by lizzi | Dec 11, 2019 | Newsletter Vol. 7, Project Profiles
By Dorinda Dallmeyer Like all of Georgia’s coastal rivers, the Satilla has served as a pathway to the interior for hundreds of years. The early Native Americans hunted in its rich forests. In the 1500s, the French explorer Jean Ribault called it “Riviere Somme,” a...
by lizzi | Dec 11, 2019 | Newsletter Vol. 7, Project Profiles
By Dorinda Dallmeyer Rising from a lake four miles east of Fitzgerald, the Satilla River winds over 260 miles in extravagant loops across the Coastal Plain until it meets the Atlantic at St. Andrews Sound between Jekyll and Little Cumberland Islands. Because its 4,000...
by lizzi | May 28, 2019 | Newsletter Vol. 6, Project Profiles
By Dorinda Dallmeyer The Altamaha is a river of superlatives. Formed by the confluence of the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers, the Altamaha drains the third largest watershed on the eastern seaboard. With the Oconee’s headwaters stretching into the foothills of the Blue...
by lizzi | May 28, 2019 | News & Updates, Newsletter Vol. 6
By Dorinda Dallmeyer Known for creating conservation solutions that “make environmental and economic sense,” The Conservation Fund is one of many partners collaborating on land conservation in the Altamaha watershed. Andrew Schock, the Fund’s Georgia State...
by lizzi | May 23, 2019 | News & Updates, Newsletter Vol. 6
By Dorinda Dallmeyer If you want to experience the mighty Altamaha watershed firsthand, it’s now possible to paddle 443 miles on designated water trails from near the river’s headwaters east of Lithonia all the way to Darien. It’s not quite...
