Sunset Picnic Hike with Wild Alabama

Join Wild Alabama for a lovely picnic experience at a westward facing overlook high up in the Talladega Mountains. A short hike from the trailhead will give optimal views and a great place to stop for a sunset supper hike. Headlamps are recommended just in case it gets dark before we get out of the [...]

True Crime Wagon Tour of Old Cahawba

Old Cahawba Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Rd, Orrville, AL, United States

History tells us that Cahawba grew from a frontier capital into a prosperous center of wealth and culture. Despite its short-lived grasp on prosperity, civilization, and refinement, Cahawba was in reality a frontier town that had never lost its frontier mentality. From feuding families to threats of assassination, Cahawba's corruption will be revealed on this [...]

$8 – $10

Poetry Writing Workshop in the Bankhead National Forest

Bankhead National Forest

Make plans now to join us for a truly unique experience! Join ARA’s Poet and Film Fellow, Palavi Ahuja, in the Bankhead National Forest for a special poetry writing workshop! Space is limited as we will be taking a short hike within the Sipsey Wilderness to get to our secret spot where we will be [...]

Free

Alabama Herb Society Three Mile Branch Cleanup

436 Coliseum Blvd 436 Coliseum Blvd, Montgomery, AL, United States

Join the Alabama Herb Society to help pick up litter around Three Mile Branch in Montgomery! Sponsored by ADEM and Keep Alabama Beautiful campaign.

August Forest Bathing Walk in Bankhead National Forest

Bankhead National Forest

Alternating between Friday and Saturday typically (but not always) on the last weekend of the month, Wild Alabama’s Janice Barrett teams up with writer and teacher Anne Markham Bailey, founder of Forest Bathing Alabama to offer walks in what the Japanese call Shinrin Yoku, or literally translated, wood-air bathing, or forest bathing. A forest bathing [...]

History and Nature Walk at Old Cahawba

Old Cahawba Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Rd, Orrville, AL, United States

Join us on this guided one-hour walking tour of the Clear Creek Nature Trail where you will learn how townspeople of Cahawba used the local plants and resources of the area to adapt to their ports being blockaded during the Civil War. You will also learn how to identify various trees and plants along the [...]

$8

Guided Canoe Trip: Oxbow Lake Trip in Perry County with Cahaba River Society

Perry Lakes Park State Highway 175, Marion, AL, United States

For this trip, we will be paddling between a series of oxbow lakes and will need to portage (walk between the lakes) at points during the day. These portages are only about 20-30 feet but can be muddy, so wear close-toed shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty. Oxbow lakes are past river channels that [...]

$20 – $40

Cahaba River Fry-Down

Cahaba Brewing Company 4500 5th Ave S, Birmingham, Alabama 35222, United States

Cahaba River Society (CRS) is hosting its 14th annual Fry-Down at Cahaba Brewing Company this fall. Fry-Down is a celebration of the Cahaba River – our region’s primary drinking water source and a treasure trove of biological diversity – and includes a day full of fun of with a catfish cook-off competition and festival. Other [...]

$20

Southern Cahaba Watershed Canoe Tour with Cahaba River Society

Register to join Cahaba River Society for this trip! We will take a trip (Location TBD at a later date) into the beautiful southern half of the Cahaba River watershed. Below Centreville, the Cahaba River is much wider and more meandering than the stretches in the central and northern regions of the watershed. Late Cretaceous [...]

$20 – $40

Fall Education Fair with Land Trust of North AL

Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve 1263 US Hwy 72 East, Huntsville, AL, United States

Spend some time with the Land Trust at Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve with an afternoon of fun, educational opportunities for all ages! Explore the outdoor world with a variety of activities, including the opportunity to learn about birds of prey, foraging, mountain biking, geology, and trees.  You can walk the trails and learn from the several naturalists and [...]