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Articles by Ben Emanuel

Ben Emanuel

Director, Southeast Conservation
Ben joined American Rivers in 2011. Prior to that he worked at Georgia River Network and worked for the Altamaha Riverkeeper as its Oconee River Project Director. An Atlanta native, Ben has also worked as a local reporter and news editor in Athens, Georgia, and was a co-founder of a river study project called the Georgia River Survey. Education: BA,…
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