Vote For UCR as an Eco-Champion Every Day Through July 9!

 

Thanks to your votes, UCR has been chosen as one of 25 finalists in the Brickfish contest: “Be an Eco Champion” competing for a $15,000 grand prize.  Please click on the "Vote" link to the right, and vote ONCE A DAY from now through July 9!  Click on "Share" to post information on this campaign to facebook, myspace, or twitter, or to email your friends about it.

Save the Hooch Campaign In Final Days - Ends July 4th

SweetWater Brewery’s Save the Hooch Campaign is entering its final days. Please help us with this final push to raise money and awareness to support Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s river patrol and water quality monitoring programs. To find out what you can do to help, go to www.savethehooch.com. Click here to see a video on Save the Hooch, and click here to see an 11Alive report on the campaign.

UCR Responds to Easing of State Watering Restrictions

 

Citing the end of north Georgia’s most recent drought, last week the state Environmental Protection Division (EPD) relaxed constraints placed on outdoor watering. UCR is opposed to the easing of these restrictions and urges the state to adopt a permanent ban on daytime watering between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when much of the water is lost to evaporation. Click here to read a recent Op-Ed by Sally Bethea in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Click here to learn what you can do to conserve water, and find out about UCR's program Tapped Out: The Drying Up of Atlanta here.

River Discovery Series Hits the Water June 27 - Sept. 12

UCR's River Discovery Series, hosted in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), is a series of five paddle trips that cover the 37 miles of the Chattahoochee River with the Chatthoochee River National Recreation Area.  Designed for beginners and advanced paddlers alike, each segment of the series can be traveled separately, but a discount will be provided for those who sign up for all five trips. For each outing, a NPS guide will acquaint paddlers with the key features of that part of the river. 

Our next trip is Saturday, July 11. Click here for more information and to register for other upcoming trips!

Take a Tour of Greenhaven and Support UCR

UCR is proud to be the official charity partner for “Greenhaven,” the first LEED certified, eco-friendly Decorators’ Show House in Atlanta. Open to the public July 10 – August 9, 2009, Greenhaven will showcase the latest in green building techniques, sustainable interior design, state-of-the-art technology and energy efficiency, as well as featuring over 20 of Atlanta’s top interior designers. Tickets are $20 per person and benefit Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper.

Buy your ticket today at www.greenhavenhome.com.

Racers and Festival-Goers Celebrate at Back to the Chattahoochee River Race & Festival!

Saturday, June 13, hundreds of paddlers joined in the 7th Annual Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival. See 2009 Race Results.  Click here to view and purchase photos. After making the trip down the river from Garrard Landing to Roswell's Riverside Park, racers joined the festival crowd for music, food, kids' activities and more.  Click here to view a photo gallery posted by the AJC. 

Thanks to our participants, sponsors, performers, exhibitors and volunteers for making Saturday a great day at the river! Click here for more information on this event.

Waterkeeper Alliance Takes On Coal Industry

Waterkeeper Alliance has launched an innovative web-based campaign, The Dirty Lie, to counter the “clean coal” con and to inspire an energy policy that rejects this archaic and dangerous source of energy and embraces safe, renewable sources instead. It is our belief that no matter what the coal industry does, coal can never be clean. Visit www.thedirtylie.com to learn how you can make a difference in your community and join the fight against coal.