Virtual

Water is Life: Riparian Forests with Michelle Blackwood & Henry Hughes (Friends of Shades Creek). There are many ways to protect a watershed, but one of the most effective ways is to protect the forest that surrounds it, known as a riparian forest.  Friends of Shades Creek began in 1998 with a campaign to protect [...]

Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CST Tuesday, February 23rd, and space is limited. Birding in Alabama is a seasonal feast. In spring, neotropical migrants from Central and South America make the perilous trip across or around the Gulf of Mexico, headed north. Some pass through Alabama on their way to the northern US and [...]

Whitewater Paddling in Alabama with Alabama Cup Racing Association, Birmingham Canoe Club, Friends of the Locust Fork River and Stream Beam. Alabama is a little known whitewater paddling hot spot, especially for those who like the excitement of paddling in natural free-flowing streams. As a sport, the Alabama Cup is a coveted award to paddlers [...]

Water is Life: Energy, Water & Weather with Christina Tidwell (SELC), Daniel Tait (Energy Alabama) and Andrew Whitehurst (Healthy Gulf). The recent frigid weather that moved across the southern U.S. wreaked havoc on electricity and water systems leaving many people without water and electricity for weeks.  Join us Tuesday as we look at what happened [...]

Water is Life: Office of Water Resources  Join us Tuesday as we speak with Brian Atkins and Tom Littlepage with the Alabama Office of Water Resource (OWR).  A division of the Alabama Department of Economic Community Affairs, OWR's mission is to plan, coordinate, develop and manage Alabama’s water resources, both ground and surface water, in [...]

Often labeled as ugly, disgusting, and associated with unscrupulous politicians, vultures are a key component to life because they eat the dead. Learn from Jessie Griswold about the critical role they play in the ecosystem, how to identify Alabama’s resident birds, as well as the steep decline in global populations. We’ll dispel some myths, discover [...]