Georgia River Network and Outdoor Afro have TEAMED UP and We need your Feedback!

Georgia River Network and Outdoor Afro have teamed up to connect more diverse audiences to our rivers, lakes, and streams for both enjoyment and stewardship. We want to hear your needs, concerns, and usage patterns about waterways to help support more engagement for everyone!

We will feature examples of African American historical and current participation along waterways, and finally share ideas and resources where people can get connected to programs and other resources.

It is our hope we can help empower people and organizations with the information they need to choose rivers and waterways as a part of a relevant connection to nature and conservation.

To help inform our work, please take this quick survey for a chance to win this Nature Pot Honey Bee candle!  Click to Enter

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WaterActivities

Please also help us extend our reach by SHARING this link via your Facebook, Twitter, and Email pages!

VOTE YES on the MORAN-DINGELL AMENDMENT to Strike Section 110 of HR 5325 and Safeguard America’s Clean Water Legacy

The Obama Administration’s Clean Water Guidance is under attack in the House Energy and Water Appropriation Bill, which is on the full House floor NOW.  We are reaching out to all water networks, asking you to make a quick call to your Representative and simply ask them to:

 

VOTE “YES” ON THE MORAN-DINGELL AMENDMENT TO THE ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL (HR 5325).

The Moran-Dingell amendment strikes Section 110 of the bill, allowing the Army Corps of Engineers to finalize and implement the much-needed Clean Water Act guidance.   Telephone numbers for Members of Congress can be obtained by calling (202) 224-3121.

Just placing a quick call with this simple message will go a long way to ensuring that all of our hard work to restore federal protections to streams and wetlands is not obstructed by these tactics of those hostile to a strong Clean Water Act.  If this provision passes on this Appropriations Bill, we have a harder fight ahead of us to prevent it from becoming law.

Thanks for any help you can provide!  Please also distribute to your list.

 

Thanks!!!

 

-George

 

Background:  The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed agency guidance—a document that will begin the process of restoring protections for streams, wetlands and other waters critical to our hunting and angling traditions and the outdoor recreation economy.  This guidance will clarify which waters are covered under the Clean Water Act as “waters of the United States.”  Currently, millions of acres of wetlands and streams that recharge aquifers, help retain floodwaters, provide important fish and wildlife habitat, and provide clean water for iconic systems like the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes are at risk. Also at stake are programs to restore the Everglades and coastal Louisiana.  As these waters are polluted and diminished, their tremendous ecological and public health benefits are lost, as well.

Section 110 undermines our clean water future by blocking the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA Clean Water Guidance and their anticipated rulemaking—now and indefinitely.  It also perpetuates a confusing regulatory status quo.  The Moran-Dingell amendment strikes Section 110, allowing the Army Corps of Engineers to finalize and implement the much-needed Clean Water Act guidance and gets us off the regulatory merry-go-round.

Please call, email, tweet, or facebook your representative and urge him or her to VOTE YES ON THE MORAN-DINGELL AMENDMENT TO STRIKE SECTION 110 OF HR 5325 and safeguard America’s clean water legacy.  Telephone numbers for Members of Congress can be obtained by calling (202) 224-3121.  Please let Rachel Dawson at NWF (dawsonr@nwf.org, 202-797-6625) know if you have contacted your Representative and if there is any related feedback.

____________________________

George Sorvalis

Water Protection Network, Coordinator

www.waterprotectionnetwork.org

 

National Wildlife Federation

Manager, Water Resources Coalitions and Strategic Partnerships

901 E Street, NW Suite 400

Washington, DC 20004

202-797-6617 (ph)

202-797-6646 (fx)

sorvalisg@nwf.org

 

There’s still space available for you on the middle Flint River Paddle Trip this Saturday, June 2nd!

-Explore and understand the natural diversity of the Flint River-

 

We still have space available for YOU!

 

Join us for a paddle trip as we explore the middle Flint River

this Saturday, June 2nd

near Montezuma

 

9am: Meet at the Old Ferry Road ramp

(just north of the SR 127 Bridge)

5+ hour trip to Montezuma Bluffs Natural Area

*Registrants will be sent additional details and directions

 

 

Register by emailing jayme@flintriverkeeper.org

OR call 229.435.2241, 229.220.9796

 

• FRk members who bring their own canoe $15 each
• FRk members who need to borrow canoe $25 each
• Non-members who bring their own canoe $35 each
• Non-members who need to borrow canoe $45 each

(non member cost includes one-year of FRk membership)
*pricing includes kayaks, too

More TASTE the FLINT River Trips are planned for the rest of the year, throughout the Flint watershed…here’s a look at what is scheduled:

 

June 23rd: Lookin’ for Blue Holes Tour- Lower Flint, near Camilla

 

September 22nd: First Day of Fall Float Trip- below Warwick dam to CR 32, near Oakfield (by member request!)

 

October 20th: Leaf Peeper Tour- Lower Flint, Newton to CoveyRise Plantation, near Camilla

 

These trips exploring the Flint River with your Flint Riverkeeper are sponsored by the Southeast Watershed Forum and

the Wild Rivers Campaign

 

-all scheduled trips are subject to change due to weather and flow conditions-

 

We hope to see you on the river!

 

BECOME A MEMBER TO PROTECT YOUR RIVER!

 

The mission of the Flint Riverkeeper® (FRk) is to restore and preserve the habitat, water quality, and flow of the Flint River for the benefit of current and future generations and dependent wildlife. Flint Riverkeeper is a fully licensed member of the Waterkeeper Alliance; a participating member of the Georgia Water Coalition; and a member-group of EarthShare of Georgia.

Get out on the OCMULGEE RIVER!

Georgia Wilderness Society and Kayak Club Outfitter of Macon, Georgia urge folks to get out on the OCMULGEE RIVER…

Go on – give it a try!

Read the article:

http://www.macon.com/2012/05/25/2035939/ocmulgee-offers-various-recreation.html#storylink=cpy

Join the Flint Riverkeeper on a paddling trip to explore the middle Flint River ~ Saturday, June 2nd ~ near Montezuma

TASTE the FLINT -River Trip Series- 2012 Paddle Trips Continue

-Explore and understand the natural diversity of the Flint River-   Join us for a paddle trip as we explore the middle Flint River Saturday, June 2nd near Montezuma   9am: Meet at State Route 127, the Old Ferry Road ramp 5+ hour trip to Montezuma Bluffs Natural Area *Registrants will be sent additional details and directions -SPACE IS LIMITED-   Register by emailing jayme@flintriverkeeper.org OR call 229.435.2241, 229.220.9796 FRk members who bring their own canoe $15 each FRk members who need to borrow canoe $25 each Non-members who bring their own canoe $35 each Non-members who need to borrow canoe $45 each (non member cost includes one-year of FRk membership) *pricing includes kayaks, too More TASTE the FLINT River Trips are planned for the rest of the year, throughout the Flint watershed…here is a look at what is scheduled:   June 23rd: Lookin’ for Blue Holes Tour- Lower Flint, near Camilla   September 22nd: First Day of Fall Float Trip- below Warwick dam to CR 32, near Oakfield (by member request!)   October 20th: Leaf Peeper Tour- Lower Flint, Newton to CoveyRise Plantation, near Camilla   -all scheduled trips are subject to change due to weather and flow conditions-   We hope to see you on the river!   BECOME A MEMBER TO PROTECT YOUR RIVER!   The mission of the Flint Riverkeeper® (FRk) is to restore and preserve the habitat, water quality, and flow of the Flint River for the benefit of current and future generations and dependent wildlife. Flint Riverkeeper is a fully licensed member of the Waterkeeper Alliance; a participating member of the Georgia Water Coalition; and a member-group of EarthShare of Georgia.

Handy tool for finding fish advisories in Georgia

Here’s a handy tool for finding fish advisories in Georgia

http://fishadvisoryonline.epa.gov/General.aspx

Ever paddle the ‘other’ Chattooga River in Northwest Georgia?

Ever paddle the ‘other’ Chattooga River in Northwest Georgia? Now’s your chance to add to your 12 in 2012 list by joining CRBI on a 7 mile journey this Saturday June 2nd!

Check or more details and register HERE:
http://www.coosa.org/chattooga-river