ATTN: Paddle people A flat water kayaking race for kids aged 9 to 18 is coming to Huntsville on June 9 for the Alabama State Games, and participants have until Monday to register. The word race may seem to indicate that entrants need to have advanced kayaking experience, but they don't! This will be a [...]
The Cahaba River Ramble Trail Race, held each spring, includes a spectacular 5k and a 10-mile trail race along the biological heart of Alabama's longest remaining free-flowing river, the Cahaba, and is the primary annual fundraiser for our CLEAN Environmental Education Program. Located in the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge while the treasured Cahaba Lilies [...]
Splash for Trash June 9 th 2018, 9-2 p.m. Sponsored by the Flint River Conservation Association (FRCA) And TVA If you paddle or can walk the banks of the Flint River, we need YOU to have a blast! TVA provides canoes and lunch, but if you have your own vesselŠ—”please bring that. Kayaks are welcome. [...]
Coosa Riverkeeper's Watering Hole Series is a celebration of restaurants that care about clean water. A portion of proceeds from each event goes back to the Coosa Riverkeeper. Join them at any of the events below to learn more about what they do and to support their work! Summer 2018 Line-up May 7-11: Avondale Brewery [...]
Cleanup of Shades Creek Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 5:00-7:00 pm Parking area: 2230 Shannon Oxmoor Rd. Îà Birmingham, al How to find us: Use GPS Coordinates for exact location: 33.409326, -86.868597 Join United by Blue, Cahaba River Society, and Alabama Outdoors for their first ever joint waterway cleanup of Shades Creek in Birmingham, AL! [...]
Cahaba Group Sierra Club Monthly Meeting Thursday, June 14, 6:30-8:00 pm. iNaturalist guru John Friel. iNaturalist works on both Android and Apple devices. John Friel is the Director of the University of Alabama Museum of Natural History. This program will provide an overview of iNaturalist, and how it can best be used for existing projects [...]
Wild South's volunteer workday in the Sipsey Wilderness Saturday, June 16 8:30 a.m. at the Wild South office at 552 Lawrence Street, Moulton, Alabama Sign up at [email protected] or 256-974-6166 This month's volunteer workday will take place on Trail 203 in the Sipsey Wilderness. Trail maintenance will include clearing the trail of obstructions such as [...]
Coosa Riverkeeper's Watering Hole Series is a celebration of restaurants that care about clean water. A portion of proceeds from each event goes back to the Coosa Riverkeeper. Join them at any of the events below to learn more about what they do and to support their work! Summer 2018 Line-up May 7-11: Avondale Brewery [...]
The Alabama Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society's annual meeting will be June 20-22, 2018 at the Marriott Shoals Hotel and Spa in Florence, AL. This years theme for our meeting is Healthy Land and Clean Water." For additional information, including registration and conference details, please visit: http://alchapterswcs.org Click here to download a [...]
On Thursday, June 21 from 6-9 P.M., Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Hurricane Creekkeeper will share a fundraiser on the Black Warrior River. The sunset cruise will feature live music, dinner and a local beer sampling on the Bama Belle Riverboat, which docks by the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk at 1 Greensboro Ave. The public event celebrates the [...]