COUNCIL AREA

Seven Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council was initiated in March of 1992 by a group of local community leaders in Southeast Georgia.The Council was created out of a realization by these individuals of the dire need for communities to collaborate on finding solutions to common problems, learning from unique challenges, and exploiting opportunities. The Council received authorization by the Secretary of Agriculture, in January 1993 and is a 501 (c) (3), not for profit organization.

The original area consisted of Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Jeff Davis, and Ware counties and was bounded by seven rivers, namely: Altamaha, Alapaha, Ocmulgee, Satilla, St. Mary's, Suwannee, and Willacoochee.

In 1994, the Council's boundary was extended to include the counties of Brantley, Pierce, and Wayne. Recognizing the needs of surrounding counties, the council.htm expanded again in March 1997 to include Berrien, Cook, Lanier, and Lowndes Counties. With these expansions, the Council's territory now includes three additional rivers (the New, the Withlacoochee, and the Little.

This map outlines our service area.