Friends of Shades Creek Holiday Party Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 at 6:30 P.M. 357 Lucerne Blvd. in Homewood. Our December meeting is a holiday party with a pot-luck supper, good food, good conversation and short presentation for the evening. Bring a dish: vegetable, salad, or dessert. A meat and vegetarian main entree will be provided. Call [...]
Meet at 1:30 P.M. at the Vulcan Trail Parking lot on Richard Arrington, Jr. Blvd (formerly 21st street S.) The parking lot is on top of Red Mountain overlooking Birmingham and just below Vulcan Park. The hike will last 1 1/2 to 2 hours. The trail is an out and back trail so there is [...]
Public Hearing on "beneficial use" of waste by-products for land application January 7th at 1:30pm Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) 1400 Coliseum Boulevard | Montgomery, AL 36110Montgom http://adem.alabama.gov/newsEvents/notices/nov19/11div13.html This is an opportunity to share your concerns about the dumping of sludge, biosolids, and waste from municipal, industrial, and private sources on land across Alabama. ADEM [...]
Festival of the Cranes 2020 Alabama Center for the Arts Events : Located at 133 2nd Ave NE "America's Amazon" FILM Special Guest Speaker- Film Producer Ben Raines Thursday, January 9th @ 6:00PM FREE - Performing Arts Building 6th Annual Festival of the Cranes Art Show Saturday, January 11th @ 9:00AM to 2:00PM Show dates: January 9th - [...]
Join Coosa Riverkeeper and conservation groups around the state for the Gaston Steam Plant Public Hearing on Thursday, January 9th at 6 PM at Shelby County High School Auditorium in Columbiana, AL. If you love Lay Lake, the Coosa, or any of Alabama's waterways--- this is your opportunity to make your voice heard to [...]
Alabama Rivers Alliance, Energy Alabama, and Flint River Conservation Association (FRCA) are proud to bring Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Huntsville for the seventh year! Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes back to Huntsville on January 11, 2020 at Straight to Ale! Join us for an evening of celebrating the great outdoors through film [...]
On Let your voice be heard about the proposed privately-owned toll bridge connecting Talladega and Shelby Counties over a public resource: Lay Lake on the Coosa River. Join the Coosa Riverkeeper and other community organizaitons at a public hearing concerning the proposed toll bridge. If you're unable to attend, you can send your comments to the [...]
Locust Fork Ramblers: Conspicuous Winter Hike #1 - The obvious landscape of winter It’s winter time at Mardis Mill and along Graves Creek, come observe the winter landscape and learn about the conspicuous elements in our natural landscape. This hike will be led by Zac Napier. Meet at 9:30 am - 3hr duration Moderate to [...]
On January 20, 2020 Blount County will be honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a service project at the ARC of Blount County. 8 am - meet at The ARC at 615 Fairground Avenue in Oneonta (behind Charlie B’s) at 8:00am. Bring rakes, leaf blowers, gloves and hedge trimmers. We will be doing some [...]
The 16th Annual Salamander Festival on Saturday, January 25, 2020, 3:00 to 5:30 with a hike before the festival at 2:00. To stay updated on programs, outings and events: Visit our website at shadescreek.org