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Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama’s water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement.

Click here to read a summary of our 2023 – 2027 Strategic Plan.

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ARA Launches Resource Hub for Water Infrastructure Needs
EPA limits PFAS chemicals in drinking water
City of Montgomery designates Rivers of Alabama Day!
Join ARA + partners in Montgomery for Rivers of Alabama Day (Lobby Day)!

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Happy Earth Day! ARA and our friends and partners

Happy Earth Day! ARA and our friends and partners across Alabama and beyond celebrate Earth Day every day and we hope you do too! Take a moment today to take in all that we have here in Alabama - our 132,000 miles of rivers and streams, our unmatched freshwater biodiversity, our fabulous flora and fauna, our unique critters who only call Alabama home, and so much more!

#EarthDay #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers #AlabamaTheBeautiful

Our Young Professional River Defenders had an awes

Our Young Professional River Defenders had an awesome time with Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen (@creekkeeper) last weekend hiking and exploring Hurricane Creek on the Black Warrior River. Our YPRD is such an important part of the ARA Team. From leading sessions and workshops at Water Rally, to talking to their legislators about our priority issues, to advising us on ways to engage the next generations, we could not #DefendRivers in Alabama without them!

#AlabamaRivers #WaterISLife #ExploreAlabama #Explore #AlabamaRiversAlliance #AlabamaYPs #YoungProfessionals #alabamathebeautiful #HurricaneCreek

Our Director of Special Projects, Jack West, has b

Our Director of Special Projects, Jack West, has been in DC this week, with our great partners at Hydropower Reform Coalition meeting with FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and with our Alabama Congressional Delegation!

🎉GREAT NEWS! HB 434, a bill naming the Alabama

🎉GREAT NEWS! HB 434, a bill naming the Alabama Shad as the Official State Migratory Fish, has passed out of committee unanimously! Thank you to Representative Mike Shaw (R-47) for introducing this bill. Stay tuned for next steps when we will need your help to ensure its passage. (get it!?)

Read more about the bill from our link in bio.

#AlabamaShad #AlabamaFish #MigratoryFish #AlabamaRivers

HUNTSVILLE AREA: We will see you tomorrow evening

HUNTSVILLE AREA: We will see you tomorrow evening (April 17) for the FREE screening of the 2023 Southern Exposure films with our friends at @hsv_environment!

This inspiring evening of film + discussion is an opportunity to catch up with what’s happening with ARA and our partners across Alabama and how you can help.

Wednesday, April 17
Films + Discussion from 6:30 – 9:30 pm
University of Alabama at Huntsville
Shelby Center for Science and Technology Room 107

Created in six weeks during the summer, the 2023 Southern Exposure films celebrate special people and places in Alabama while exploring complex issues and solutions. In this collection, we’ll explore the Sipsey Wilderness through the eyes of a “city girl” and see why our special places need to be protected for all Alabamians. We’ll learn about real wastewater solutions being implemented in the Black Belt, bringing justice to areas that have long been overlooked and underserved for these basic needs. We will meet three Indigenous people who have felt the call to protect their land, and we will hold ADEM’s feet to the proverbial fire as we question why a landfill was left essentially unregulated for years, resulting in the Moody Landfill Fire that raged for months. Finally, we will see just how precious the mussel is to our ecosystem, while learning about a project that would culminate in the most ecologically significant river reconnection project in the history of the United States, right here in Alabama.

#Alabama #huntsville #huntsvillealabama #environment #EnviroDocs #HuntsvilleEnvironment

Join ARA, Wild Alabama and Talladega College’s B

Join ARA, Wild Alabama and Talladega College’s Biology Club for a free screening of a specially curated selection of Southern Exposure Films TOMORROW Thursday, April 11 at The Ritz Theatre! Wine Social before and discussion after!

Created in six short weeks during the summer, the Southern Exposure films celebrate special people and places in Alabama while exploring complex issues and solutions. Learn more at the link in bio. #Talladega #WildAlabama #SouthernExposure

What a GREAT day we had yesterday celebrating Rive

What a GREAT day we had yesterday celebrating Rivers of Alabama Day with our members and partners from the mountains to the coast! Thank you to @coosariverkeeper, @hsv_environment, @friendsof_locustforkriver, @friendsofthealabamariver, @splcenter, @blackwarriorriverkeeper, Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, Flint River Conservation Association, @sierraclubal, @keepalbeautiful, Autauga Creek Improvement Committee, and @citizensclimate for taking time out of your day to join us talking with legislators about bills we are monitoring, and other ways to #DefendRivers across #Alabama! Keep updated on bills we monitor and track on our new website - link in bioooooo : )

#alpolitics #AlabamaRivers #RiversofAlabamaDay #Alabama

We are SO thrilled that the City of Montgomery (@c

We are SO thrilled that the City of Montgomery (@cityofmontgomery) has designated the second Tuesday in April as Rivers of Alabama Day, in symphony with the State Legislature’s designation in 2007! Cindy was invited to accept the proclamation from the FIRST city to make such a designation. We can't wait for other cities and towns across Alabama to follow their lead. Special thank you to the City of Montgomery, Councilor Andrew Szymanski (@aszymanski5), and Mayor Steven L. Reed (@stevenlouisreed) for this special proclamation!

Learn more about what ARA does to celebrate Rivers of Alabama Day (Lobby Day)! from our link in bio and register today to join us in Montgomery April 9 when we return to talk with your representatives about improving our state's fish consumption advisories and a SUPER SECRET exciting NEW bill that will celebrate our state's unique biodiversity! We can't wait to tell you more about it. 🐟

#ALPolitics #RiversOfAlabamaDay #AlabamasRivers #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers #AlabamaRivers

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