Soque River Watershed Association

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Member meeting
February 21st

Please join us for our next SRWA Member Meeting at the Clarkesville Library at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 21st. We will have updates on exciting upcoming SRWA programs and hear from Hannah Warner of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) about Neighborhood Water Watch- a program that brings CRK, SRWA, and our members together to protect our rivers, including the Soque!

Each week, community members bring water samples from their local streams and rivers to CRK run or supported labs where they are analyzed for bacteria and turbidity. This is often the most frequent and sometimes the only regular monitoring conducted on our rivers and streams. This regular sampling allows CRK and its partners to identify and address water quality problems quickly. Dozens of sewer overflows have been stopped through the watchful dedication of CRK, community members, and local governments.

Headwaters Hike
February 9th

Thanks to everyone who joined us on a fun hike to the headwaters! Great views, a great stream, and great company were enjoyed by everyone. We're already thinking of our next hikes, so stay tuned!

Annual Tree Sale

Thanks to everyone who purchased trees from us this season! We sold 73 trees which will now go off to do good work beautifying our community and preventing erosion. This was the 7th year of our annual tree sale and we look forward to seeing what these trees look like 7 years from now.

Special thanks to Barry Gay for providing our trees, The Northeast Georgian for getting the word out, the City of Clarkesville for letting us use the Maudlin Gardens, and our board members for their work to make this possible.

Starry night for soquee
November 2nd

A HUGE thank you to the curator, Clara Madigan, and the entire Kollock family for such a lovely and successful event. A night filled with music, food, wine and best of all...art! Thank you to everyone that came and shared the evening with SRWA and we hope you had a great time.

Thank you for Another Successful event
Soque Celebration, October 20th

The Soque Celebration was a success! Thank you to all our sponsors, donors, and attendees. The music provided by Honeywood and Joe Higgins was wonderful, the fajita bar provided by El Jinete was delicious and the raffle items donated by so many of our local merchants were awesome!

SRWA is 20!

SRWA was founded in 1998 thanks to a group of dedicated local citizens who were concerned about water quality. We have been fortunate to have had support from and collaboration with many organizations and individuals through the years, but special thanks go to Sally Bethea and Katherine Baer with Chattahoochee Riverkeeper for helping us get started and to the Turner Foundation for their generosity to help keep us going. In honor of our 20th Anniversary, we have several special events and activities planned and have designed the 20th Anniversary logo above (thank you Jason Fowler!) that you will soon see on new SRWA merchandise. On the subject of merchandise... please visit our watershed store by clicking here.

During 2018, we will celebrate our history and look forward to our future as we continue our work to protect and restore the Soque River, its tributaries, and watershed. Please see the historic photographs below (thanks to Dr. Dudley Sisk for the images). Click on the photo to see the caption, and please stay tuned to our website and upcoming Soque Bulletins for more information on how you can engage with and support SRWA to ensure a clean water legacy for 20 more years and beyond!