Capital B: How One Woman Turned a Polluted River Into a Protected Community Treasure

“For decades, the South River was steeped in pollutants as it carried the burden of Atlanta’s and DeKalb County’s sewage system failures,” writes journalist Alyssa Johnson for Capital B. “As a result, few people throughout the community saw it as a destination or a place worth protecting. But Jacqueline Echols, president of the South River Watershed Alliance, a nonprofit devoted to the protection of the South River, saw something else…”

Click here to read the rest of this fascinating article about one of our most impactful partners, the South River Watershed Alliance.