ANNOUNCING CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY HIGHTOWER AWARD

CNPC announces the creation of the Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy Hightower Award. The award will be given to those whose efforts and dedication have had a lasting and positive impact on the CRNRA and its community. This award is named in honor of Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Park Ranger Jerry Hightower, who is also the first recipient.

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WE ARE hiring an executive director! 

We are excited to announce that we are seeking our first full time Executive Director for the Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy (CNPC). This individual’s primary role is to advance CNPC on a sustainable, rapid pace of growth while fulfilling its mission to support the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. They will be the voice and face of the organization and breathe its purpose and potential every day.

The search is being conducted by the Potrero Group and additional information can be found by clicking on the below button.  

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH

WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 10TH birthday! 

After more than nine months of organizing by a small group of dedicated volunteers, on November 1, 2012, the Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy was born as the official friends group and primary philanthropic partner of the CRNRA.  By our 10th birthday on November 1, 2022, CNPC raised more than $1.3 million in support of our mission to build a community of support for the CRNRA and promote stewardship of its natural and cultural resources. And we are just getting started!

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

For as little as $5 a month, you can join the community that supports the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area and its 15 park units along 48 miles of the Chattahoochee. 

ORAL HISTORY OF THE  CRNRA 

CNPC supporter Dyna Kohler and her late husband John organized and funded a project to document the creation of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area through an oral history video.  You can view a seven-minute of the video using the below link.  

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Providing for our local national park is our passion!

Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy (CNPC) is the official friends group for the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, a series of fifteen park units along 48 miles of the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta. Our mission is to build a community of support for the CRNRA and promote stewardship of its natural and cultural resources. 

Check out our 2022 highlights

We are proud of the support we provided the Chattahoochee River National Area with in 2022!

We raised over $370,000, a 93% increase over 2021, that was used towards a SCA trail crew, bridge repairs, a new pollinator garden, field trips, volunteer events and more.

CURRENT PROJECTS

WATER SAFETY 

The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area launched a water safety campaign developed in partnership with WABE and the YMCA of Metro Atlanta.  Since 2012, over 15 drowning-related fatalities at Diving Rock in the Palisades unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, with the majority of the victims being young African American males who were not wearing personal flotation devices (PFD's). In response, the park has collaborated with our partners to develop a public awareness campaign that emphasizes wearing PFDs.

Click here to learn more about recreating safely on the Chattahoochee River. 

CNPC PROGRAMS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS