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News Articles: Flint River

President Jimmy Carter on the Chattooga, 1973 Credit: Photo credit: Doug Woodward

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Georgia River Network gala to celebrate President Jimmy Carter

The Georgia River Network will host the Georgia Rivers Gala at the Atlanta History Center on Aug. 22 to honor river protectors and support the future of river recreation.

August 19, 2024
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By:
  • Rough Draft Atlanta
A rendering of The Stitch over the Downtown Connector.

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The Stitch and BeltLine projects score $207 million in new federal funding

U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams announced on Tuesday that $207,645,161 in new federal funding has been secured for The Stitch project in downtown Atlanta and to connect the Atlanta BeltLine to the Fint River Trail.

March 12, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
A red-cockaded woodpecker captured at the Army's Fort Stewart before relocation to Sprewell Bluff betwen Macon and Columbus.

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  • Environment

In the hills of West Georgia, decades of care and fire sculpt a new home for endangered woodpeckers

Wildlife conservationists' slow-burn approach means projects can last decades — often longer than their entire careers. But sometimes, these scientists do get to see the mark they leave on the Earth.

December 28, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A sign warns anglers away from section of the Flint River south of Thomaston.

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How a law aimed at keeping Georgia rivers open to all may have muddied the water

A 2023 law was meant to reiterate that the state owns the riverbed under navigable rivers. But it did not define "navigable."

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The southern elktoe is a rare freshwater mussel found only in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint River Basins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed in June, 2023 to add the southern elktoe to the endangered species list. Photo credit: J.Wisniewski (GADNR)

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A rare southeastern mussel could be added to the endangered species list

The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service wants to add the southern elktoe, a rare freshwater mussel found only in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint River Basins, to the endangered species list.

July 06, 2023
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By:
  • Devon Zwald
Flint River

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State EPD could ease ban on tapping Flint River basin water for first time in a decade

The proposal would help Georgia’s blueberry and citrus growers.

June 22, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
A schoal bass in the Flint river

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Turbulence roils waters despite Georgia law to calm tensions between anglers, riverside landowners

A dispute over whether a popular stretch of the Flint River in Upson County can be the exclusive fishing hole of those who own the shoreline drove a frenzied last-minute push to protect the public’s access to Georgia’s streams earlier this year.

May 08, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
The Flint River at Sprewell Bluff Park in Upson County.

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Jimmy Carter, protector of rivers

Jimmy Carter is known as a builder of homes and champion for world peace, but perhaps a little less regarded for his role in preserving the Flint River in West Georgia.

March 15, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Georgia Power's Plant Scherer, fronted by the pile of coal being prepped to burn to make electricity, in 2019.

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  • Environment

Environmentalists' 2021 list of Georgia water problems features old and new issues

Georgia environmental advocates have released their annual list of water issues they say need to be addressed — their so-called Dirty Dozen. 

December 15, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Florida has for years fought in court to curtail water use in Georgia to protect the health of Apalachicola Bay and the oyster industry there.   Now the US Supreme Court has dismissed a case in the decades-long fight between Georgia and Florida over water.

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  • Environment

U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Georgia In 'Water War' Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a case in the decades-long fight between Georgia and Florida over water.  

April 01, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

On Second Thought For Wednesday, April 18, 2018

What makes Vidalia onions so special that they get their own festival — and declaration as Georgia's official state vegetable? We asked Delbert Bland of...

April 18, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 5 more
The Chattahoochee River is one of the waterways at the center of a water crisis in the Southeast.

Tri-State Water Wars Overflow Into Tennessee

Georgia has been at war with Alabama and Florida over tri-state water use for decades . More recently, Tennessee entered the mix . The legal dispute...

April 18, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Adam Ragusea
Researchers installing a networked soil moisture sensor at the University of Georgia's Stripling Irrigation Research Park in Camilla, Georgia.

Can Big Data Help Farmers Use Less Water?

Georgia’s multi-billion dollar agriculture industry needs water, but farmers who rely on the Flint River could soon face drastic water restrictions....

November 10, 2016
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead
The Chattahoochee River (pictured) flows south where it eventually joins with the Flint River to form the Apalachicola River.

'Most Endangered' River System Has Sources In Georgia

The conservation group American Rivers has put the entire Apalachicola-Flint-Chattahoochee River basin on top of its list of Most Endangered Rivers for...

April 12, 2016
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead

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