WAWA - the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance

Through the help of Nataki my classmate in the BUILT ENVIRON AND HEALTH class, I visited the 7th Annual Urban Forest Festival on April 6 which was hold by WAWA(West Atlanta Watershed Alliance), the USDA Forest Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Wildlife Federation  for celebrating Southwest Atlanta’s urban forests.

 


      The WAWA is a community based, non-profit organization committing to improve the quality of life in the West Atlanta Watershed by protecting, preserving, and restoring our community's natural resources. They also advocate for preserving greenspace, protecting and improving water quality, and promoting good environmental health within the Proctor, Sandy, and Utoy Creek Watersheds. 

    WAWA has signed an official Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Atlanta Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to operate and maintain an outdoor activity center for children and adults conservation, ecology and the natural environment issues which was established in 1975(named Bush Mountain Outdoor Activity Center ).


        I guess I will stand closer with WAWA for practicum program and other activity. We human come from the nature, and I should not forget it. I’ll keep to figure out their works and try to record them with my camera and words.

       By the way, the symbol of WAWA is a West Africa symbol “WAWA ABA(Seed of the WAWA Tree)" means hardness, toughness, and perseverance. I think this reflects their spirit to persist their goals and mission in such a trend of urban life style.
I like it.



The Official West Atlanta Watershed Alliance(WAWA) Blog: 
http://wawaonline.blogspot.com/