The second of two great summer trips exploring Alabama’s Black Belt—in advance of our inaugural Black Belt Birding Festival—takes us to a broad stretch of coastal plain between the Black Warrior and Alabama Rivers. Participants on both trips regularly report Mississippi and swallow-tailed kites, wood storks, and scissor-tailed flycatchers, as well as numerous other southern [...]
Water is Life: Oyster Shell Recycling with Alabama Coastal Foundation's Mark Berte Whether or not you like eating oysters, you will enjoy learning about the benefits they provide and the state's oyster shell recycling program that is led by the Alabama Coastal Foundation. A major success story since it began in October 2016, oyster shells [...]
Water is Life: Department of Conservation and Natural Resources The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is one of the most important state agencies when it comes to protecting water and wildlife and more. Join us Tuesday as we talk with Commissioner Chris Blankenship and Deputy Commissioner Ed Poolos about the agency's management of [...]
Join Alabama Audubon for our Black Belt Birding Festival on Saturday, August 7th. Alabama Audubon’s Black Belt Birding Initiative works to bring the economic and environmental benefits of bird-based ecotourism to one of the country’s most economically challenged rural areas. Through this special event, we’re hoping to make a positive difference for the Black Belt’s [...]
FLFR volunteers are creating a Native Garden. Depending on the season join Jennah Gilley and other volunteers to plant, weed, add compost, mulch, pull invasive plants (like Privet and Kudzu) or terrace the slope to prevent erosion with logs and soil. Register at flflr.org
Do you work to conserve freshwater ecosystems in the seven state region of the Tennessee River Basin? If so, you and your affiliation are an important part of the Tennessee River Basin Network. We are excited to announce dates for our Fall virtual event. Each year we gather our diverse partners throughout the Basin to [...]
Water is Life: Energy and Water Efficiency with Southface Institute & Green Builder Coalition Efficiency, both energy and water, is often left out of the conversation when it comes to discussing climate change solutions, but it is a key part of the solution and there are tools available right now. Join us Tuesday as we [...]
Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, August 10th, and space is limited. Please visit https://alaudubon.org/event/2021-08-11/ for more information and to register. Alabama’s amazing diversity of flora and fauna includes a combined 166 species of cold-blooded reptiles and amphibians. While we honor the love of birds and birdwatching (they’re warm-blooded reptiles!), our scaly and slimy [...]
Water is Life: Fish Consumption Advisories with Coosa Riverkeeper's Justinn Overton and Victoria Miller Almost every river in Alabama has fish consumption advisories, with 200+ warnings across the state. Many folks don’t know where the fish are safe to eat and how to understand these advisories. Coosa Riverkeeper created FISH GUIDE, a wildly popular program [...]
Alabama Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, 2021 Annual Meeting More info: http://alchapterswcs.org/annual-meeting/