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Alabama Water Resources Conference 2023

Perdido Beach Resort 27200 Perdido Beach Blvd, Orange Beach, AL, United States

The Annual Alabama Water Resources Conference is a forum for all participants of our water resources community, providing opportunities for conversation about the many multidisciplinary aspects of water resources, and making connections that will improve how we understand the complex water issues that are of importance to this state, the region, and the nation. The Conference [...]

$155 – $475

History and Nature Walk at Old Cahawba

Old Cahawba Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Rd, Orrville, AL, United States

Join us on this guided one-hour walking tour of the Clear Creek Nature Trail where you will learn how townspeople of Cahawba used the local plants and resources of the area to adapt to their ports being blockaded during the Civil War. You will also learn how to identify various trees and plants along the [...]

$8

Water is Life: Move Your Ash!

Zoom Video Conference

For years, advocates have been sounding alarm bells about the dangers of coal ash sitting in groundwater in unlined pits alongside our rivers and even threatening our drinking water sources. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) created a dangerous plan to permanently store toxic coal ash in these unlined pits - violating federal standards. [...]

Free

Coal Ash Info Session with Mobile Baykeeper

Mobile Baykeeper Office 250C Government Street, Mobile, AL, United States

Mobile Baykeeper will be hosting an informative FAQ session on September 13, focused on the upcoming Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing concerning coal ash regulations. The in-person hearing is scheduled for September 20 in Montgomery, with the virtual hearing taking place on September 27. Earlier this month the EPA proposed denying Alabama’s unsafe coal-ash [...]

Free

Canoe Cleanup from Hoover East to Lorna Rd with Cahaba River Society

Hoover East Sports Complex 2649 Old Rocky Ridge R, Hoover, United States

Join us to on National clean up litter and remove invasive wild taro from the Cahaba River! We will meet at 9:00 AM at the NORTH ENTRANCE of the Hoover East Sports Complex. We will pick partners and boats and pass out gear here before headed down to the Lorna Rd take out to drop [...]

LWVAL’s Environmental Series — Alabama Waste Sludge Awareness

Zoom Video Conference

Join the League of Women Voters of Alabama's Environmental Series -- Alabama Waste Sludge Awareness!!   Julie Lay will discuss the practice and hazards of the land application of biosloids in this next program in the League of Women Voters of Alabama's Environmental Education Series.  Often referred to as waste sludge, the nutrient value is often [...]

EPA Hearing on Coal Ash

Embassy Suites 300 Tallapoosa St, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA, United States

Tell Alabama utilities: Move Your Ash! Alabama's waterways are at a crossroads, and we need YOUR voice to tip the scales towards protection and restoration. After years of setbacks, we finally have a chance to make a real difference. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding public hearings on Alabama Power's coal ash program, and we [...]

Free

Your Town – Jasper

Tallulah Brewing Company 1804 4th Ave S, Jasper, AL, United States

Your Town Alabama is a workshop that provides community leaders with critical tools for organizing, recruiting, and strategically developing community and economic development projects while retaining the things that make a small or rural town special.

Free

Southern Exposure 2023 World Premiere!

The Altamont School 4801 Altamont Rd S, Birmingham, AL 35222, USA, United States

  Join the Alabama Rivers Alliance and partners across the state at The Altamont School for the FREE premiere screening of the 2023 Southern Exposure films! This inspiring evening of film + discussion is an opportunity to catch up with what's happening with ARA and our partners across Alabama and how you can help.   [...]

Free

Guided Canoe Trip: Oxbow Lake Trip in Perry County with Cahaba River Society

Perry Lakes Park State Highway 175, Marion, AL, United States

For this trip, we will be paddling between a series of oxbow lakes and will need to portage (walk between the lakes) at points during the day. These portages are only about 20-30 feet but can be muddy, so wear close-toed shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty. Oxbow lakes are past river channels that [...]

$20 – $40