Coosawattee Watershed Alliance

Scott McBride, President
Collin Carter, Secretary
Renee Gracon
Dave Teffeteller

Wayne Jenkins,
Environmental Advisor
Cliff Lancey
Legal Advisor

MAILING ADDRESS
PO Box 252 • East Ellijay GA 30539

ON-GOING PROJECTS
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Mud Meter

Coosawattee River Clean-up

Coosawattee Canoe Launches

Upper Ellijay River
Clear Water Restoration

Upper Tickanetley
Sedimentation Monitoring

Lower Cartecay
Sedimentation Monitoring

Lower Cartecay River Clean-up

Get the Dirt Out Education

To download a copy of CWA's
membership brochure, click on the
image above.

Summer of Service Volunteers Needed

This week the President will be encouraging nonprofit organizations with a need for volunteers to register at www.serve.gov. On June 22, the President and his Cabinet will officially launch the Summer of Service and encourage Americans to volunteer for their communities. The President will direct potential volunteers to www.serve.gov to find local opportunities for service.
EPA is using this opportunity to promote volunteer monitoring and watershed stewardship. It is our hope that this Presidential initiative will encourage many more people to work to protect their watersheds.

Read the Fall 2008 CWA newsletter. Remember, it's membership renewal time. Help the CWA continue its good works by renewing your membership now. Open the newsletter, go to the second page, complete the form, print and mail. It's that easy!

The CWA is the Coosawattee Watershed Alliance, a local, grass-roots, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to protecting, conserving and restoring the water resources of the Coosawattee River watershed. The CWA achieves this mission through education, research, science, advocacy, information-sharing and lots of hard work.

Adopt-a-Stream Program ...
a water quality monitoring program that assists in the early detection of water pollution problems.

Stream Bank Restoration ...
a re-vegetation process for local rivers and creeks that reduces erosion and sedimentation entering our streams.

Get the Dirt Out Program ...
an educational program that teaches citizens about Georgia's erosion and sediment control laws.

Agricultural Pollution Prevention Program ...
an outreach program that assists farmers with pollution prevention issues and provides technical resources to maximize the benefits of best management practices.

Public Outreach Program ...
reaches out to local citizens and shares best management practices to:

Prevent and reduce septic tank failures
Reduce the impact of logging and clear cutting
Provide a citizens' hot-line to report
environmental concerns or to ask for assistance in establishing best management practices.

Report a watershed contamination, sedimentation or erosion problem. Email a description of the problem, directions and photos. Remember to observe trespassing laws.

Download a schematic chart of the Coosawattee Watershed showing the river and all of its tributaries.

To learn the importance of headwaters and why they must be protected, read Where Rivers Are Born

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Coosawattee Watershed Alliance, Inc. is non-profit 501(c)(3)corporation.