Keeping the Chattahoochee by Sally Sierer Bethea

Keeping the Chattahoochee by Sally Sierer Bethea

Lakes and rivers surround the Twin Cities, but it can be tough to navigate the hundreds of options for muscle-powered boating. Ticket to Glide opens the door to soul-satisfying fitness in your neighborhood, listing the 50 best kayak launch-points--from an author who has kayaked at 300 sites.

This book delivers:

- Realistic daily workouts, from 30 to 40 minutes long. You control how strenuous they are.

- Round-trip outings for solo kayakers who want to transport and paddle by themselves.

- Convenience ratings for parking, getting your kayak in the water, and directions to each site.

- Unique ratings for scenery--avoid waterways choked with noisy factories and roaring speedboats Ticket to Glide will lead you to peaceful waters, and the meditative experience of floating in nature.

- Easy how-to guidance for buying, renting, transporting and paddling kayaks.

Open up the book and get paddling>

For over a decade, Sally Bethea rocked the city with her fearless and principled leadership of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and insistence that the city and the people of Atlanta take notice, and then action, to correct pollution in the riverShe taught me, and many others who were skeptical, the importance of civic advocacy in solving what seem like intractable problems. Sally offers the experience we need to preserve and protect the planet." - Shirley Franklin, former mayor of the City of Atlanta

"Sally Bethea is a force of nature. Here the river activist, who made the Chattahoochee run cleaner, decides to deepen her relationship to the watershed. On foot, slowly, paying close attention, she travels repeatedly over the course of a year through a forest to the river. These explorations recall her two decades of stunning success—a courageous and unstoppable defender of nature looking forward, looking back. Impressive all around, this beacon of a book inspires, enlivens, and offers hope." - Janisse Ray, author of Wild Spectacle

"My husband Rutherford and I realized that we needed to safeguard our life-sustaining drinking water. We co-founded Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and hired Sally Bethea. Beginning with only a canoe, she eventually won billions of dollars for the protection of one of America’s most important waterways. In this inspirational book, Sally describes her journey with entertaining stories that illustrate how to step up and make a significant difference." - Laura Turner Seydel, co-founder of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, board trustee of Waterkeeper Alliance, and board chair of Captain Planet Foundation

"For all who love rivers, it would be an extremely special day to walk with Sally Bethea along the rapids of the Chattahoochee and hear about two decades of pathbreaking progress in conservation there. Now, thanks to this memoir, we get to do exactly that. Come along and learn about the enlightened and courageous efforts undertaken by this dedicated riverkeeper. Her success can inform us all regarding what must be done for our waters and for the communities that depend upon them." - Tim Palmer, author of Lifelines: The Case for River Conservation

"Sally Bethea knows the Chattahoochee—its beauty, its importance for people and wildlife and the threats facing it—better than nearly anyone else. And the work of Ms. Bethea shows that dogged persistence, determination, public support, existing laws, prodding of government agencies and on and on can help win important environmental protection victories even in the face of substantial adversity." - Charles Seabrook, author of The World of the Salt Marsh: Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast

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.

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ISBN 13	9780820364322
Title	Keeping the Chattahoochee
Author	Sally Sierer Bethea
Series	Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Georgia Press
Year published	2023-11-30
Number of pages	277
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