State of the Watersheds: Metro Atlanta Urban Waters Symposium 2023
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7 hours 30 minutes
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This year, Atlanta Metropolitan State College will host the 2nd Annual State of the Watershed Symposium (MAUW) to explore environment, arts, and activism with a particular emphasis on environmental justice and climate change in confluence with community organization
P LEASE complete your registration by Monday, October 23rd!
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AGENDA
9:00 am - Continental Breakfast & Networking
9:30 am - Welcome/Opening
9:45 am - Session 1: Community Voices: Flooding and Atlanta’s Infrastructure (Green + Grey)
11:10 am - Session 2: Atlanta-Based Efforts to Addressing Critical Community Infrastructure Needs
12:30 pm - Lunch, Interactive Activities, Student Posters + Book Signing with Serena Echols, Author of Msitu: The Old Growth Forest
1:45 pm - Session 3: Justice40: Federal Opportunities to Address Atlanta’s Infrastructure Needs
3:15 pm - Session 4: Prioritizing Community Needs + Action Steps
4:20 pm - Closing
T he Urban Watersheds of Atlanta: Proctor Creek, Sandy Creek, South River Creek and Utoy Creek.
Atlanta’s Watersheds
By: Mollie Taylor
Proximity2nature.com
We often talk about the I-285 “perimeter” of Atlanta, but there are other natural perimeters that occupy little of our attention.
Pictured here are four of Atlanta’s watersheds. Clockwise from the top right, they are Peachtree Creek, Upper South River, Utoy Creek-Chattahoochee River.
The Eastern Continental Divide
By: Mollie Taylor
Proximity2nature.com
Atlanta sits atop of the Eastern Continental Divide. Similar to the Great Continental Divide (where rivers on one side drain to the pacific and on the other side to the Atlantic), water on one side of this line flows to the Gulf of Mexico, while water on the other side flows directly to the Atlantic Ocean.
Because this ridgeline is relatively flat, railways were built here, followed by Dekalb Avenue and Lee Street, which roughly follow the divide.