Volunteers will clean a 48-mile stretch of the Chattahoochee River on Saturday, April 13.
Nearly 600 volunteers are expected to pull out tons of trash along the Chattahoochee at the 3rd Annual Sweep the Hooch multi-site cleanup on the morning of Saturday, April 13, according to a recent press release. The cleanup is a partnership between the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK), Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited (UCCTU) and National Park Service. Volunteers will help clean up the river at 22 sites along the 48-mile stretch of river through the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA), says the CRK. "This is the kind of hands-on work that Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and our partners do that reaffirms our commitment to keeping our river clean. We’ll have volunteers paddling the river, wading in the water, and …
In this Article:
Check out are the winners in each of the race categories!
Hundreds spent much of the day Saturday, June 9 at Riverside Park for the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's 10th Annual "Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival." Racers made their way down to Riverside Park from Garrard Landing on Holcomb Bridge Road, where they were met with icy cool treats, food and other goodies from various vendors. Roswell Mayor Jere Wood and Superintendent of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Patty Wissinger won first place in the co-ed canoe Master category. For a detailed list of other race winners and top performers, check out the attached PDF or visit the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper website for the 2012 results by category. Were you at the event? Add your own photos to this article!
The festival is set to take place, Saturday, June 9, at Riverside Park in Roswell.
Paddlers of all ages and skill levels will take to the water, for the 10th Annual Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival on Saturday, June 9. Racers will begin at Garrard Landing Park on Holcomb Bridge Road and end at Riverside Park in Roswell, where they'll join festival-goers for some free fun, including music and awards. Organized and presented by the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (UCR), in partnership with the National Park Service, Fulton County and the city of Roswell, the event is organized to celebrate the Chattahoochee and foster a sense of community around the river that serves 3.5 million Georgians and 70 percent of metro Atlantans. The race begins at 9 a.m. and includes open and recreational categories, various age…
In this Article:
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper will partner with Trout Unlimited and the National Park Service for the event, Saturday, April 14.
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Trout Unlimited and the National Park Service hope to welcome nearly 600 volunteers to “Sweep the Hooch” for the second consecutive year, this weekend. Saturday, April 14, the massive, multi-site cleanup will cover the 48 miles of the river that run through the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Volunteers all along the river, including in Roswell, will divide up into three groups – paddlers, waders and walkers – as they roam their 21 sites picking up trash. Last year, the debris collected included everything from aluminum cans and plastic bottles to car tires and even a kitchen sink. The result was nearly 360 volunteers picking up 3.3 tons of trash – including 1,500 pounds of recyclable material…
Sally Bethea's organization is responsible for helping to keep Roswell's portion of the Chattahoochee clean.
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (UCR) Executive Director Sally Bethea was honored by Southern Living magazine as one of its “Heroes of the New South.” Bethea, who helped co-found UCR in 1994, won in the “Eco-Preservation” category “as an individual recognized for fighting tirelessly to preserve the beauty of the region’s natural resources,” the magazine said in a press release. “I am very honored by this recognition and pleased to accept it as one of the 200 waterkeepers around the world who are working daily for clean, healthy waterways in their communities,” Bethea said. The honorees will be featured in the magazine’s March issue, which hits newsstands on Friday, Feb. 24. Winners were chosen by the magazine and a panel of jurors, based …
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper held its annual member celebration Sunday, Dec. 4.
The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (UCR) ended its 2011 event season on an inspiring note during its annual Member Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 4 at Roswell River Landing. The riverside venue was perfect for boat rides, standup paddle board demonstrations and rain barrel painting for kids. Special guest speaker Donna Lisenby of Upper Watauga Riverkeeper rallied the crowd with an important message about the connection between environmental advocacy and the creation of thousands of jobs needed to upgrade water and sewer systems, among other opportunities. UCR also took the opportunity to honor volunteers Pegi Amend, Bob Atkinson, Bill Hayn, Richard Jacobson and Mike Meyer, as well as hold a christening ceremony for its new boat. Guests …
The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's Executive Director Sally Bethea urges local residents to fight a bill currently working its way through the legislature.
It may be hard for some Georgians to remember, but there was a time when our nation’s rivers caught on fire because they were filled with toxic waste. Other waterways were filled with sludge worms feasting on partially treated sewage downstream of cities. Thanks to the passage of the federal Clean Water Act in 1972, we have made significant progress in restoring our rivers, lakes and coast to protect drinking water supplies, recreational areas and downstream property values. Forty years later, there is an aggressive effort to dismantle this federal law with a bill introduced in Congress just a few weeks ago — the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act (H.R. 2018). Don’t be fooled by the name. This legislation would gut the Clean Water Act …
