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/
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!