In 1973, then Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter paddled the Chattooga River with Claude Terry. Carter pushed to have a stretch of the river designated as a National Wild and Scenic River System. (Doug ...

ATHENS – Georgia River Network is the sole statewide advocacy group protecting rivers and water trails in Georgia. After the organization's 25th anniversary celebration, GRN officials saw an ...

Flathead catfish are invading another Georgia river, state officials warn, a predator that would threaten native fish including the prized redbreast sunfish. The Georgia Department of Natural ...

Summertime is ripe for enjoying Georgia’s rivers. Whether it’s the Chattahoochee, Altamaha, Ocmulgee, or any of the more than ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - As the Georgia General Assembly wrestles with where Georgians have the legal right to boat, the Athens-based river advocacy group Georgia River Network aims to use its annual ...

A slate of 14 guided canoe and kayak trips, ranging from explorations of the blackwater Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia to whitewater thrills on the Chattahoochee River in North Georgia are on tap ...

Boating enthusiasts and representatives of the recreational boating industry are asking Georgia lawmakers to separate the right to float along the state’s rivers and streams from hunting and fishing.

While millions pass over it without realizing, Georgia’s most beautiful rivers run through the state, quietly beneath the surface. According to a recent Southern Living feature, the Flint River is one ...

MADISON COUNTY, Ga. — During the late spring into the early summer, the Broad River glows with something rare and wild: thousands of delicate white blooms stretching across shallow, rushing shoals.

"Known as 'Georgia's Little Amazon,' the Altamaha River winds 137 miles from central Georgia and out to the Atlantic Ocean. It's the largest free-flowing river on the east coast and Georgia’s largest ...