{{Short description|Non-profit environmentalist organization in Georgia, U.S.}}{{use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{infobox organization/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL | name = Finding the Flint | headquarters = Georgia, USA | website = https://findingtheflint.org/ }}
'''Finding the Flint (FTF)''' is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization and non-profit project created by American Rivers and The Conservation Fund, non-profit organizations who advocate for protecting rivers in the United States, and the Atlanta Regional Commission.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Finding the Flint |url=https://findingtheflint.org/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Finding the Flint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://findingtheflint.org/about |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Finding the Flint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Finding the Flint — |url=https://www.americanrivers.org/finding-the-flint/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.americanrivers.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
Finding the Flint focuses on the cultural, physical, and environmental restoration of the Flint River, focusing on its headwaters in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and streams or creeks affected by the environment.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stafford |first=Leon |title=South metro seeking to restore Flint River to former glory |language=English |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/south-metro-seeking-to-restore-flint-river-to-former-glory/OYUOVL777BBOFMQDLAC4GP54OU/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |issn=1539-7459}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fund |first=The Conservation |date=2021-11-01 |title=Finding the Flint Documentary |url=http://saportareport.com/finding-the-flint-documentary/thought-leadership/the-conservation-fund/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=SaportaReport |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Finding the Flint — |url=https://www.americanrivers.org/finding-the-flint/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.americanrivers.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
Finding the Flint also aims to raise awareness about the existence of the Flint River, which is obscured by urban expansion that has occurred around the metropolitan area of Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-13 |title=A river flows under Atlanta’s airport, and people hope to make it a destination |url=https://www.wabe.org/a-river-flows-under-atlantas-airport-and-people-hope-to-make-it-a-destination/pantheon/a-river-flows-under-atlantas-airport-and-people-hope-to-make-it-a-destination/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=WABE |language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == In 2017, American Rivers, The Conservation Fund, and the Atlanta Regional Commission hired Ryan Gravel's firm Sixpitch to bring several ideas together in an aerotropolis-wide vision for the Flint River headwaters, focusing on the restoration of the Flint. With the support of Southside native and author Hannah Palmer, the Finding the Flint was born.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
The Finding the Flint project is supported by Delta Air Lines and the metro Atlanta cities of East Point, College Park, and Hapeville.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schilling |first=Erin |date=November 7, 2023 |title=‘Connective thread’: How a South Atlanta river restoration could spur investment |work=Atlanta Business Chronicle |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2023/11/07/flint-river-delta-airport-restoration.html |access-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>
In 2021, MARTA planned to offer 7-acres of territory near the Flint's headwaters in College Park to Finding the Flint, for $218,000, to create the city's first nature preserve. MARTA's Board of Directors Planning and Capital Programs Committee voted on April 29, 2021, to sell the 7-acres of wetland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Josh |date=2021-04-29 |title=MARTA plans to offer 7 acres for riverside greenspace near Atlanta airport |url=https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/marta-plans-offer-7-acres-riverside-greenspace-near-atlanta-airport |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Urbanize Atlanta |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Water organizations in the United States Category:Environmental organizations based in Georgia (U.S. state) {{authority control}}