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Swimming and sliding down rocks in the South Fork of the Broad River is a popular way to spend hot summer days at Watson Mill Bridge State Park. Environmental groups are working to protect the water quality there. (Photo/Jack Keys)

Swimming and sliding down rocks in the South Fork of the Broad River is a popular way to spend hot summer days at Watson Mill Bridge State Park. Environmental groups are working to protect the water quality there. (Photo/Jack Keys)

Steps being taken to protect South Fork of Broad River

Alex Perri
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Local clean water proponents moved one step closer to a big win recently when the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) announced a local section of the South Fork of the Broad River will be reclassified for recreational use.
(Graphic/Jesse Wood)

(Graphic/Jesse Wood)

‘Nobody is exempt’: State, others must protect Broad River

Jesse Wood
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Michael Moody has always been around kayaks, whether it was building them at 13 years old or owning Broad River Outpost, a kayaking and canoeing business on the Broad River, for more than 43 years.However, a proposed chicken rendering plant in the Franklin County town of Franklin Springs could...