If you're retired and have more time to spend exploring the U.S., you can head to this recreation area on a Georgia river and take all the time you need.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1973, then Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter paddled the Chattooga River with Claude Terry. Carter pushed to have a stretch of the ...

GEORGIA, USA — Nonprofit Georgia Rivers is launching a new river recreation program to expand access to kayak fishing training and trips that will debut this spring. A press release said Fish Georgia ...

Flooding in Atlanta in late May helped lead to a high number of fish kill in the Chattahoochee River downstream of Peachtree ...

Paddle Georgia, the Peach State’s annual week-long canoe and kayak camping expedition, will travel from the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia through the ridges and valleys of northwest Georgia ...

While millions pass over it without realizing, Georgia’s most beautiful rivers run through the state, quietly beneath the surface. According to a recent Southern Living feature, the Flint River is one ...

Flathead catfish are invading another Georgia river, state officials warn, a predator that would threaten native fish including the prized redbreast sunfish. The Georgia Department of Natural ...

Summertime is ripe for enjoying Georgia’s rivers. Whether it’s the Chattahoochee, Altamaha, Ocmulgee, or any of the more than 70,000 river miles flowing through the state’s vast network of waterways, ...

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - The Savannah River has been home to over 200 kayakers over the past week, while they canoed with the current as part of Paddle Georgia, an 84-mile adventure. Afternoon ...

Boating enthusiasts and representatives of the recreational boating industry are asking Georgia lawmakers to separate the right to float along the state’s rivers and streams from hunting and fishing.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - As the Georgia General Assembly wrestles with where Georgians have the legal right to boat, the Athens-based river advocacy group Georgia River Network aims to use its annual ...