What's Up In the Coosa Basin?

Learn what's happening in the Upper Coosa River Basin. Read the latest issue of CRBI's Mainstream newsletter published June 20, 2008.

River Revelry--A Biodiversity Bash

Join CRBI Saturday Aug. 23 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at Heritage Park in Downtown Rome for the third annual River Revelry--A Biodiversity Bash and help us celebrate the Upper Coosa River Basin's 30 endemic aquatic species.

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Rep. Katie Dempsey to Hold Water Town Hall Meeting Aug. 21 in Rome

Please plan on attending a town hall meeting hosted by State Rep. Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) this Thursday, Aug. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sara Hightower Library in Downtown Rome.

This is your chance to discuss water issues with elected officials and representatives from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division. Rep. Lynn Smith, Chairperson of the House Natural Resources Committee, is expected to attend along with Dr. Becky Champion, EPD’s Assistant Branch Chief for Coosa and Tallapoosa River Basins.

With the passage of the Comprehensive Statewide Water Plan earlier this year, it is important that the state follow through with the studies and processes outlined in the plan. Key among those items for the Coosa River Basin is plans that call on the Department of Natural Resources Board to adopt rules and regulations regarding interbasin transfers.

Resources:

Georgia Statewide Water Planning home page (from the Georgia EPD)

 Background on Water Planning (from the Georgia Water Coalition)

Silver Creek Clean Sweep

Sept. 6, 2008
9:00 a.m.-Noon

Please join the Coosa River Basin Initiative for its 6^th Annual Silver Creek Clean Sweep—an effort to restore Silver Creek, a tributary of the Etowah River flowing through Lindale and Rome. Last year, over 100 volunteers cleared more than 2000 pounds of debris from this urban stream. This year, we plan to continue to clean and restore this picturesque stream that flows through important public land in downtown Rome.

When: September 6^th 9am-12pm

Who: Coosa River Basin Initiative, Berry College, Southeast Elementary school, local citizens.

Where: Glover Street Church off of South Broad.

Contact: David Promis @ 706-232-2724, dpromis@coosa.org  or John Scott Husser @ 706-236-5616, jshusserjr@aol.com

There will be free pizza and drinks for participants!

About Us

Coosa River Basin Initiative, the Upper Coosa Riverkeeper, is a 501c3 grassroots, environmental organization based in Rome, Georgia. Our mission is to inform and empower citizens so that they may become involved in the process of creating a cleaner, healthier, more economically viable Coosa River Basin. Please see our list of news and upcoming events to the left of this page.

A member of the international Waterkeeper Alliance, the Georgia Water Coalition and Alabama Rivers Alliance, we work in four program areas: advocacy, education, water monitoring and restoration.

We keep watch over the streams, land and air of our river basin which covers more than 5,000 square miles of land, from Southeastern Tennessee and North Central Georgia to Weiss Dam in Northeast Alabama. Funded through private grants, membership dues, special event fundraisers and donations, we are the voice for the environment in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama.