Four Days Left for Public Comments on Metro Water Plans

January 31 is the last day to submit public comments on the Metro District Water Plans which will serve as the blueprint for managing our water supply in the 15-county metro Atlanta area for the next 25 years. The plan weakens our region’s conservation goals and fails to protect water quality.

You can let the Metro District know that water conservation and clean water matter to you! Click here to urge the Metro District to embrace water conservation and help ensure that we have enough clean water for now and in the future.

To learn more, see the @ issue section of the January 25 Atlanta Journal-Constitution here or go to UCR’s website here

Make Your Business or Organization a Partner for Clean Water

If you’re looking for a way to build camaraderie among your co-workers while doing a good deed at the same time, come join UCR for a cleanup at Lake Lanier or somewhere along the Chattahoochee. Cleanups usually last 3-4 hours, and all that’s required is for participants to come dressed in work clothes and ready to pick up a lot of trash.

For more information, contact Tammy Morrissey (tmorrissey@ucriverkeeper.org; 404-352-9828, ext 12).

Atlanta Audubon Society Holds Photo Contest

The Atlanta Audubon Society is looking for amazing images of birds, animals and habitat. Entries must have been photographed since 1/1/08 and be received by midnight on 2/23/09. Prizes will be offered. All entries will be displayed at the Speaker Series event to be held on the weekend of March 21-22. Click here to learn more.

Congratulations to Our New Parents!

Two of UCR’s staff members have welcomed little ones into their lives this month! Congratulations to Headwaters Conservation Director Darcie Holcomb on the birth of her daughter, Ashleigh, and to Technical Programs Director Jason Ulseth on the birth of his daughter Sydney!