Altamaha River

Rayonier in the News

WSAV TV news story: Rayonier Discharge Makes Dirty Dozen Rivers List
JoAnn Merrigan | WSAV.com

Georgia Water Coalition Releases Dirty Dozen.
Download the Full Report.

Watch this video by James Holland showing the discharge and its impact from the river

ARK documents the discharge over the years. Is it getting better? You be the judge.

• November 8, 2011
  Rayonier acknowledges waste issues
  Mike Morrison | News Jacksonville.com


• November 7, 2011
  Twelve Rivers Make 'Dirty' List
  Orlando Montoya | GPB News


• November 5, 2011
  Altamaha named 2nd-most damaged GA waterway
  By Mike Morrison | Jacksonville.com


• November 2011
  Rayonier Pulp Mill Discharge Destroys Fisheries - Georgia Water Coalition's Dirty Dozen Report (pdf)


• July 21, 2011
  Altamaha Riverkeeper concerned about Rayonier’s request to revise cleanup order
  The Darien News


• July 21, 2011
  Altamaha River must be protected
  Editorial | The Darien News


• July 15, 2011
  Altamaha Riverkeeper objecting to Rayonier's plans to change its method of cleaning up discharges
  By Mike Morrison | The Florida Times Union


• July 13, 2011
  Rayonier Discharge continues to Pollute Altamaha
  Your Comments to EPD needed by July 20


• July 13, 2011
  Area fishermen say fish caught near Rayonier stink and are inedible.


• July 13, 2011
  Barton: What reeks about rivers
  Savannah Morning News


• Rayonier Stink Affects Fish, Residents, Tourists, and Tourism Dollar


• November 22, 2009
  Rayonier to cut smelly discharges into Altamaha River near Jesup
  Mike Morrison | News Jacksonville.com


• Rayonier's Request for Amending 2008 Consent Order

Expansion of Townsend Bombing Range Proposed

• Proposed Expansion of Townsend Bombing Range on Altamaha:  Public Scoping Meetings on August 24 in Ludowci and August 26 in Darien from 4:00 - 7:00 (pdf)


• Information on the proposed expansion and Environmental Impact Statement (ESI)

Altamaha Canal

• Glynn fights Army Corps to drain Brunswick-Altamaha Canal

Wayne County Ethanol Plant

• September 12, 2007
  Ethanol plant has neighbors worried
  JESUP - A quiet rural neighborhood is no place for an ethanol plant.
  By Mike Morrison | The Times-Union
  

In the News

• April 23, 2011
  The life of a river


• April 23, 2011
  Altamaha Rising
  By HANK ROWLAND | The Brunswick News


• Altamaha River Cleanup a Big Success


• September 1, 2006
  ARK Editorial Response
  The Brunswick News


• News from the Altamaha River

Photos from the Altamaha

• River Swamps

Citizens Report Pollution

• Citizen Documents Pollution from Jesup Sewage
  Discharge Plant


• The River Deserves Better Than This

Submerged Log Harvest

• February 18, 2006
  Deadhead program snubbed
  Loggers balk at price state puts on old wood
  Stacy Shelton - Staff


• ARK letter to Corp on Submerged Logs


• Attorney General's Opinion on "gratuities" issues with log mining


• January 26, 2006
  No takers on logging program
  Thus far, there have been no takers at the price set by the state to harvest logs.
  by Dave Williams
  Albany Herald


• February 11 deadline for Corp of Engineers Comments on Harvesting Submerged Logs from the Altamaha and Flint Rivers
• Document
• Document


• Logging program kicks off this year
  By Elliott Minor
  The Associated Press
  January 7, 2006


• Officials debate over submerged logs
  Board seeks to set value of 'sinkers'
  The Associated Press
  December 7, 2005


• Policy on Salvage Logging - 11-22-05 Approved for Walden


• Log Mining in the Altamaha: Express Your Concern Now


• DNR meeting announcement


• DNR rule


• Submerged Log Harvest meetings October 18 & 19


• Draft Policy on Salvage Logging (10-10-05)
• Log Policy 10-10-05 for October Public Meeting
• Log Rule for October Public Meeting
• Altamaha River Sediment Sampling Reveals Toxins


• Letter to the Editor


• September 5, 2005
  Georgia Loggers Prepare to Raise Sunken Timber
  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
  New York Times


• August 6, 2005
  Georgia moves ahead with plans for deadhead logging
  ELLIOTT MINOR
  Associated Press


• DNR Press Release: June 23 & July 28 Public meetings on Log Harvest Rules


• June 03, 2005
  Log miners may strike Altamaha
  Work under way to establish rules for deadhead logging of pine, cypress
  By HANK ROWLAND
  The Brunswick News


• Please Attend the Deadhead Logging Scoping Meetings &
  Voice Your Concerns


• Sumberged log task force report


• Submerged Logging
  Atlanta Jounal-Constitution 3/22/05 Story


• Submerged Logging Action Message


• Georgia's Coastal Salt Marshes
  Does the public really own them?

• Settler's Bluff Condominiums on the Darien River" by Joe Durrett Summer 2006


• Darien Waterfront from the Air: Settler's Bluff Condo's under Construction


• Settlers Bluff Consent Order (PDF)


• Settlers Bluff Development Pays Civil Penalty


• Construction Scenes from Settlers Bluff


• Water Dependent Condos Get Wet Feet


• Across the Street: Regulatory Failure at the Local, State, and Federal Level


• Destruction of Georgia's Coast: One Permit at a Time


• Are Our Coastal Marshlands Being Protected?


• COASTAL MARSHLAND PROTECTION ACT:
  Enforcement Remains Questionable in Spite of the Court's Rulings

Plant Hatch

• September 02, 2006
  Possible New Nuclear Reactor is Threat to Georgia
  By Betty Clermont, Staff Writer | Atlanta Progressive News

Rayonier

• Update from Rayonier July 2005

Cypress Natural Gas Line

• On June 29, 2005 Southern filed an application with FERC seeking
  approval for the cypress pipeline.


• Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Phase VII Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues


• Cypress Natural Gas Pipeline

Altamaha River Events

• Fishing Rodeo and River Clean Up & Photos
• ARK Members Visit Moody Swamp
• Fishing Rodeo

Scenes from the Altamaha River

• The Altamaha River
• Altamaha Photos
• Altamaha Delta Wildlife
• Altmaha River - Wayne County from the air, October 2005

Miscellaneous

• Pig Farm Landing update 3/23/04
• Pig Farm Landing Demonstrates Severe Erosion
• James Holland and the Altamaha Riverkeeper

Settler's Bluff Condominiums on the Darien River"
by Joe Durrett Summer 2006

Where the Ocmulgee meets the Oconee to form the mighty Altamaha >>> more

Erosion into Altamaha River Flood Plain from Storm Drain #1

Visting the Altamaha River with Altamaha Riverkeeper

John and Jessica Hulvey

Taking advantage of a beautiful early spring day canoeing the Altamaha River