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Two neighboring waterways worth knowing more about are the Ogeechee and Canoochee rivers.  One, the Ogeechee, meanders south from Crawfordsville until it meets with the other just north of Interstate 95 at Kings Ferry.  Together, the two rivers cover hundred of miles of rural recreational oppportunities from birding to fishing to paddling.

They are rivers rich with historical knowledge as well as ecological importance.  Their banks were home to countless tribes of Native Americans (hence the Indian names for the rivers) and now host landmarks that include ancient burial grounds and military forts from the Spanish-American, Revolutionary and Civil war eras.  More recent events in history, however, left behind more compromised legacy.

Over the past 70 years, the rivers have been steadily hammered with pollutants from sewage and stormwater runoff from aging or poorly regulated water treatment plants, storm-water systems, agricultural operations and septic tanks.  The Canoochee River has witnessed an excessive nutrient load from an upstream poultry processing plant, resulting in algae blooms that suffocate plant and aquatic life.