Our "Discovering Wildlife Project" has
just begun, however you can 
click into our wildlife
page to get a sneak preview.
A Photo is Worth…Inspiration
to Protect Our Watershed
by Constance Riggins
Discovering Wildlife in the Altamaha River Watershed
is a new multimedia project ARK is developing to provide
environmental education opportunities for schools, libraries,
clubs, government groups, and organizations. The project
includes the production of Power Point presentations, video
presentations, brochures, and a freestanding exhibit.
ARK will use the
outreach materials to increase awareness and understanding of the
rich and abundant
wildlife found in the Altamaha Watershed. The project will
also teach the importance of healthy estuaries and rivers and
how to get involved with stewardship activities. The
outreach project will also be used at conservation
workshops, river clean-ups, fishing rodeos, festivals, and
will be available for teachers, librarians, and science clubs.
While working on water pollution cases, the
Riverkeeper investigates some very sad and devastated
environmental sites. However, on each site visit he also
takes time to capture images of snakes, mammals,
wildflowers, damselflies, butterflies, and numerous species
of birds. ARK will use these photographs of watershed
inhabitants in their natural habitat to create outreach
materials for Discovering Wildlife in the Altamaha River
Watershed.
In the last six years, ARK has given over 350
presentations. Thanks to our Discovering Wildlife in the
Altamaha River Watershed sponsors—Darien Telephone
Company, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and
Georgia DNR Watchable Wildlife Program—the support for
this new project will improve and expand our educational
outreach.
By increasing exposure to our watershed’s wildlife and
natural resources, citizen knowledge and understanding will lead to stewardship and improved water quality for all
inhabitants.
Wildlife tag sales help Altamaha Riverkeeper, Others
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