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  • December 2024

  • Sun 8

    Rising Gardens Community Market

    December 8, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Auburn Montessori School East Drake Avenue 231, Auburn, AL, United States
    Farmer's Market

    Come on out to the Rising Garden’s Community Market, rain or shine! SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 231 E Drake Avenue (in front of Montessori School). SHOP LOCAL produce, Artisan goods, and [...]

  • Mon 9

    Southern Environmental Law Center December Briefing for Alabama

    December 9, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Virtual!
    Special Speaker

    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, [...]

  • Tue 10

    Big Sit with Alabama Audubon & the International Crane Foundation

    December 10, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am
    Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3121 Visitor Center Drive Decatur, Alabama 35603, United States
    Birding

    Join Alabama Audubon and the International Crane Foundation for an accessible birding experience at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Wheeler NWR boasts a range of habitat types that offer ideal [...]

  • Tue 10

    Water is Life: Success Stories from 2024!

    December 10, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Zoom Video Conference
    Water is Life

    Water is Life: Success Stories from 2024! Join us for our next Water is Life Zoom Talk on Tuesday, December 10 from noon - 1 pm as we hear the success [...]

    Free
  • Thu 12

    St Clair County Sludge Discussion Public Meeting with Coosa Riverkeeper

    December 12, 2024 @ 7:00 am - 8:30 am
    Ashville City Council Meeting Room 8th Street 211, Ashville, AL, United States
    Town Hall

    ⚠️ Ashville & St. Clair County Area ⚠️ Thank you for joining Coosa Riverkeeper last month for the Sludge Application Town Hall Meeting in Ashville, Alabama. Join us again, December [...]

  • Fri 13

    GASP’s First Annual Community Christmas Extravaganza

    December 13, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    New Start Covenant of Grace 41st Avenue North 2873, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Festival

    This holiday season, the Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (GASP) is thrilled to announce our first Annual Community Christmas Extravaganza, bringing holiday cheer and clean air awareness to the Birmingham community. [...]

  • Mon 16

    Public Meeting Soliciting Comments Regarding the R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (P-2628-066)

    December 16, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Public Meeting Soliciting Comments Regarding the R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (P-2628-066)
    Wedowee Marine South Alabama 48 9681, Lineville, AL, United States
    Public Hearing

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Alabama Power Company's R.L. Harris Hydropower project on the Tallapoosa River and announced two public meetings [...]

  • Tue 17

    Public Meeting Soliciting Comments Regarding the R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (P-2628-066)

    December 17, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am Public Meeting Soliciting Comments Regarding the R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (P-2628-066)
    Wedowee Marine South Alabama 48 9681, Lineville, AL, United States
    Public Hearing

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Alabama Power Company's R.L. Harris Hydropower project on the Tallapoosa River and announced two public meetings [...]

  • Tue 17

    River Reels & Tales: A Night of Film and Discussion in Talladega!

    December 17, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Ritz Theatre 115 Court Square N, Talladega, AL, United States
    Film Screening

    Join the Alabama Rivers Alliance and Coosa Riverkeeper for a River Reels & Tales: A Night of Film and Discussion About the Coosa River! This exciting series of town hall events [...]

    Free
  • January 2025

  • Sat 18

    Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Day with Cahaba Riverkeeper

    January 18, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
    Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Co Rd 24, West Blocton, AL 35184, USA, United States
    Cleanup

    When: Saturday, January 18th, 2025 from 9:30am-11:30am What: Volunteer to clean up the trails leading to/along the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge this January! If you are interested in starting [...]

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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.
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It has been an incredible summer with our five sup It has been an incredible summer with our five super talented Southern Exposure filmmakers, Moses, Callie, Anna, Grace and Ethan. They have been to all four corners of Alabama the past six weeks making their films about Alabama’s special and unique places. Scroll through to see where they have been for the past week or so! And stay tuned to see still frames from their films coming soon! 

Last year’s film fellow Nico (of SALABAMA fame) took Anna and Callie deep into a cave to see sallies and snakes. 

Callie amidst the pitcher plants at Splinter Hill Bog. She was exploring every corner of Alabama that the sun can see! 🌞 

Grace took a break from her film diving deep into Alabama’s groundwater to catch a ride out to Coffee Island to see the ground nesters!

Moses didn’t want to leave Splinter Hill Bog! Let’s see if he makes it back to make a new film about this unique spot in South Alabama - totally worth the stop! 

Ethan captured a one of a kind sunset for his film about Dauphin Island. 

Anna spent a lot of time in McIntosh Alabama on the Tombigbee talking with communities impacted by decades of chemical pollution. 

These two ibises are hoping to make it into Ethan’s film about the animals who call Dauphin Island home. 

The American Lotus on America’s Amazon. Huge thanks to @brraines for sharing with Moses and Callie! 

Moses became one with the Cahaba River and the unbelievable lily that calls it home. Here he is with La’Tanya talking about why the Cahaba lily is so precious. 

TWO. ✨HOUR✨OLD. SNOWY. PLOVER. 

Callie visited several utility scale solar farms all across the Southeast, including this one which featured grazing sheep! 

Up up and away with Anna and Callie and pilot Rick from @southwings as they filmed from just below the clouds. 

Ethan letting his drone go where he can not go. 

This group of filmmakers (along with Nico!) have had quite the time in Alabama! If you haven’t seen them yet, stop by and say hi! 

Production Intern Bellamy in the river! We had INCREDIBLE interns with us this summer. Shout out to Millie and Hally too! 

Callie talks with @southernenvironment’s Christina Tidwell about her favorite topic!

Anna interviews a public he
THE COOSA RIVER NEEDS YOUR HELP! Our friends at C THE COOSA RIVER NEEDS YOUR HELP!

Our friends at Coosa Riverkeeper have a very urgent action alert. An open pit graphite mining operation threatens to disturb more than 1,100 acres of forest in Coosa County, Alabama. This mine would be right next door to Lake Mitchell, the historic Pinhoti Trail, Coosa Wildlife Management Area, Weogufka Creek, Noneless Creek and Lake Mitchell. Scroll below to see a map of the mining operation, its mineral holdings and the surrounding communities that stand to be impacted.

Please take a moment today and submit your comment letter to the Army Corps. Let them know you are deeply concerned about the mine and ask for a public hearing.

Coosa Riverkeeper and SELC (Southern Environmental Law Center) have made it easy for you to submit your comments. Learn more and take action today: www.CoosaRiver.org/Graphite (or from our link in bio!)

#CoosaRiver #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #CoosaCounty
From @aldotcomnews today: Under threat of being su From @aldotcomnews today: Under threat of being sued, the city of Bessemer has released the non-disclosure agreement that its elected mayor signed with the developer of a massive and controversial $14.5 billion data center.

After refusing for months to show the secrecy agreement to the public, the city recently released a copy to the Alabama Rivers Alliance and its lawyers.

“It’s deeply concerning when it takes legal threats for a government to comply with basic transparency laws,” said Ryan Anderson, an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, which threatened to sue Bessemer on behalf of the Rivers Alliance.

“What’s worse,” she added, “is the city frustrated an open records act request for a document that’s very purpose is to shield information from the public about a highly controversial data center.”
Friends, grab your calendars and put a special sta Friends, grab your calendars and put a special star on August 18! Join ARA and our partners for a special celebration of Martha Hunter and her recent retirement! 

We'll be at @rojobham and have free chips and dips and a special toast! Other food and drink available for purchase. And Rojo will donate 10% of all proceeds to ARA in Martha's honor! 

Learn more at the link in bio and we will see you there!
It's been a whirlwind of chaotic energy after the It's been a whirlwind of chaotic energy after the first couple of weeks for the new Southern Exposure Film fellows! They've waded through the Cahaba AND Catawba Rivers checking out the beloved spider lily, flown right above the Tallapoosa River and the surrounding fields, discovered more about our state's groundwater resources and the communities that rely on them, talked to experts about clean energy, and we found some time to celebrate a birthday away from home! Next week some of us will be headed to Dauphin Island to search for snowy plovers and diamondback terrapins. The next few weeks are sure to be a cacophony of activity! Scroll through and take a look at the past two weeks.

Mark your calendars now for the premiere of our new films September 25 in Birmingham, and then all over Alabama after!

#AlabamaRivers #SouthernExposureFilms #CahabaRiver #CatawbaRiver #TombigbeeRiver #McIntosh #CleanEnergy #SpiderLily #Groundwater #CoastalBirds #DauphinIsland #Terrapins #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers
Creating good public policy is complicated and som Creating good public policy is complicated and sometimes messy and there is no better example of that than yesterday's vote in Birmingham on a data center ordinance.

There are many positive aspects to the ordinance that was passed yesterday, including the requirement for hyperscale data centers to submit water conservation plans, and a requirement for all data centers to use closed loop cooling systems, which decrease water use.

Unfortunately removing a formal process for public participation in future data center development leaves a very important part of good public policy on the table. We are grateful that the city council has taken these steps to regulate data center development, but we remain committed to continuing to hold data centers and elected officials accountable for protecting our communities and our environment from the harmful impacts of data centers.

#DataCenters #Alabama #ALPolitics #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRivers
MACON COUNTY! We’ll be in Tuskegee with our friend MACON COUNTY! We’ll be in Tuskegee with our friends at SELC, Rising Gardens and BlackBelt Women Rising on Wednesday, June 10 to talk about the proposed SSE4 pipeline cutting straight across Macon County. Make plans now to join us there, see up to date maps of the path of the pipeline expansion, ask questions and more! 

Learn more from the link in bio or join us in person next Wednesday!
WE ARE HIRING! The Alabama Rivers Alliance is exci WE ARE HIRING! The Alabama Rivers Alliance is excited to announce we are hiring a Director of Community Partnerships. Join our team!

The Director of Community Partnerships plays an essential role in supporting and collaborating with our vast network of community partners and individual community leaders across Alabama and beyond. The person in this role ensures the Alabama Rivers Alliance’s policy advocacy work is grounded in the needs of our community and watershed partners and that our partners are informed and engaged in our broader statewide initiatives.

The Director of Community Partnerships is responsible for uniting and providing leadership to Alabama’s network of local river and water-focused organizations, as well community groups with common interests, in order to maintain a strong statewide movement to protect rivers and to support the Alabama Rivers Alliance state policy work. 

Learn more from our link in bio!

#AlabamaRivers #NowHiring #NowHiringAL #AlabamaJobs #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife
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