Global InformationUpper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper information
 | This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (February 2015) |
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| Formation | 1994 |
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| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Membership | 10,000 |
Riverkeeper | Jason Ulseth |
Executive Director | Juliet Cohen |
| Website | chattahoochee.org |
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) -- formerly known as Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (UCR) -- is an environmental advocacy organization with 10,000 members dedicated solely to protecting and restoring the Chattahoochee River Basin. CRK was modeled after New York’s Hudson Riverkeeper and was the 11th licensed program in the international Waterkeeper Alliance. In 2012, the organization officially changed its name to simply Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK), dropping the "Upper" to better reflect its stewardship over the entire river basin.
CRK’s primary geographic focus begins at the river's headwaters in the north Georgia mountains above Helen and continues downstream to West Point Lake, encompassing more than 200 miles (320 km) of the Chattahoochee River and 3,600 square miles (9,300 km2) of watershed. The Chattahoochee River meets the Flint River above Lake Seminole to become the Apalachicola River in Florida. CRK is best known for its legal action against the City of Atlanta which resulted in the city revitalizing their infrastructure to address a major sewage problem, thus ensuring a cleaner river for the community.
CRK "actively uses advocacy, education, research, communication, cooperation, monitoring and legal actions to protect and preserve the Chattahoochee and its watershed."[1]
- ^ Bolton, Birgit (December 18, 2017). "Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper". New Georgia Encyclopedia.