Keeping Our Rivers Alive

Rivers Alive is Georgia's annual volunteer waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways in the State including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches, and wetlands. The mission of Rivers Alive is to create awareness of and involvement in the preservation of Georgia's water resources. Rivers Alive is held annually in October.

RIVERS ALIVE (October each year)

Organized by the City of Savannah Environmental Affairs Office, the University of Georgia (UGA) Marine Extension Service, and the MPC, the annual event coordinates volunteers from all over Chatham County and the municipalities to collect thousands of pounds of debris from area rivers. In the 2004 event, both the Herb River and Hayner’s Creek in the Ogeechee watershed were the focus with approximately 60 volunteers collecting over 3,500 pounds of rubbish.

These events are traditionally advertised on the City’s Government Channel, fliers sent out the neighborhood associations in the area, a press release sent to all media providers, and posters placed around the City.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

City of Savannah’s Clean Water Week

Keep Savannah Beautiful

Georgia 's Annual Volunteer Waterway Cleanup: RiversAlive.org

Savannah Riverkeeper

Clean Coast

Central Savannah River Land Trust (Augusta GA)