Riverkeeper Launches New Website
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Check it out. We've been working hard to bring you the newest and best information about the Apalachicola River and Bay. We will continue to add to our web site so please check back often. Please support your Apalachicola Riverkeeper |
On August 12, Alabama and Florida filed an appeal to a ruling the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals make giving Atlanta rights to withdraw water from Lake Lanier and requiring the Corps to determine how much water could be withdrawn from the Lake. "It is critical for the Corps to understand the impacts of withdrawals on the Apalachicola River and Bay and the Gulf fisheries the system supports. Assessment of the water flows and levels needed to sustain those systems is a critical piece of their determination" said Dan Tonsmeire, Apalachicola Riverkeeper. He also currently serves as the Chair of the ACF Stakeholders, a tri-state group working collaboratively to equitably share the waters of the ACF Basin. |
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Drew Landry donates $5K to the Louisiana Environmental Action Network in addition to the iTunes single "BP Blues". The single will be a source of funding to the 7 SOG Waterkeepers (including the Apalachicola Riverkeeper). Please go to BP Blues to download this single and support your Riverkeeper.
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Contact Us | PO Box 8
Apalachicola, Florida 32320
Email your Riverkeeper (850) 653-8936 
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival Premiere at St. James Bay
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A Different Way of Doing Business - Meet the Filmmaker Merrill Livingston
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Greetings!
Save Our Gulf is an initiative of the Waterkeeper Alliance to support Waterkeepers across the Gulf directly impacted by the BP oil spill. The initiative includes Mobile Baykeeper, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, Mississippi Riverkeeper, Galvaston Baykeeper, Atchafayla Basinkeeper, Emerald Coastkeeper and your Apalachicola Riverkeeper. Initiatives critical to Save Our Gulf include recovering habitat, Restoring and enhancing water quality and ensuring freshwater inflows; sustaining native fish and wildlife populations and conserving special places on land and in the water. Congress must act this year to make sure the BP oil disaster fines are used to restore the Gulf Coast communities, environment & economy. It is time to make good on our national promises to the Gulf Coast. The Gulf supports:
- $34 B per year in tourism
- $22.6 B per year in seafood & commercial/recreational fishing related activity
- 40% of all the seafood in the lower 48 states.
Please help us continue this critical work, join your Apalachicola Riverkeeper, donate generously and volunteer as you are able. |
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Join the Apalachicola Riverkeeper for the 2011 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. 3 venues, 5 nights of fun and inspiration. Featured speakers include Jonathan Wickham, Red Sky Productions and producer of "Chattahoochee: Water Ways to Water Vision" and Charles Morgan, Restauranteur & Entrepreneur, and producer of "A Different Way of Doing Business" - a film celebrating the co-operative Red Bay Grocery in Red Bay Fl. All that and 9 additional short films that will change your world.
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Join us Saturday, September 3 to hear Jonathan Wickham discuss his award-winning film: Chatahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision at the Dixie Theater
6 p.m. Reception 7 p.m. Festival
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Sign up to Clean-up,
Sept. 17, 8:30 a.m. |
Join the world's largest volunteer effort. The Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Clean-up is observed each year in Franklin County under the sponsorship of Apalachicola Riverkeeper. 8,763,377 people crossed 291,514 miles collecting 144,606,491 pounds of trash over the past 25 years of the Coastal Cleanup.
 | These ospreys are still looking for Volunteers
(Photo by Doug Wakeman) |
We have identified 18 sites throughout the area. Please join us for this wonderful event. Contact the Riverkeeper to participate
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RiverTrek 2011 - Paddling for the Riverkeeper
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Earl Morrough, Paddler Extrordinaire, has organized a 107 mile paddle down the Apalachicola River. The five-day event is seeking sponsors for the 10 paddlers participating as well as corporate sponsors for the Riverkeeper. Thank you to RiverTrek corporate sponsors: all Florida Mediaworks and The Wilderness Way.
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Please join your Riverkeeper today. Donate to help us keep the Apalachicola River and Bay the most biodiverse system in North America. Volunteer with your Riverkeeper today.
We can't continue our work without the support of our friends and our community. Thank you for your help!
Meg Nelson, Deputy Director
Apalachicola Riverkeeper |
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