The Upper Etowah River Alliance is one of many groups across Georgia working for clean water and healthy rivers. Whether you live near the Etowah or the coast, there’s a riverkeeper, watershed group or conservation organization working on the water near you. Here are some of the partners and neighbors we’re proud to work alongside.
Close to home
- Coosa River Basin Initiative / Upper Coosa Riverkeeper (Rome) — Protects the Upper Coosa River basin, including the Etowah, Oostanaula and Coosa rivers, through advocacy, water monitoring, education and paddling trips.
- Keep Cherokee Beautiful (Cherokee County) — A volunteer-led group reducing litter and promoting recycling and beautification across the county. A UERA partner.
- Lake Allatoona Association & Allatoona Lake Warriors (Lake Allatoona) — Works for a clean, healthy Lake Allatoona, where the Etowah flows. Its Lake Warriors volunteers pull trash from the shoreline year-round. A UERA partner.
Statewide
- Georgia Rivers (Athens) — Formerly Georgia River Network. Connects and supports local river groups across the state, coordinates the Georgia Water Trails Network and hosts Paddle Georgia. A UERA sponsor.
- Rivers Alive — Georgia’s volunteer waterway cleanup program, run by Georgia EPD and the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation. UERA’s fall cleanups are part of it.
- Georgia Adopt-A-Stream — Georgia EPD’s program that trains volunteers to monitor water quality in their local streams.
- Georgia Water Coalition — A coalition of conservation groups, businesses and community organizations working together on statewide water policy.
Riverkeepers
- Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (Atlanta area) — Protects and restores the Chattahoochee River basin, which supplies drinking water to metro Atlanta and communities downstream.
- Chattahoochee River Conservancy (Columbus) — Also known as the Chattahoochee River Warden. Protects the middle Chattahoochee, from West Point Lake to the Florida line.
- Savannah Riverkeeper (Augusta) — Protects, cleans up and advocates for the Savannah River basin.
- Flint Riverkeeper (Albany) — Works to keep the Flint River healthy and flowing.
- Altamaha Riverkeeper (Macon) — Defends the Altamaha River system and its major tributaries.
- Ogeechee Riverkeeper (Savannah) — Protects the Ogeechee and Canoochee river basins.
- Satilla Riverkeeper (Southeast Georgia) — Protects the blackwater Satilla River and its watershed.
Local watershed groups
- Soque River Watershed Association (Clarkesville) — Protects and restores the Soque River in Habersham County.
- Lake Lanier Association (Gainesville) — Works for a clean, full and safe Lake Lanier.
- South Fork Conservancy (Atlanta) — Restores the South Fork of Peachtree Creek and builds trails along it.
- West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (Atlanta) — Protects the streams and green spaces of West Atlanta’s neighborhoods.
- Broad River Watershed Association (Danielsville) — A land trust protecting the free-flowing Broad River and its watershed in Northeast Georgia.
Land, wildlife and native plants
- Georgia Conservancy — Works to protect Georgia’s natural resources through land conservation, policy and sustainable growth.
- The Nature Conservancy in Georgia — Protects lands and waters across the state, including work for rare fish in the Etowah and Conasauga.
- Georgia Wildlife Federation — Connects Georgians with wildlife and wild places through education and conservation.
- Georgia Native Plant Society — Promotes native plants, including the trees and shrubs that make the best stream buffers.
- Georgia Council of Trout Unlimited — Protects and restores Georgia’s cold-water streams and the trout that live in them.
Know a group we missed?
We’re always glad to connect with others working for clean water. Contact us to suggest an organization for this list.