Lumpkin County Parks & Rec, 365 Riley Road, Dahlonega. How healthy are our local rivers? We will learn what constitutes a healthy freshwater ecosystem and how to help protect the Etowah and Chestatee rivers from current threats by using vegetative buffers and native biodiversity. Our speaker is Tiffany Penland, Aquatic Biologist with the Wildlife Resources Division of Georgia DNR where her focus is conservation of imperiled fishes and their habitats. Sponsored by Georgia Mountains Master Gardeners, this is free and open to the public. For information email uge1187@uga.edu  or call Lumpkin County Extension at 706-884-2275.