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  • June 2024

  • Mon 10
    June 10, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    LWV Voter Education Series: Union 101 for Sweet Home Alabama

    Zoom Video Conference

    On Monday June 10, 2024 at 6:30pm Adam Keller of Alabama Arise and Jennifer Sherer of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) will reprise their discussion of what unions do, who [...]

  • July 2024

  • Tue 30
    July 30, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    Solar Careers in Alabama Educational Virtual Networking Event with Energy Alabama

    Zoom Video Conference

    Calling all educators! Teachers can earn 1 AMSTI Professional Development credit and help your student explore exciting careers in solar energy. Join Energy Alabama's virtual networking event with industry professionals!

  • August 2024

  • Tue 20
    August 20, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Water is Life: Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta

    Zoom Video Conference

    Beat the summer heat and join us from the comfort of your own home or office for our Water Is Life Summer Reading Zoom Series! We are excited to feature [...]

  • Tue 27
    August 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    Lauderdale Co. Extension Office Veterans Drive, Florence, AL, United States

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District prepared a Draft Program Management Plan (PgMP) and a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PgEA) and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) [...]

  • Thu 29
    August 29, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    Lauderdale Co. Extension Office Veterans Drive, Florence, AL, United States

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District prepared a Draft Program Management Plan (PgMP) and a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PgEA) and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) [...]

  • October 2024

  • Tue 22
    October 22, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Water is Life: Get Out the Vote!

    Zoom Video Conference

    Water is Life: Get Out the Vote! with League of Women Voters of Alabama and  Alabama State Conference of the NAACP It's time again to exercise your responsibility to vote [...]

    Free
  • Thu 24
    October 24, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Shake the Field Book Club October Meeting

    Virtual!

    To shake the field, we need to know the field. The Shake the Field Book Club is a chance to dig deep into social movement reality, strategy, and history. Each [...]

  • December 2024

  • Thu 5
    December 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    The People’s Justice Council’s Giving Tuesday Virtual Event

    Virtual!

    Join the People's Justice Council for their Giving Tuesday Virtual Fundraising Event, "Help the People, Heal the Planet!" This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to be part of a meaningful [...]

  • Thu 5
    December 5, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

    Using Biomimicry to Enhance Energy Education with Energy Alabama

    Virtual!

    Attention Teachers! Join Energy Alabama and Biomimicry Institute for this exciting virtual training! Using STEAM concepts, explore how biomimicry can help your students think outside the box about renewable energy! [...]

  • Mon 9
    December 9, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Southern Environmental Law Center December Briefing for Alabama

    Virtual!

    Join SELC for a virtual year in review with Barry Brock, Alabama Office Director. Learn about highlights of the essential work SELC has done in 2024 to protect Alabama's air, water, [...]

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About ARA
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.
Latest News
  • TAKE ACTION: Tell Birmingham City Council YES on Moratorium!
  • Wrapping up 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
  • Water Rally Registration Open Now!
  • Endangered Species Act Petition filed with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect imperiled fish threatened by Alabama data center development
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We've got an ACTION ALERT on a Friday afternoon! H We've got an ACTION ALERT on a Friday afternoon! HB 162 and SB 71 threaten Alabama's ability to protect our water, air and soil quality. 
The two bills are currently in the House's State Government and Senate's County and Municipal Government Committees and are expected to be discussed on Wednesday. If your House Rep or Senator is on one of those committees, WE NEED YOUR HELP.

We've listed them in the comments below, but you can also find out quickly by entering your address at our action alert linked in our bio or in our stories.

#Alabama #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers
GOOD NEWS! Alabama Rivers Alliance, SELC, and memb GOOD NEWS! Alabama Rivers Alliance, SELC, and members and partners across Birmingham spoke at today's Birmingham City Council meeting urging the council to consider a suspension of data center development. This six month suspension gives the City's planning and permitting department a chance to establish common sense regulations for data centers that will protect Birmingham residents and business owners. We were relieved to hear all the right questions being considered today, and that the Council is considering the stark differences between various types of data centers as they assess how to balance all the needs of the Birmingham community. We look forward to hearing more from them!

#DataCenters #Alabama #ALPolitics #BirminghamCity #BirminghamCityCouncil
The 2026 Alabama legislative session kicked off to The 2026 Alabama legislative session kicked off today! It’s the final year before our legislators head into reelection mode. That means they will try to move fast and not make any waves so they can start campaigning since Alabama law bars campaigning during session. ARA staff and our partners are in Montgomery each week and are actively tracking any and all bills that affect clean water and a healthy community. We’re ready to engage our dedicated members all over the state and will let you know when to take action. Follow us wherever you see us, or visit our website, to stay up to date on key legislation and other ways to be active and have your voice heard this session!

#Alabama #ALPolitics #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers #CleanWaterforAll #CleanWater #2026
BIRMINGHAM RESIDENTS, TAKE ACTION! After the high BIRMINGHAM RESIDENTS, TAKE ACTION!

After the highly controversial and widely opposed “Project Marvel” proposed data center rezoning in Bessemer, the City of Birmingham is considering a 270-day moratorium on all data center related activities. This pause on data center-related permitting, rezoning, and approval would give Birmingham time to develop a thoughtful approach to these resource-intensive projects - one that considers the needs and wants of Birmingham residents.

Tell Birmingham City Council to vote YES on this moratorium! 

BONUS! Birmingham City Council will be holding a public hearing during their regularly scheduled City Council meeting on Tuesday, January 13 at 9:30 am at Birmingham City Hall. Join us and WEAR RED to show your support for this moratorium.

TAKE ACTION NOW! http://alabamarivers.org/bcc or from the link in bio
We can't wait to see you THIS SATURDAY in Decatur We can't wait to see you THIS SATURDAY in Decatur at the Festival of Cranes with our friends at Wild Alabama! 

THIS Saturday, January 10, from 2:30 – 3:30 pm at the Alabama Center for the Arts Recital Hall in Decatur, Alabama

In the 2025 collection, we meet Alabama’s salamanders like you’ve never seen them before, and we fall for their undeniable charm. We wind through the Tallapoosa River, where our country's veterans find healing, community, and the joy of casting a line for red eye bass. We confront the environmental impacts and costs of artificial intelligence as massive data centers pop up across the Southeast, threatening to drain communities of precious water and energy. We are invited in to witness a small town’s fight to protect its peace and health from the relentless blasts of a quarry next door. And we take a breath with a reflective poetry film that grounds us in family, community, and the simple, nourishing act of being in nature. 

Learn more about the screening and the rest of the Festival of Cranes from our link in biooooo

#DefendRivers #FestivalOfCranes #DecaturAL #NorthAlabama #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #FilmAlabama #AlabamaFilm #Documentary #SouthernExposure
Check out the latest from @thebamabuzz "2026 Eco-f Check out the latest from @thebamabuzz "2026 Eco-friendly resolutions: Water conservation in Alabama". The article dives into the need for an Alabama Water Plan, how you can personally conserve water in times of drought, and so much more. There's even a nudge for you to come to Water Rally! : )

"Cindy Lowry and the Alabama Rivers Alliance believe all Alabamians who care about water resources should resolve in 2026 to advocate for the Water Plan. In addition to actions you can take individually, [ARA and other conservation groups] have campaigned for an Alabama Water Plan.

“As a whole, you’re talking about a state that doesn’t oversee water resources in a way that manages to balance it out between uses. When times are dry, we don’t have a water plan to help industries and water systems that are hurting.”

Learn about the plan on the Alabama Rivers Alliance website. Even better, attend this upcoming year’s 2026 Water Rally in Montgomery from March 20-22."

Full article link in bio!

#AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #alabamawaterplan #DefendRivers #WaterPlan
From all of us at Alabama Rivers Alliance, we wish From all of us at Alabama Rivers Alliance, we wish you Happy Holidays and the best year ahead for the rivers and people of Alabama! Please consider supporting our work in the new year with an end of year gift. Read more about our work this past year and get ready for a 2026 full of defending rivers and more opportunities to tell our leaders to protect our rivers now and in the future! Learn more at the link in bio. 

Super cute illustrations by @sunspark.creative 🐢🐟🦎
CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS! Applications open now for CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS! Applications open now for a unique and exciting PAID documentary film fellowship in Alabama! 

Now in its 14th year, the Southern Exposure Film Fellowship program provides a challenging learning experience to exceptional film students and early career filmmakers from across the country seeking to explore and develop their talent as environmental advocates through nonfiction storytelling. This innovative summer fellowship equips filmmakers with the skills, equipment, content knowledge and contacts to create authentic, engaging, inspiring films intended to raise public awareness and drive action about important issues facing Alabama’s environment — from the mountains to the coast.

Details and more on our website!
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