altamaha Riverkeeper, the Center for a Sustainable Coast and Surfrider Foundation, has weighed in with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in opposition to the…
Did YOU Make it to Clam Jam 2015?
Clam Jam 2015 hosted by Neal and Ginger Boswell at their beautiful marsh-side farm on November 7 was a great event. If you didn’t make it this year, make a…
Push EPA to Urge Rayonier AM to Clean Up its Discharge
By Mark Yeager For the second time in four years, Georgia’s largest river – the Altamaha –rates among “Georgia’s Dirty Dozen,” published by the Georgia River Network, a coalition of…
More Land along the Altamaha Protected from Development
Altama Plantation was one of the last large tracts of land in the coastal counties of the Altamaha River. The vast property is now protected from development and will be…