JUN 14 – Where the Water Goes – Ocmulgee Wildlands

Special Event Series – Trip 4

Saturday  – 8:00 AM – approx. 7:00 PM

Cost: $65 per person, includes canoe/kayak (BYOLunch)

Location: Ocmulgee River near Bonaire, GA

The South River joins the Yellow and Alcovy Rivers at Jackson Lake, then flows on to become Georgia’s Ocmulgee River, which runs through Macon. It then takes a deep bend through central South Georgia and joins the Oconee to become the Altamaha near Hazelhurst, GA. We’ll paddle several miles on the Ocmulgee below Macon, where the river begins to take on the character of a classic coastal plain stream.  Its slow, meandering current makes dozens of twist and turns, through mostly undisturbed, forested banks. More than just a single entity, the river here becomes a dynamic riverine system that changes frequently as the main current takes cut-throughs, isolating deep elbow bends that eventually become lakes, then forest, then river again. Banks vary from Piedmont forest to swampy floodplain. This rich ecosystem hosts a great diversity of birds and wildlife – yep, snakes and alligators live there too – and this area is the last part of central Georgia large enough and remote enough to host a small bear population. This will be a full-day adventure.

Van transportation from Atlanta is available. Limit 16, van limit 12.

This special outing series is offered in partnership with Atlanta Keeping It Wild and the South River Watershed Alliance.

To RSVP click HERE  –  Details & Directions sent to Registered Participants.

 Old growth cypress on the Ocmulgee, photo by Kathryn Kolb

Questions?  

Kathryn@EcoAddendum.org  Jessica@EcoAddendum.org

or call 404-862-0118