Past ARK Events
Saturday, April 29, 2008
You are invited to the Water Body benefit for ARK on Saturday April 19.
We hope to see you there
February 29 through March 28, 2008
James Holland's wildlife photography exhibit
Middle Georgia College's Peacock Gallery in Cochran will feature an
exhibit of Altamaha Riverkeeper James Holland's wildlife photography
from February 29 through March 28.
James will also give a presentation on Wildlife in
the Altamaha in the gallery on March 3 at 6 p.m.
Directions to Peacock Gallery in Russell Hall. If
you are coming up 2nd Street (going towards Eastman), take a left onto
Sarah Street (one block past Wendy's). Russell Hall is the first building
on the left. The building's address is: 103 Sarah Street. There should
be parking directly in front of the building.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Citizens meet at County Commission Meeting
to Seek Wetlands Protection.
more info >>>
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Citizens Meet in McIntosh County
to Protect Coastal Wetlands from Development.
Location: In the sunroom of the 500 Marshview Restaurant
at Sapelo Hammock Golf Club in Shellman Bluff.
Come and Support Resource Protection.
More info >>>
Saturday, November 17, 2007
You Can Help Make the Clam Jam a Success >>
Download the
Clam Jam invitation >>
Check out our musicians: Noel
Hamilton and H.E.R. Band & Dappled Grays Band >>
Download
the RSVP card to mail to in to the Altamaha Riverkeeper >>
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Day in Darien! ARK Office Open
House
We welcome you to come visit the Altamaha Riverkeeper's new offices
at 105 First Street West in Darien from 10 am-1 pm as
part of the Day in Darien celebration. Staff will be on hand to
show you around, field questions, and visit. We will be selling
Riverkeeper T-shirts and large-scale wildlife photographs by Riverkeeper
James Holland, which will be exhibited throughout the office. We
will also be serving coffee and pastries in the morning, so stop
by and start your Day in Darien right.
ARK Annual Meeting September 29 in Hawkinsville
Saturday, May 19, 2007
10:00 p.m. until approximately 2 p.m.
This event is offered for benefactors who have contributed
$500 or more in 2007.
Explore the trail of William Bartram, America’s first environmental
writer and pioneer naturalist in the area near where he discovered
the Franklinia alatamaha and the fevertree. In an approximate 3-5
mile hike, guided by Neill Herring an environmental lobbyist and
Altamaha Riverkeeper board member, you will see a variety of biotic
plant communities and some of the largest cypress we have ever
found.
The trip will include a walk down the face of the very last bluff
on the south side of the Altamaha and a short trek across the flood
plain forest of cypress, tupelo, and paper birch. Across the river
from Smith Island, you will see the site of Fort Barrington where
the 1750 British fort once stood as defense against the Spanish
and Indian attacks from Florida.
We will provide a picnic lunch afterwards.
View photos >>
The Altamaha Riverkeeper’s new Coastkeeper program held
a kick off on the Julienton River. The event at Delta Plantation
in McIntosh County offered everyone a beautiful day and a chance
to share appreciation for the watershed where we live. The celebration
also gave guests an opportunity to meet Coastkeeper, Billie
Jo Parker, as she teams up with Riverkeeper James Holland, to protect
the watershed and coast.
A slide show throughout the festivities featured the magnificent wildlife
in the Altamaha. In the presentation, ARK staff encouraged citizens
to get involved in local and state planning issues. Holland said, “ The
time is critical. We need your help to protect our water resources. We
must insist that developers obey the law and that regulators enforce
it.”
Topping off the day was a bountiful spring food selection from guest’s
kitchens and gardens along with grilled specialties by JD Daniel and
Capp Cappelmann.
ARK says thank you to Piggly Wiggly, Delta Plantation, and to all
the members and quests for their support.
View photos >>
4/18/2007
Participants celebrated Earth Day 2007 in Darien at the Ida Hilton Public
Library with lunch and a movie. Peter Krull and Company, specializing in
socially responsible financial services, sponsored the ARK event with a
showing of The Next Industrial Revolution, a movie about how select
industries are working with nature to increase sustainability.
Beachwalk Project Joins Altamaha
Riverkeeper to Support Jekyll Island Protection
Where: St. Andrews Sound
(south end of Jekyll) at the
picnic and beach
access area
When: Sunday April 15 at 3:30
Two kayakers are arriving on the south end of Jekyll on April 15 as
part a 1600-mile journey from New York to Miami Beach called the Beach
Walk Project in what may be the first complete kayak/walk of the Atlantic
Coast. The Altamaha Riverkeeper and its Coastkeeper program invite
everyone to an event to welcome the explorers to the Georgia coast.
Please join us. The
gathering will include an ARK presentation on development issues facing
Jekyll and what people can do to participate in the island’s
future. There is no better place than Jekyll Island to celebrate
community support for coastal protection. Millions of Georgia
families have enjoyed the public beaches here forever. We want
to continue that legacy.
Before arriving in Jekyll, the canoeists followed a route along the
world’s
longest barrier island chain, marked by beaches, swamps, estuaries and
wetlands. “Our venture is to unit communities to promote coastal
protection,” says Kretsinger, one of the kayakers.
more >>>
Let’s go to the Altamaha Riverkeeper
Celebration.
Looks like the rivers need our support.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Noon - Four at Way's Landing
on the Ocmulgee River in Hawkinsville
Lunch at Noon followed by river tours
Please RSVP by Thursday, September 14
The Altamaha RIVERKEEPER is working to protect and
restore the habitat, water quality, and flow of the mighty Altamaha
- from its headwaters in the Oconee, Ocmulgee, and Ohoopee to its terminus
at the Atlantic Coast.
Bring a friend who would like to support the work
of the Altamaha RIVERKEEPER. Altamaha |
