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  • August 2024

  • Tue 27

    Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    August 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal
    Lauderdale Co. Extension Office Veterans Drive, Florence, AL, United States

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District prepared a Draft Program Management Plan (PgMP) and a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PgEA) and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) [...]

  • Thu 29

    Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    August 29, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal
    Lauderdale Co. Extension Office Veterans Drive, Florence, AL, United States

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District prepared a Draft Program Management Plan (PgMP) and a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PgEA) and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) [...]

  • Thu 29

    Call Me TrimTab panel discussion

    August 29, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Trim Tab Brewing Company 2721 5thÊAve S, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States

    Alabama Rivers Alliance is excited to partner with TrimTab Brewing Company for their inaugural CALL ME TRIMTAB on August 29! ARA's executive director, Cindy Lowry, will moderate a panel discussion [...]

    Free
  • September 2024

  • Wed 11

    AL Scenic River Trail Summer Paddling Series 2024

    September 11, 2024 AL Scenic River Trail Summer Paddling Series 2024

    Join the Alabama Scenic River Trail for their 2024 ASRT Summer Paddling Series! This group paddle series is designed to connect paddling enthusiasts from across Alabama. These fun get togethers [...]

  • Thu 12

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

    September 12, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Ritz Theatre 115 Court Square N, Talladega, AL, United States

    UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to the threat of tornadoes in the area, ARA and Coosa Riverkeeper will be RESCHEDULING this event. We are so bummed as we were looking forward to [...]

    Free
  • Sat 14

    “Collective Roots for A Thriving Community: A women’s meeting to co-create healthy food production, availability, and access

    September 14, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Lee County Agricultural Center South 7th Street, Opelika, Alabama, United States

    Availability of, and easy access to fresh nutritious foods can be a reality for everyone. Whether you’re a woman who is an independent gardener looking to grow your own food, [...]

  • Sat 14

    Paddling Cleanup with Mom’s Basement & Cahaba River Society

    September 14, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Clean Up the Crick with Cahaba River Society & Mom’s Basement

    Volunteer Opportunity with Cahaba River Society: Paddling Cleanup with Mom’s Basement – Buck Creek, Pelham, AL Sponsor: Mom’s Basement When: Saturday, September 14th, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Where: Buck Creek, Pelham, [...]

  • Sat 14

    Mulga Loop Road Clean Up

    September 14, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Minor Community Center Church Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

    Please join your neighbors for the Mulga Loop Road Litter Clean Up, happening along Mulga Loop and surrounding roadways! This event is focused on removing litter from along roadway to [...]

  • Tue 17

    Endangered Species Tour with Freshwater Land Trust

    September 17, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve 1214 81st St S, Birmingham, AL 35206, USA, United States

    Join Freshwater Land Trust's Annual Endangered Species Tour and meet Alabama's endangered fish!

  • Fri 20

    Walk of Life with Compelling Stories of the Southeast

    September 20, 2024 - September 22, 2024

    Compelling Stories of the Southeast, a non-profit is honored to announce two Walk events for Sept. 14 – the Walk of Life in the 22nd year and Year 2 for [...]

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About ARA
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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UPDATE! SB 71 will be on the House Floor for a vot UPDATE! SB 71 will be on the House Floor for a vote on TUESDAY. We know there are a lot of important bills and action alerts out there right now, but we need you to keep calling, keep emailing, keep sharing. Please tell our legislators that the most important thing they can do to protect Alabama's water quality this session is to vote NO on SB 71! CALL. EMAIL. SHARE.

Tons of info at link in bio.
Pssst. It's working! Our legislators are realizing Pssst. It's working! Our legislators are realizing that the most important thing they can do to protect water in this session is to vote NO on SB 71, the terrible bill that threatens the state's ability to protect Alabamians from toxic chemicals. This bill will NOT be voted on this week. Whew! Your calls, emails, and demands for protection of our water are being heard. Stay tuned next week in case it is "picked" for the House Floor then, but for now, THANK YOU THANK YOU for letting your elected officials know what is important to you - the health of your communities and the health of our shared environment!

You can keep the phones ringing and the emails sending of course! More info can be found at our bio.
We've been asking a lot lately, but this is *that* We've been asking a lot lately, but this is *that* important. Even if you've already called, please call again! Your voices are being heard as many House members on both sides of the aisle are against this bill on behalf of Alabamians, but some are still siding with the polluting industries. Tell YOUR House Rep to vote with Alabamians - NO on SB 71! Check the bio for ways to take action. AND SHARE! Thank you so much for telling your legislators to protect our water!

#DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRivers #SB71 #AlabamiansOverPolluters
MORE ABOUT SB 71 from Alabama Political Reporter. MORE ABOUT SB 71 from Alabama Political Reporter. See the full article from our bio.

Cindy Lowry, executive director of the Alabama Rivers Alliance, told lawmakers her opposition to the bill was shaped by her own family’s experience with cancer.

Lowry said doctors were never able to point to a single direct cause of her father’s illness. Still, they could identify environmental exposures that increased risk—the same type of evidence she said SB71 would effectively exclude.

“This bill would require ADEM to find out what directly causes human diseases like cancer,” Lowry said. “That is not sound science. That is impossible science. All public health and environmental protections are based on risk assessments.”

Lowry warned that requiring proof of direct causation would delay protections until harm had already occurred, limiting the state’s ability to act proactively. She said the bill would place too much authority in federal hands, instead of allowing Alabama to respond to local conditions.
This is what Alabamians are up against in the legi This is what Alabamians are up against in the legislature. Tell YOUR representatives they represent YOU, not big business, and NOT Manufacture Alabama! Follow the links in bio to tell your House Rep NO On SB 71 that only benefits the polluting industries - NOT Alabamians! 

Repost from @mobilebaykeeper
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There is a bill (SB71) rocketing through the Alabama Legislature right now that would roll back protections against toxic pollution. ⁠
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If passed, Alabamians would be exposed to more known cancer-causing chemicals.⁠
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The people of Alabama want their fish to be safer to eat, not toxic. ⁠
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Unfortunately, it seems there’s too much big money behind this bill, some of it coming all the way from DC. Big government and big business are conspiring against you again. ⁠
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Remind the people we elected that they work for you and not monied interests. ⁠
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Sign the petition at the link in our bio.
BAD NEWS: Despite more than 1,000 emails, phone ca BAD NEWS: Despite more than 1,000 emails, phone calls and personal visits from concerned communities and partners across the state, SB 71 passed the Senate late yesterday after MUCH discussion. 

NEXT STOP: House Agriculture and Forestry Committee TOMORROW (Thursday, February 5)

SB 71, a harmful bill backed by polluting industries, threatens Alabama's ability to protect our water, our air and our soil.

CALL! CALL! CALL! your House Member and let them know you are a constituent, and a voter, and that you want them to vote NO on SB 71!  Tell their staff, leave a message, let your voice be heard you want Alabama's rivers and streams protected! (They will be hearing the Senate Bill that passed, SB 71, rather than the previous HB 162).

Find your House Rep and their phone number from the link in bio, along with everything you would ever want to know about this terrible bill for Alabama's rivers and streams!

Please share!!
NOW IS THE TIME. CALL! CALL! CALL! SB 71, a terri NOW IS THE TIME. CALL! CALL! CALL!

SB 71, a terrible bill threatening Alabama's ability to protect our water, our air and our soil, is on the Senate Floor TODAY (Feb 3) in Montgomery and is first up on the agenda.

CALL! CALL! CALL! your State Senator and let them know you are a constituent, and a voter, and that you want them to vote NO on SB71! Tell their staff, leave a message, let your voice be heard you want Alabama's rivers and streams protected! 

Click the links in bio to find your Senator's phone number and CALL CALL CALL. Please share! 

#Alabama #AlabamaRivers #AlabamaAir #ALPolitics
URGENT ACTION NEEDED NOW! SB 71 could be on the fl URGENT ACTION NEEDED NOW! SB 71 could be on the floor as soon as THIS WEEK. We're asking you again, please tell your State Senator to vote NO on SB 71! We've made it super easy for you. PLEASE SHARE.

If these bills pass, they would weaken the state's ability to implement the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. They would hamper the state’s ability to protect our streams from sediment and runoff, eliminate any potential to regulate the vast majority of emerging contaminants like PFAS, and prevent the state from setting its own water quality criteria to protect our environment, our economy, and Alabamians' health.

Click the link in bio to learn more or visit alabamarivers.org to learn more about this terrible bill. 

MORE ABOUT THE BILL:

* This bill will endanger our families. It keeps state agencies from creating science-based standards for toxic substances such as Arsenic, Cyanide, and Forever Chemicals (PFAS) and allows Washington D.C. to dictate what is best for Alabama and the health of our families.
* This bill will increase the cost of treating drinking water. Drinking water utilities and customers will have to pay the price of cleaning up our drinking water. If ADEM can’t regulate harmful chemicals, municipal water suppliers and customers will be forced to foot the bill in maintaining federally required drinking water standards for Forever Chemicals.
* This bill creates an impossible burden for state agencies to create standards for toxic substances. It requires evidence to prove a chemical is harmful that typically doesn’t exist because state agencies that have limited resources must show “a direct causal link” to bodily harm in order to protect citizens and prohibits standards based on “increased risk of disease.” This is out of step with science—all public health science is based on risk.
* The bill will require state agencies to wait until animals or people are dying or sick from toxic exposure before they are allowed to adopt rules about dangerous chemicals or substances.

#DefendRivers #AlabamaRivers #Alabama #SB71 #CleanWaterAct #CleanAirAct #ALPolitics
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