Coosa River Basin Initiative promotes efforts to increase awareness of area environmental issues
By Lindy Dugger
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Assistant Editor
The Coosa River Basin Initiative (CRBI), located at 408 Broad Street in a small office next to Schroeder's New Deli, is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide �a cleaner, healthier river basin by promoting responsible stewardship for [the] watershed.�
Activities through the CRBI include political and legal advocacy campaigns, water monitoring and training, and environmental education programs.
Currently the CRBI is involved with issues such as PCB contamination of the waterways of north Georgia, the current �water wars� concerning how Alabama and Georgia should share the water that flows between them and the safety of the Anniston Chemical Weapons Incinerator. For information concerning the CRBI, its efforts, or volunteering, see the CRBI website www.coosa.org, or call the CRBI at (706) 232-2704.
Upcoming Events with the Coosa River Basin Initiative:
Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Heritage Park in Rome. Volunteers should meet at the boat ramp at 9.
- Second Annual Fish Fry
�Eat a Fish, Save a River�
Nov. 1 from noon until 7:30 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church in Rome. Plates of catfish, hushpuppies, coleslaw and cheese grits cost $7. Eat in or takeout. Proceeds go to the CRBI.
Volunteers for the Fish Fry are needed. Contact the CRBI for more information.
Georgia Water Coalition Reception
Nov. 13 beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the Forum. The CRBI will be honoring local leaders, legislators and media who have been helpful in protecting Georgia's public water resource this year. Everyone is welcome.
There will be ample time to network with leaders and others. A raffle drawing for a canoe will also be held. Refreshments will be served.
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