Paddle Georgia is our annual week-long canoe/kayak camping adventure that ventures on a different Georgia river each June.
๐ถ Since 2005 and the first Paddle Georgia on the Chattahoochee River, the event has grown into the largest week-long canoe/kayak camping adventure in the country, attracting between 250 and 400 participants annually!
Paddle Georgia is summer camp for families! Georgia Rivers coordinates everything you need: off-river campsites with restrooms, showers and air-conditioned respites, daily shuttle services to and from the river, catered meals, nightly education and entertainment programs.
๐งThrough the years, Paddle Georgia has engaged more than 7,000 paddlers and raised more than $900,000 for river protection.
Make plans to join us for Paddle Georgia 2025 on the Tennessee River June 15-22!
Learn more and register at garivers.org/paddle-georgia.
#PaddleGeorgia2025 #PaddleGeorgia #GeorgiaRivers
Last chance to get raffle tickets!
๐ถ This kayak is ideal for beginner anglers with in-hull storage, rod holders, and a robust high seating option.
๐๏ธ Purchase raffle tickets (just $5 each!) at https://rafflecreator.com/pages/55174/crescent-kayaks-lite-tackle-ii-raffle-2025
Raffle tickets can be purchased until 7pm March 4.
๐ญ๏ธ The raffle drawing will take place at our Mardi Gras party at Fire Maker Brewing in Atlanta. The winner will be announced on March 5 on social media and email. (Need not be present to win. If you win the boat, you must pick it up from the Atlanta area.)
#FishGeorgiaRivers #kayakfishing #GeorgiaRivers
Two bipartisan bills have been introduced to protect Okefenokee's Trail Ridge from mining threats.
โ๏ธ It is essential these bills get attention and signers in just a few days!
Ask your legislators to vote YES on:
๐ข The Okefenokee Protection Act HB 561 to permanently prohibit all future mining along Okefenokeeโs Trail Ridge.
๐ข HB 562 to place a five-year moratorium on mining along Trail Ridge.
Learn more about the bills and contact your legislators at https://garivers.org/protectokefenokee/
#ProtecttheOkefenokee #SavetheSwamp
Raise your voice for the Okefenokee! ๐
Two bills have been introduced in the Georgia State House to protect the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from mining threats.
โ๏ธ Use our form to contact your legislators and ask them to sign bills to save the swamp!
https://garivers.org/protect-the-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge/#/426
๐ถ Sing along to "Okefenokee" with Michelle Malone at our Mardi Gras Benefit Party to Save the Swamp on Fat Tuesday, March 4! See you at Fire Maker Brewing Company!
See full event details and get tickets at https://garivers.org/mardigrasbenefitparty/
#ProtecttheOkefenokee #SavetheSwamp
Be one of the first to secure your spot for Paddle Georgia 2025 on the Tennessee River!
Join us for the full adventure June 15 - 22 or opt for two, three, or four day registration plans.
Book now at garivers.org/paddle-georgia/2025-2
#PaddleGeorgia2025 #PaddleGeorgia #GeorgiaRivers
John Dalton with Creek Fishing Adventures uses the Georgia River Guide app to find new rivers and access points.
Download the app for free at garivers.org/georgiariverguide
Speak up for right of passage in Georgia!
"We need to make our voice heard so that legislators enshrine our right of passage on Georgia's rivers and streams forever," said Rena Ann Peck, executive director of Georgia Rivers.
Speak up at garivers.org/protect-our-freedom-to-float-georgia-rivers
Shoutout to Trust for Public Land and Chattahoochee RiverLands! We spent the day at Standing Peachtree Greenspace yesterday and the new access looks awesome!
"They want us to tell our story."
On Native American Heritage Day, we reflect on the words Chief David Hill of the Muscogee Creek Nation shared at our 2023 Georgia Rivers Gala.
Despite the hardships they faced, the Muscogee people took their language, traditions and heritage with them from their indigenous homeland in Georgia and Alabama, and their sacred land on Trail Ridge near the Okefenokee, to their reservation in Oklahoma.
Many of these stories are not in historical records. Chief Hill and the Muscogee Creek Nation work to tell the true story, and we join them in amplifying these stories.
#nationalnativeamericanheritageday #nationalnativeamericanheritagemonth
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Save the date for the 20th anniversary of Paddle Georgia!
To celebrate this milestone year, weโre heading where no Paddle Georgia navy has gone before: a seven-day journey that will take us through three states (Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama) on South Chickamauga Creek and the Tennessee River.
Mark your calendars to join us June 15-22! Registration opens early February 2025.
Read full event details on our Paddle Georgia page: garivers.org/paddle-georgia
#PaddleGeorgia2025 #PaddleGeorgia #GeorgiaRivers #WeAreGeorgiaRivers
Georgia Rivers is the sole statewide advocacy group protecting rivers and water trails in Georgia.
