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A little reflection from Mary Oliver to send you i

A little reflection from Mary Oliver to send you into the weekend 🌊

Who can guess the luna’s sadness who

lives so briefly? Who can guess the

impatience of stone longing to be

ground down, to be part again of

something livelier? Who can imagine

in what heaviness the rivers remember

their original clarity?

Strange questions, yet I have spent

worthwhile time with them. And I

suggest them to you also, that your

spirit grow in curiosity, that your

life be richer than it is, that you

bow to the earth as you feel how it

actually is, that we—so clever, and

ambitious, and selfish, and unrestrained—

are only one design of the moving, the

vivacious many.

- Mary Oliver from A Thousand Mornings

The 2022 Legislative Session has begun and there a

The 2022 Legislative Session has begun and there are a couple of key items to protect Georgia's waterways on the table that we are keeping our eyes on. Two relating to Coal Ash disposal:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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🐠HB 647 (Rep. Vance Smith,R- Pine Mountain, and HNRE Chair Rep. Lynn Smith, R-Newnan) addresses post-closure groundwater monitoring at coal ash disposal sites. The Senate Natural Resources Committee needs to hold a hearing and vote on this piece of legislation.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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🐠HB 176 (sponsored by Rep. Debbie Buckner, D-Junction City, Mary Margaret Oliver, Mary Frances Williams and others) and SB 230 sponsored by Sen. Jen Jordan, D-Atlanta, and others) would require by law that coal ash be disposed of in lined, permitted solid waste landfills.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We got cold weather gear in stock to keep you warm

We got cold weather gear in stock to keep you warm! 🥶 Check out our 'catfish banjo picker' sweat shirt in our online shop at coosa.org/shop/ 🐠

A joy filled weekend starts with images like this

A joy filled weekend starts with images like this one of Amicalola Falls by @billrubino😊

Amicalola Falls is one of the beautiful waterfalls in our watershed. Have you been there?
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We’re flagging trails and staging plants for a b

We’re flagging trails and staging plants for a big project at Park Creek Elementary. We will be planting thousands of flowers and trees around this Dalton school to provide habitat for pollinators and improve water quality for trispot darter populations (threatened) in nearby creeks that receive runoff from the property.
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Incredible! Research recently published in the Ame

Incredible! Research recently published in the American Society for Microbiology’s journal found thousands of plastic degrading enzymes in soil and water samples. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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“We found multiple lines of evidence supporting the fact that the global microbiome’s plastic-degrading potential correlates strongly with measurements of environmental plastic pollution – a significant demonstration of how the environment is responding to the pressures we are placing on it,” said Prof Aleksej Zelezniak, at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We will consider this a win! 🙌Swipe right to re

We will consider this a win! 🙌Swipe right to read about the #EPA decision to require toxic coal ash to be completely removed from contact with groundwater🤸‍♀️👏
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A big thanks to our community and the hundreds of organizations who worked together to push for this decision! 🍻Here’s to clean water!
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Guess what? We have our very popular rainbow dart

Guess what? We have our very popular rainbow darter mural tee in kids sizes now, too!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Tourism and recreation are a major part of the eco

Tourism and recreation are a major part of the economic importance of the upper Coosa River basin. A study of Lake Allatoona, one the Corps of Engineers most visited projects in the country, showed that the lake had a yearly $93 million impact on local economies.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Weiss Lake is known as the Crappie Capital of the World for its tremendous crappie fishery, and the economy of Cherokee County is highly dependent upon the lake. Each year, lake visitors spend about $145 million locally, and the lake generates about 4,100 jobs in the region worth $36 million in wages, according to studies conducted during the 1990s.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Our hope for 2022 and beyond is that our community

Our hope for 2022 and beyond is that our community can continue to have safe watersheds to play and explore! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It's the circle of life- When a species goes extin

It's the circle of life- When a species goes extinct we lose so much more than a single species- we lose an integral part of our ecosystem that can not be replaced. The loss of a species means that the entire ecosystem has to adapt to an imbalance which puts other species of animals and plants at risk. Currently in our 5,500 square mile river basin alone we have 13 federally threatened or endangered species. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Our mission is to improve habitat for these critters and provide opportunities for them to thrive. When we accomplish that we also create greater opportunities for the animals and plants that rely upon them- including ourselves.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I don’t know about y’all but 2021 has felt a l

I don’t know about y’all but 2021 has felt a lot like a wild river ride some parts were easy and meandering and others felt like we were dropping off a waterfall and hoping things look good at the bottom! While it wasn’t quite the return to normal we all hoped for we had a great run and we’re so grateful for our community of members and supporters who continued to make it possible for us to keep our precious watershed alive! Thank you!

Photo by the talented @chrisgreerphotography

An inspiring story of conservation from the Georgi

An inspiring story of conservation from the Georgia coast by the Nature Conservancy- “The islands of the Altamaha, like the banks of the river itself, might have become endangered and developed. Some of their neighbors—nearby St. Simons Island and Sea Island—were long ago worked over into tourist spots, covered with golf courses and condominiums.

But an Atlanta woman who loved the coast had other ideas. Jane Yarn in 1969 persuaded her husband to buy one of the little barrier islands, Egg, to preserve it. Just two years earlier, Yarn had become passionate about protecting the environment while on a family trip to Kenya and South Africa. There, she found herself immersed in the environment and a witness to its destruction.

The Yarns bought Egg Island—all 593 acres—for $25,000. Jane Yarn continued her quest to protect Georgia’s barrier islands, working with the Conservancy to raise money to acquire Wolf and Little Egg Islands as well. She soon made a reputation for herself as the “marsh lady”

Find the full story on the nature conservancy website

Photo credit Blake Gordon.

How Santa will be getting across the River tonight

How Santa will be getting across the River tonight🎁 🎅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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photo by Matt McClain on the Potomac River for The Washington Post

Happy Holiday Season from the Coosa River Basin In

Happy Holiday Season from the Coosa River Basin Initiative!

Creature Feature! Great Blue Heron 🪶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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On a scale of 1 to BaHumbug - how's your holiday p

On a scale of 1 to BaHumbug - how's your holiday prep coming along?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If you feel like you're paddling up stream this holiday season- just take some advice from the Venice Santa parade and take things one stroke at a time. 🎅

The Dirty Dozen report from Georgia Water Coalitio

The Dirty Dozen report from Georgia Water Coalition is out! What industries, policies are causing the most damage to Georgia’s rivers? Find out by reading the report! Find the link in our bio.
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Creature Feature! The Red Cockaded Woodpecker an

Creature Feature! The Red Cockaded Woodpecker an endangered native to the Southeast 🪶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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- They roost and create their nests in live pine trees that are infected with red heart fungus, because it makes the wood softer and leaks pitch that keeps snakes at bay.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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-This species has been listed as endangered since 1970 due to their territorial pine trees being cut down.

Did you know that our Catfish Banjo t shirt and th

Did you know that our Catfish Banjo t shirt and the beautiful Etowah Darter t shirt are both available in kids sizes?! Shop now at coosa.org/shop and choose local pick up to get yours in time for Christmas!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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