River Revival is SOLD OUT

Thanks to everyone who bought tickets for the 12th Annual River Revival, Rescue Your River – Save the Hooch, featuring a performance from members of Collective Soul.  The event is completely sold out – THERE ARE NO TICKETS AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR.  If you have not bought a ticket and intended to join us, we are sorry we won’t be able to accommodate you.  Please remember to buy early next year!

If you are attending the event, please click here to see a preview of auction items.  In addition to great music, food and drink, we will have an old fashioned photo booth for guests to enjoy, and SweetWater Brewery will be selling paper fish and raffling off prizes to kick off the Save the Hooch Campaign (see www.savethehooch.com).

For directions to Park Tavern, click here.

Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival – June 14

What better way to spend a Saturday in June than out on the river!  Click here to register for the race, which includes categories for open and recreational paddlers, kayakers, canoeists (solo and tandem), and various age groups.  The race starts at 9 a.m., June 14, at Garrard Landing Park on Holcomb Bridge Road. Register in advance to ensure your spot!  (click here)

The Festival is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Riverside Park, which is also the take-out for the race and where race winners will receive their awards.  In addition to environmental exhibitors and food vendors, enjoy live entertainment and the festive community atmosphere as we celebrate the Chattahoochee River!

As a special treat, racers will be greeted at the end of their paddle by the SweetWater Beer Barge (UCR’s own pontoon boat) – back by popular demand from last year.  Enjoy sodas, water, or a SweetWater brew (for patrons 21 and over carrying a valid ID) before you go ashore.

For more information and to register, click here.

Paddle the Hooch - May 31-June 1

It’s perfect weather for an adventurous paddle and camping trip on the upper Chattahoochee River - beginning on Sautee Creek and ending at Lula Bridge! Join UCR for  two fun-filled days learning about our watershed and enjoying the company of other fellow paddlers. Click here for more information, to register and/or to find out about the many other UCR paddling opportunities.

Walk for the Water

The MANY HORSES FOUNDATION is a 501(c) (3) organization dedicated to honoring and teaching Native American values and traditions concerning the Earth and the Natural World. The Foundation is organizing a 10-day Walk For The Water here in Georgia, starting at the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River on May 30, 2008, and ending on June 9, 2008, in a traditional Native American Ceremony in Atlanta.

The Foundation’s mission is to increase awareness of our responsibility to the natural world and to water, which sustains all of life. If you are interested in participating in or providing support for the Walk For the Water, please visit www.walkforthewater.org where you will find, among other things, a wish list of supplies, sponsorship information, and more.