James Holland, Riverkeeper: Environmental Protection along the Altamaha

In Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River, Janisse Ray provides an ecological and personal account of the largest river in Georgia. In this excerpt, Ray tells the story of James Holland, a crabber from Darien, Georgia, and founding member of the environmental organization Altamaha Riverkeeper. Nancy Marshall's photographs accompany Ray's text.