Wild & Scenic Film Festival - March 4-5

Tickets are on sale now for the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, showing Wednesday, March 4, and Thursday, March 5, at Atlanta’s Tara Theater. Each night offers a different 2-hour program of 6-7 short films, followed by a local feature.

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

As a special offer, if you buy tickets online for both nights, you can purchase discounted tickets for the Banff Mountain Film Festival at Georgia Tech's Ferst Center for the Performing Arts, March 23, 2009. Plus, all advance ticket purchases will be entered into a special drawing thanks to Patagonia, Presenting Sponsor for The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour.

Proceeds from this event support the event’s hosts - Georgia ForestWatch, Georgia River Network, and Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. (Photo by Kyle Dickman from The Last Descent)

Voice Your Support for Water Efficiency Legislation

As north Georgia’s water crisis continues, two new bills introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives offer common sense strategies for encouraging water conservation.

• House Bill 158, sponsored by Reps. Judy Manning and John Meadows, would require new multi-family residential buildings to install meters on each unit to more accurately measure and charge for water consumption.
• House Bill 262, sponsored by Reps. Calvin Hill and Tom McCall, would allow homeowners governed by covenants to install drought-tolerant landscaping.

Please contact your state representatives and let them know that you think water conservation is a priority and you want them to support these measures! You can find your Georgia state legislators and their contact information here.

Sign up for GEAN Alerts Today!

If you are not already getting email alerts from the Georgia Environmental Action Network (GEAN), please sign up online today! GEAN alerts will keep you informed about environmental issues in Georgia. Click here to sign up, and please indicate your affiliation with Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper on the second page of the sign-up process

To find out about Georgia Conservation Voters legislative priorities related to water efficiency measures, click here.

Soque River Watershed Association Seeks Executive Director

The Soque River Watershed Association (SRWA), a 501(c)3 organization working to protect and restore the Soque River, its tributaries and watershed, is hiring a new Executive Director. The Soque River is a headwaters tributary of the Chattahoochee River. It is located about 80 miles NE of Atlanta in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and entirely within Habersham County.  Go to www.soque.org for more information.