News/Press Releases

If you are a reporter who would like more information about CRK's work, events, or perspective on current issues, please contact David Lee Simmons, CRK Communications Director, at dsimmons@ucriverkeeper.org or (404) 352-9828 x24.

Recent News

• Report: Local government, businesses help fill metro Atlanta's water gap
• Chattahoochee named among most endangered on American Rivers list
  Sally Bethea op-ed: Urge DNR Board to strengthen water quality standards at West Point Lake (LaGrange Daily News)
• CRK, American Rivers, Southern Environmental Law comment letter on Glades Reservoir EIS
• Sally Bethea op-ed: Act now to tell tell your Congressional rep to stop H.R. 2018 (Dirty Water Bill), up for a vote this week
• CRK honors river advocates at 17th Annual Patron Appreciation Dinner
• Major victory for clean water -- Judge invalidates Forsyth County permit and orders less pollution into Chattahoochee River
• CRK volunteers gather 750 pounds of trash in the Clean the Race Course paddle cleanup in advance of Saturday’s River Race
• CRK Announces New Office in LaGrange; Water Protection Programs to be Offered in West Point Lake Region
• CRK, Trout Unlimited and Partners Rally Volunteers to 'Sweep the Hooch' in Unprecedented Cleanup on Saturday, April 16
• Lefont Sandy Springs welcomes Harry Shearer to present 'The Big Uneasy'; screening to benefit CRK
• CRK Acts to Protect Water Quality in National Park -Press Release ; Click here to see CRK's Petition to Appeal Fowler-Shakerag Permig
• Georgia Riverkeepers Present Solutions to Tri-State Water War: Charting a New Course for Georgia’s Water Security (click to download press release)
  
• Waterkeeper Alliance Demands Testing, Tracking, and Transparency from Government During BP Oil Disaster
• Reservoir Project Approved by Georgia Legislature Threatens Tristate Negotiations
• CRK Launches New Bacteria Monitoring Program.
• Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Expects the Work of “The Sewer Mayor” to be Completed
• Judicial Ruling Forces Tri-State Water Issue

CRK Press Releases

• Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Announces Long Cane Creek Water Monitoring and Education Initiative
• CRK celebrates new office in LaGrange with ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 6
• CRK awarded $50,000 Urban Waters grant from EPA for Neighborhood Water Watch
• CRK partners with Trout Unlimited and the National Park Service for Second Annual Sweep the Hooch cleanup April 14
• CRK convinces Fulton County airport to offset impacts to river
• Sally Bethea op-ed: Act now to tell tell your Congressional rep to stop H.R. 2018 (Dirty Water Bill), up for a vote this week
• Major victory for clean water -- Judge invalidates Forsyth County permit and orders less pollution into Chattahoochee River
• CRK volunteers gather 750 pounds of trash in the Clean the Race Course paddle cleanup in advance of Saturday’s River Race
• CRK Announces New Office in LaGrange; Water Protection Programs to be Offered in West Point Lake Region
• CRK, Trout Unlimited and Partners Rally Volunteers to 'Sweep the Hooch' in Unprecedented Cleanup on Saturday, April 16
• Lefont Sandy Springs welcomes Harry Shearer to present 'The Big Uneasy'; screening to benefit CRK
• CRK Acts to Protect Water Quality in National Park -Press Release ; Click here to see CRK's Petition to Appeal Fowler-Shakerag Permig
• Georgia Riverkeepers Present Solutions to Tri-State Water War: Charting a New Course for Georgia’s Water Security (click to download press release)

State Permit will Harm Pristine Section of the Chattahoochee

Georgia Riverkeepers Present Solutions to Tri-State Water War: Charting a New Course for Georgia’s Water Security
Reservoir Project Approved by Georgia Legislature Threatens Tristate Negotiatons (4/30/2010)

CRK and City of Cumming Settle Lawsuit (2/10/2010)

7th Annual Back to the Chattahoochee River Race & Festival Will Be June 13, 2009

SweetWater Brewery Holds 4th Annual Save the Hooch Campaign (5/12/09)

Riot Atlanta Named River Rock Star by CRK (5/11/09)

CRK to Hold River Revival Watershed Sessions on May 14, (4/10/09)

Wild and Scenic Film Festival Comes to Atlanta March 4-5, 2009

River Groups Urge Metro District to Get Serious About Water Planning (1/14/09)

Links to a Selection of River-Related News Stories

Tanyard Creek tests find high E. coli levels - Buckhead Reporter, 2/11/10

Canoe Restaurant hosts End of Summer BBQ for CRK, SweetWater Brewery - Atlanta Homes & Lifestyle, 08/11

Cumming to pay $150K for stream damage - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2/10/10

Georgia task force concerned with water time-table - Associated Press / Augusta Chronicle, 11/25/09

Atlanta attorney tapped to lead EPD - Savannah Morning News, 10/27/09
Couch resigns as environmental protection director, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10/19/09
Atlanta's Sewers Need State and Federal Aid - Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed by Sally Bethea, 10/6/09
Hall County oasis could disappear under lake - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10/6/09
Judge again rules against Georgia in water fight - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10/5/09
Sewage plants swamped in Fulton, Cobb, Gwinett - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9/22/09
Federal judge rules against Georgia in water legislation - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7/17/09

Metro Atlanta water plan draws protesters - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1/15/09
With lake tapped out, we can’t just go with flow” - by Jeff Seabright and Rob Hunter - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1/2/09