Palisades Park Hike  

Palisades Park, Oneonta, AL 1225 Palisades Pkwy, Oneonta, AL, United States

Friends of the Locust Fork River will be taking hikers to new heights! Join leader Tammy Mason and see for yourself: Blount County Palisades Park offers scenic views atop Ebell Mountain. Since 1973 Palisades Park has drawn and delighted visitors. The newest feature is the restored Fire Tower.  We’ll wander the mountain, then climb the [...]

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Locust Fork Ramblers Hike  #2: Fungi and Lichen

The unseen composers of our environment. A single tablespoon of soil can contain miles of the fungal body we call mycelium. These organisms shape the environment and our lives in ways we are just now beginning to understand. FLFR Ramblers are a nature based sauntering group that focuses on learning about the environment through experiences [...]

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Landscaping at the Grand Staircase with FLFR!

King's Bend Scenic Overlook Park 65139-65109 US-231, Blountsville, AL, United States

FLFR volunteers are creating a Native Garden. Depending on the season join Jennah Gilley and other volunteers to plant, weed, add compost, mulch, pull invasive plants (like Privet and Kudzu) or terrace the slope to prevent erosion with logs and soil. Register at flflr.org

Free

Landscaping at the Grand Staircase with FLFR!

King's Bend Scenic Overlook Park 65139-65109 US-231, Blountsville, AL, United States

FLFR volunteers are creating a Native Garden. Depending on the season join Jennah Gilley and other volunteers to plant, weed, add compost, mulch, pull invasive plants (like Privet and Kudzu) or terrace the slope to prevent erosion with logs and soil. Register at flflr.org

Free

Landscaping at the Grand Staircase with FLFR!

King's Bend Scenic Overlook Park 65139-65109 US-231, Blountsville, AL, United States

FLFR volunteers are creating a Native Garden. Depending on the season join Jennah Gilley and other volunteers to plant, weed, add compost, mulch, pull invasive plants (like Privet and Kudzu) or terrace the slope to prevent erosion with logs and soil. Register at flflr.org

Free

Landscaping at the Grand Staircase

King's Bend Scenic Overlook Park 65139-65109 US-231, Blountsville, AL, United States

FLFR volunteers are creating a Native Garden. Depending on the season join Jennah Gilley and other volunteers to plant, weed, add compost, mulch, pull invasive plants (like Privet and Kudzu) or terrace the slope to prevent erosion with logs and soil. Register at flflr.org

Free

Black Belt Field Trip: Greensboro and environs

Greensboro, AL

The second of two great summer trips exploring Alabama’s Black Belt—in advance of our inaugural Black Belt Birding Festival—takes us to a broad stretch of coastal plain between the Black Warrior and Alabama Rivers. Participants on both trips regularly report Mississippi and swallow-tailed kites, wood storks, and scissor-tailed flycatchers, as well as numerous other southern [...]

Black Belt Birding Festival

Greensboro, AL

Join Alabama Audubon for our Black Belt Birding Festival on Saturday, August 7th. Alabama Audubon’s Black Belt Birding Initiative works to bring the economic and environmental benefits of bird-based ecotourism to one of the country’s most economically challenged rural areas. Through this special event, we’re hoping to make a positive difference for the Black Belt’s [...]

Free

Landscaping at the Grand Staircase with FLFR!

King's Bend Scenic Overlook Park 65139-65109 US-231, Blountsville, AL, United States

FLFR volunteers are creating a Native Garden. Depending on the season join Jennah Gilley and other volunteers to plant, weed, add compost, mulch, pull invasive plants (like Privet and Kudzu) or terrace the slope to prevent erosion with logs and soil. Register at flflr.org

Free