Our rivers, their tributaries, and their watersheds are some of the most crucial elements of our natural environment, helping to regulate temperatures, store carbon, increase biodiversity, control floods, and provide essential services like fresh water and recreational areas to our communities.
Unfortunately, some of Atlanta's waterways have been forgotten, ignored, and, in some cases, blatantly disregarded throughout our history. This leads to unsanitary waters and waste filled watersheds that have rippling toxic impacts on the neighboring communities, and Atlanta as a whole.
We're hoping to reconnect Atlantans to some of these waterways, and amplify our community's efforts to revitalize them with monthly events through the summer.
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In the last event of our Waterways Series, we'll explore Proctor Creek, a 9-mile long tributary of the Chattahoochee River with a watershed covering 16 square miles that flows along the west side of Atlanta. We'll be teaming up with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and Mozley Park Restoration, a grassroots organization of caring neighbors, for a day of service where we'll be learning about the history of one of Atlanta's beloved neighborhoods, as well as identifying and removing invasive species.
As always, lunch and tools will be provided!
This event is capped at 15 people, and you must be registered through the Hands On Atlanta link found through the RSVP button above.
