We must act now to save our wild and mighty Chattooga River from desecration

Many of us know the Chattooga as the river on which the 1972 movie Deliverance; was filmed. Four men from suburban Atlanta confronting the wilderness and learning more about themselves than they ever wanted to know. For me, however, this river is a compelling force of nature that calls me back to who I really am. And now the Chattooga is in danger of encroachment by the logging industry if the Bush administration has its way.

Forming the boundary between northeast Georgia and northwest South Carolina, the awe-inspiring Chattooga flows over 50 miles from its headwaters on the slopes of the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina into Lake Tugaloo (between Georgia and South Carolina). Featuring one of the most extraordinary displays of biological diversity on our continent, the Chattooga River was designated a National Wild and Scenic River in 1974 to preserve these characteristics. (more…)

Saturday, August 21st, 2004