Coosawattee Watershed Alliance

Scott McBride
Dave Teffeteller
Collin Carter

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 and Cartecay
Blue Trail and 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

Adopt-A-Stream
Training and Monitoring

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

CWA Earth Day Cartecay River Clean-up

Join the river rats and volunteers from throughout the area on Saturday, April 23 and do your part in cleaning up the Cartecay River. Meet at 9 am at Cartecay River Experience on Hwy 52E. Let us know if you need more information.

CWA Receives Extraordinary Volunteer Watershed Effort Award

Georgia Adopt-A-Stream has designated the Coosawattee Watershed Alliance as the 2011 recipient of the Extraordinary Volunteer Watershed Effort Award. This award is given annually to the public utility, government agency, regional commission, nonprofit or watershed organization that has exceeded standards in implementing the Adopt-A-Stream goals.
The CWA water monitoring project has been a real team effort. Volunteers Ben Teasley, Kees de Vente and Tom Sewell have gathered samples throughout the watershed on a weekly basis during the summer months and monthly during the winter. Travis and Carol Couch, owners of North Georgia Mountain Outfitters in Ellijay, have conducted the testing. All of these volunteers have been trained by AAS's Renee Gracon who also nominated CWA for this award.

CWA Recognizes Volunteers and Donors

Tuesday, November 9th, was a perfect day for the CWA to host a cookout-luncheon to thank the volunteers and vendors who made the construction of the Coosawattee River Canoe Launch possible.

Canoe Launch Celebration

To celebrate the completion of the Gilmer County Park Canoe Launch the CWA is hosting a cookout lunch for all of the volunteers and donors who made the project possible.

Read the Winter 2010 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.