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  Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area - Areaparks.com
The Chattahoochee River and its valley is a place rich in natural and cultural resources.
Sometimes the river is clear, cold, and slow-moving, while at other times it is a muddy torrent, plunging through rocky shoals.
For centuries, humans have been drawn to this river valley for life’s basics: food, water, and shelter as well as transportation and power to support the increasing numbers of mills and factories.
chattahoocheeriver.areaparks.com   (236 words)

  
  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River rises high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia and flows southwesterly toward the Alabama state line.
From there the river tumbles for twenty miles over the fall line—the region of transition between the foothills of the Piedmont and the lower and flatter Coastal Plain.
Its mills were vitally important to the Confederacy, and defense of the river was crucial, because it represented the easiest route to the fall line mills from the Gulf of Mexico, especially after Union naval forces took possession of Apalachicola in April 1862.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-950   (1234 words)

  
 The Chattahoochee: A River of History
For centuries the Chattahoochee Valley's native populations relied extensively on river travel in their communications and trade, and to a great degree Columbus owes its existence to the fact that it is located at the head of navigation of the river.
The Chattahoochee was a significant barrier to east-west travel and trade in the area before the construction of bridges, and prior to the construction of the series of dams along its course frequent flooding posed a serious threat to residential and industrial development along the riverfront.
Of the river's many roles in the history of this area, perhaps none is as controversial or as damaging as its use as a sewer by the populations it serves.
www.tfaoi.com /aa/6aa/6aa369.htm   (2370 words)

  
 Sherpa Guides | Georgia | Chattahoochee River | Flora and Fauna of the Chattahoochee River
The nine dams along the course of the river have destroyed the habitat needed for these species' survival because the impounded areas are not suitable for habitat by organisms that require flowing water and because the cold water releases are not conducive to a diversity of organisms.
The river serves as a permanent home to creatures that spend nearly all their time in the river's waters and draws in an array of terrestrial animals that visit regularly for a variety of needs including food, shelter, and water.
River otters are found in wetland habitats in lakes, rivers, and ponds, usually in areas that back up to woodlands or have some dense cover.
www.sherpaguides.com /georgia/chattahoochee/wildnotes   (4728 words)

  
 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, national recreation area established in 1978.
The Chattahoochee River and its valley is a place rich in natural and cultural...
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area preserves a series of sites between Atlanta, Georgia and Lake Sidney Lanier along the Chattahoochee River.
encarta.msn.com /Chattahoochee_River_National_Recreation_Area.html   (230 words)

  
 Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
The Chattahoochee River begins in the north Georgia mountains at a spring on Coon Den Ridge in southeastern Union County.
In the upper Chattahoochee River Basin (Helen to West Point Dam), several hundred municipalities and industries are permitted to discharge specific levels of pollutants into the River.
At Lake Seminole on the Florida border, the Chattahoochee River is joined by the Flint River and becomes the Apalachicola River in Florida, flowing 106 miles to Apalachicola Bay where it empties 16 billion gallons of fresh water per day.
www.chattahoochee.org /Ourriver5.htm   (478 words)

  
 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Preview: The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) is a series of sections along the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta that have been set aside for all kinds of recreation.
Since all rivers in Georgia are used as migration pathways, and this is one of the larger ones, both spring and fall migration can be spectacular.
V isitors to Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (NRA) often ask, "Is the water polluted?" Responding to this question is a problem confronting the staff of this 16-unit park located on the Chattahoochee River, which runs through metropolitan Atlanta.
www.lycos.com /info/chattahoochee-river-national-recreation-area.html   (422 words)

  
 Sherpa Guides | Georgia | Chattahoochee River | Fieldtrip: Exploring the Chattahoochee River
A 16-mile section of the Chattahoochee, beginning in Helen, is the area of the river most commonly rafted.
Chattahoochee Nature Center: Located in Roswell, this private, nonprofit educational facility along the Chattahoochee River boasts 130 acres of preserved wetlands and woodlands.
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: Established by Congress in 1978, the CRNRA is designed to preserve the beauty and recreational value of the Chattahoochee River.
sherpaguides.com /georgia/chattahoochee/field_trip/index.html   (1173 words)

  
 Chattahoochee River - Definition, explanation
The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the mountains of northeast Georgia, southwestward by Atlanta and through its suburbs, then turns southward to form the southern half of the Georgia/Alabama state line.
The name Chattahoochee is thought to come from a Creek word for "painted rock," possibly referring to the many colorful granite outcrops along the northeast-to-southwest segment of the river.
A non-profit organization, the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, is a watchdog group for the northern half of the river.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ch/chattahoochee_river.php   (810 words)

  
 Chattahoochee
One thing is for sure, the native river rats that wade and fish that section of river will be looked at as consumers of government services since we live here and the new professionally attired white water tourist will be considered an economic gain.
The Chattahoochee River is tamed, regulated, restricted, controlled, used and abused.
whitewater rafting on the Upper Ocoee River being at the mercy of the TVA.
therabbitjournal.com /chattahoochee.htm   (703 words)

  
 The Chattahoochee River Calendar
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper was established in 1994 by a group of local environmentalists, scientists, community activists and paddlers to focus grassroots advocacy on the Chattahoochee River Basin from its headwaters in the Chattahoochee National Forest to West Point Lake downstream of Atlanta.
Its mission is to advocate and secure the protection and stewardship of the Chattahoochee River, its tributaries and watershed, in order restore and conserve their ecological health for the people, fish and wildlife that depend on the river system.
Rivers Alive is Georgia's annual volunteer waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways in the State including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches, and wetlands.
atlantarow.org /calendar/index.html   (546 words)

  
 Georgia Legacy Collection: Chattahoochee River
Interviews with the 630-home Chattahoochee River Club developer Don Donnelly and environmentalist Rand Wentworth, Atlanta director for The Trust for Public Land, illustrate the relationship between developers and environmentalists along this stretch of the Chattahoochee.
Chattahoochee River examines the efforts of Mitchell and others, such as Sally Bethay of the Upper Chattahoochee River Keeper, to educate and put into place management measures to lessen the impact of erosion on the wildlife of the river and its tributaries.
As the river flows southward, the Cooks encounter a historic part of the river, and the program outlines the history of an old textile mill on Sweetwater Creek in New Manchester, as well as the Native American past of the McIntosh Reserve.
www.gpb.org /public/tv/georgialegacy/index.jsp?progid=130   (643 words)

  
 Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
The Chattahoochee River begins in the north Georgia mountains at a spring on Coon Den Ridge in southeastern Union County.
In the upper Chattahoochee River Basin (Helen to West Point Dam), several hundred municipalities and industries are permitted to discharge specific levels of pollutants into the River.
At Lake Seminole on the Florida border, the Chattahoochee River is joined by the Flint River and becomes the Apalachicola River in Florida, flowing 106 miles to Apalachicola Bay where it empties 16 billion gallons of fresh water per day.
www.ucriverkeeper.org /Ourriver5.htm   (478 words)

  
 Chattahoochee River - GA
This is the point of the river where you start to see all of the fancy houses, and can sit back and let the river do the work.
The river remains like this for 4 miles until you get around to Old Riverside Rd. The first challenge comes when you get to the point where you have to choose between 3 ways, we went all the way to the right and didn't have any problems.
Although the river is developed heavily with houses most of the way, it still is a great trip to take if you live in the area and don't want to deal with the traffic while traveling to a father destination.
www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?688   (812 words)

  
 Chattahoochee - HISTORY
“The river’s natural character of drying up to a rivulet in the region north of Eufaula during periods of low rainfall was exacerbated by settlement of the lands along its banks.
Starting at Chattahoochee, Florida where the Chattahoochee and Flint converge was built the Jim Woodruf Dam, to include hydropower and a lock for river transport.
The entire river basin covers 19,600 square miles, pumps an average of 16 billion gallons of freshwater a day into Appalachicola Bay and ranks as the eleventh largest river in the United States.
www.riversofalabama.org /Chattahoochee/CHATT_History.htm   (2085 words)

  
 GORP - Chattahoochee River Georgia
The Chattahoochee may sound like a bad cold to most, but to an outdoor enthusiast residing in Atlanta, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is the city's saving grace.
The Chattahoochee NRA was created by President Jimmy Carter, a native Georgian, to protect this 48-mile segment of the Chattahoochee River and its adjoining lands.
Though the river's cool temperature--it rarely gets warmer than 50 degrees--may frighten, the lower stretch of the river is ideal for novices and children looking to raft, kayak or canoe.
gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nra/ga_chatt.htm   (508 words)

  
 Wildernet.com - Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia
The 48 miles of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is available for raft, canoe, kayak, motor boat and other small boat use year round.
The river within the park is open for boating from 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset.
Report: Did the river in a rented raft a couple of years and am taking some family coming from out of state next week; was relaxing and beautiful; fairly inexpensive and generally a wonderful day trip.
areas.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=GARACHTER&CU_ID=1   (769 words)

  
 GORP - Chattahoochee in Atlanta - Vickery Creek Unit to Powers Island Unit
Near the confluence of Vickery Creek and the Chattahoochee, the Ivy Woolen Mill was built between 1856 and 1857 as well as Allenbrook, which served as home and office for the loom boss.
It is adjacent to Bull Sluice Lake, an impoundment of the Chattahoochee created during the construction of Morgan Falls Dam.
Powers Island lies directly across the river from the Cochran Shoals Unit and is the put-in for canoeists and rafters of the 3-mile stretch of river, sometimes called the Atlanta Hooch.
gorp.away.com /gorp/publishers/menasha/pad_atl3.htm   (1610 words)

  
 Johnson Ferry, Chattahoochee River NRA - GeorgiaTrails.com
This trail passes what remains of the Chattahoochee Outdoor Center, crosses a field that was once their parking lot, then circles a forested wetland in a flood plain of the Chattahoochee River.
From the time we arrived in Atlanta in the early 1980's until it closed in 2002, the Chattahoochee Outdoor Center, located at the Johnson Ferry Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area was the epicenter of outdoor fun in Atlanta.
Frequently separated from the river by a stand of trees, the trail did occassionally offer an unobstructed long-distance view of the Chattahoochee.As each of the four creeks the trail would take a few steps inland, cross a bridge, then return to the river bank.
www.georgiatrails.com /trails/johnsonferry.html   (744 words)

  
 Georgia's Chattahoochee River
Crossing the river was a major accomplishment for William Tecumseh Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign.
To the south the river slows and widens.
For the next 13 miles the river is defined the the chain of parks established in 1978 with the help of President Jimmy Carter -- the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area.
ngeorgia.com /naturally/chattahoochee01.html   (625 words)

  
 Land&People, Fall 1998, Keepers of the River: The Trust for Public Land
On a muddy path toward the Chattahoochee River, L. "Tuck" Tucker is dodging puddles.
Another lawsuit was filed by the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper against the city of Atlanta for allowing sewer overflows to pollute the river downstream from the city.
While the Riverkeeper serves as the Chattahoochee's legal watchdog, TPL is leading a campaign to acquire natural lands along the river from its headwaters in the Appalachian Mountains to Columbus, Georgia.
www.tpl.org /tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=1440&folder_id=965   (1906 words)

  
 Johnson Ferry, Chattahoochee River NRA - GeorgiaTrails.com
This trail passes what remains of the Chattahoochee Outdoor Center, crosses a field that was once their parking lot, then circles a forested wetland in a flood plain of the Chattahoochee River.
From the time we arrived in Atlanta in the early 1980's until it closed in 2002, the Chattahoochee Outdoor Center, located at the Johnson Ferry Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area was the epicenter of outdoor fun in Atlanta.
Frequently separated from the river by a stand of trees, the trail did occassionally offer an unobstructed long-distance view of the Chattahoochee.As each of the four creeks the trail would take a few steps inland, cross a bridge, then return to the river bank.
georgiatrails.com /trails/johnsonferry.html   (744 words)

  
 River through Atlanta... Guided Wade Fly Fishing Trips on the Chattahoochee River.
Fly fishing wade trips on the Chattahoochee River are offered to our customers on a year around basis by utilizing both public and private river access points.
Due to the fact that the Chattahoochee River is a tailwater fishery, water releases from both dam structures on the river often dictate water levels and clarity.
This is the #1 hatch on the river.
www.riverthroughatlanta.com /guidedwadetrips.htm   (845 words)

  
 River Basin Center
The Chattahoochee River, whose name is derived from Creek Indian words meaning painted rock, drains an area of 8,770 sq mi and is the most heavily used water resource in Georgia.
Thirteen of 16 mainstem dams in the ACF River basin are along on the Chattahoochee River.
Unlike the Flint, the highest impairment of surface waters in the Chattahoochee River occurs in the upper and middle reaches of the river, which is flowing through the city of Atlanta.
www.rivercenter.uga.edu /education/k12resources/basinsofga2.htm   (902 words)

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