A monthly series on the major river basins of Alabama featuring Dr. Bill Deutsch, author of Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge. This Basin Talk will explore the Black Warrior River Basin. Aug 18 – Basin Banter with Bill – Coastal Plain Streams & Chattahoochee Sept 22 – Basin Banter with Bill – Mobile, [...]
Water is Life: Waters of the U.S. with Keith Johnston (Southern Environmental Law Center) The Waters of the U.S. rule (WOTUS) is in the news again! After more than a decade of political and legal battles over which waters are covered by the Clean Water Act, the EPA is once again taking up rule-making to [...]
The Alabama Coastal Foundation's Connect to Your Coast outreach events are designed to be an easy and fun way that individuals throughout the state can learn how they can help protect our precious coastal environment! Please drop by and invite your friends!
Water is Life: Redistricting with Felicia Scalzetti ( Alabama Election Protection Network and CROWD redistricting fellow) Have you ever wondered how the maps get drawn that determine what congressional, state legislative or local city council district you live in? These important maps have a huge impact on who represents us as elected officials and they are [...]
Swift Night Out is back, and we’re partnering with the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to have it in Montgomery! Join us as we enjoy the evening with one of our favorite urban birds, the chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica). All ages and abilities welcome! Visit https://alaudubon.org/event/2021-09-03/ for more [...]
Join us for our annual half-day event celebrating the life and legacy of Birmingham birder Russ Bailey. Over the years, Russ dedicated countless Labor Days to impromptu field trips in pursuit of southbound migrants, a tradition that continues with this great half-day beginner bird walk to Birmingham Botanical Gardens. All ages and abilities welcome! The [...]
Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CDT on Monday, September 6th, and space is limited. Visit https://alaudubon.org/event/2021-09-07/ for more information and to register. This continuation of our spring shorebird course focuses on the changes we see in terns, shorebirds, and other beach and mudflat birds in fall—when both adults molting from breeding into non-breeding plumage and juvenile [...]
Black Warrior Riverkeeper is teaming up with District 1 & Calvary Resurrection Christian Church to help clean up our watershed! Join us for a day of service on Saturday, September 11, 2021. Safety: This event will take place along the roadside in an area that may not have sidewalks, so please only sign up if [...]
Water is Life: Alabama Water Plan with Cindy Lowry! Alabama has a long and interesting history with water management policy dating all the way back to 1955. Each time the issue of water use challenges and water resource management rises to the state level, typically following a major drought, some forward progress is made, but [...]
Talladega National Forest Water Monitoring Workshop: Alabama Water Watch, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, is excited to continue the water quality monitoring project in the Talladega National Forest. The project builds upon monitoring groups established in the Bankhead and Tuskegee National Forests at the beginning of last year. The goal of the project [...]