ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
SALLY SIERER BETHEA is the retired founding director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. She served as executive director and riverkeeper for two decades and continues to assist Chattahoochee Riverkeeper as a senior advisor. Bethea also publishes a monthly column, Above the Waterline, in Atlanta Intown. She lives and writes in midtown Atlanta.
For two decades, Bethea worked to restore the neglected Chattahoochee, which provides drinking water and recreation to millions of people, habitat for wildlife, and water for industries and farms as it cuts through the heart of the Deep South. Pairing natural and political history with reflective writing, she draws readers into her watershed and her memories. Bethea’s passion for the natural world—and for defending it with a strong, informed voice animates this instructive memoir. Offering lessons on how to fight for our fundamental right to clean water, Bethea and her colleagues take on powerful corporate and government polluters. They strengthen environmental policies and educate children, reviving the great river from a century of misuse.
ABOUT OGEECHEE RIVERKEEPER:
Ogeechee Riverkeeper, a 501(c)(3) right here in our beautiful state, works to protect, preserve, and improve the water quality of the Ogeechee River basin, which includes all of the streams flowing out to Ossabaw Sound and St. Catherine’s Sound. The Canoochee River is about 108 miles long and the Ogeechee River itself is approximately 245 miles long. The Ogeechee River system drains more than 5,500 square miles across 21 counties in Georgia. Learn more about their mission and work at ogeecheeriverkeeper.org.
ABOUT THE LEARNING CENTER:
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. is Savannah’s center for lifelong learning. TLC welcomes members to the Center for Successful Aging in midtown Savannah and to their satellite campus at Skidaway Island for in-person programs. Programs on a vast variety of topics are offered seasonally both to TLC members and the public, and most are also available online and on-demand. Learn more HERE about upcoming fall talks, classes, and membership benefits.