As we begin a new year and all the rush of busy holidays come to an end, the Coosa Riverkeeper team wants to extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated in events, volunteered during cleanups, or donated to protect the Coosa in 2025.
Our work is made possible by the folks like you, who live, work, and recreate on the river! We hope to continue inspiring your family and the next generation through educational programs like our workshops, free fishing clinics, and school visits, which reached over 675 kids in 2025. For some children in communities of greatest need, a free fishing clinic is their first time at the water’s edge. This first exposure to nature can be life-changing.
On that note, we also began the very first of our Angler Advocacy Focus Groups! In 2025, we hosted 4 of these groups, collecting information that will help our team better serve communities with fishing resources. Attendees shared honest feedback about their fishing priorities, the challenges they’re seeing on the water, and ways we can make our program even more useful.
Our field team has patrolled the watershed more than 85 times this year and released 15 weeks of Swim Guide data to the public, protecting 5,000 square miles of the river and the communities who rely on the river as the abundant resource that it is.
We also celebrated two exciting anniversaries in 2025: our 15th year as an organization, plus 10 years of our Swim Guide water quality testing program. (That’s 10 years of helping families recreate safely on the Coosa, all summer long.) Although this is just a glimpse of 2025’s achievements and events, we are excited to bring more opportunities to the folks of the Coosa in the new year!
Want to join us as we protect, restore, and promote the Coosa? Visit CoosaRiver.org/Events to sign up today or check us out on Facebook & Instagram!
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