Coosa Riverkeeper Information

Coosa Riverkeeper’s mission is to protect, restore and promote the Coosa River and its tributaries. We are a citizen-based nonprofit organization working to improve water quality, protect valuable habitat, and promote recreation and public health along the Coosa River in Alabama. We monitor polluters and their pollution permits, patrol the waterways, educate the public, and advocate on behalf of the river. Coosa Riverkeeper was founded in 2010 and is governed by a diverse Board of Directors, which is composed of many of the top environmental leaders in the watershed. Coosa Riverkeeper is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Coosa Riverkeeper is the only advocacy organization solely focused the Lower and Middle Coosa Basins ranging from “skinny waters” of Big Wills Creek near Ft. Payne to Lake Neely Henry down to the tailwaters below Jordan Dam in Wetumpka. We are joined in protecting the Coosa River by Upper Coosa Riverkeeper, a division of the Coosa River Basin Initiative in Rome, Georgia. Their jurisdiction covers the headwaters of the Coosa, including the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers as well as Weiss Lake in Alabama.