Water is Life: The Water Wars with Georgia Ackerman (Apalachicola Riverkeeper), Brad Moore (ACF Stakeholders) and Gil Rogers (SELC). The Water Wars between Alabama, Georgia and Florida have been raging for decades and a recent Supreme Court ruling has brought the battle back to the forefront. We’ll hear from experts about their concerns with the more »
For further information and to register, visit https://alaudubon.org/event/2021-04-06/. Spring is an excellent time to learn to identify native trees by their leaves and flowers, branch and bark patterns, and site and soil preferences. Join Henry Hughes and Michelle Blackwood for this spring-focused class on native tree identification! Our class will begin just as leaves have fully more »
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. April 28 – Basin Banter with Bill – Cahaba – Registration Open May 19 – Basin Banter with Bill – Coosa – Registration Open more »
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
Water is Life: A Green New Deal with GASP's Michael Hansen & Nina Morgan. Water is Life is talking climate for the month of May! Climate Change is here already — more frequent extreme weather events, worsening air quality, rising sea levels, more severe droughts more often, more intense heat waves — and it will more »
For further information and to register, visit https://alaudubon.org/event/2021-04-06/. Spring is an excellent time to learn to identify native trees by their leaves and flowers, branch and bark patterns, and site and soil preferences. Join Henry Hughes and Michelle Blackwood for this spring-focused class on native tree identification! Our class will begin just as leaves have fully more »
Did you know Alabama has the highest biodiversity in the United States? The exceptional natural richness of Alabama is matched only by its rich human history. Perhaps the oldest paintings in North America are still visible in Alabama caves. And the modern Civil Rights movement grew out of the soils of Alabama as much as more »
Water is Life: Climate Impacts to Southeastern Rivers with Professor R. Scot Duncan Water is Life is talking climate in May! Up next: how is climate change affecting Alabama’s rivers and what should we do about it? Professor R. Scot Duncan, author of Southern Wonder: Alabama’s Surprising Biodiversity, will talk about strategies to manage our more »
For further information and to register, visit https://alaudubon.org/event/2021-04-06/. Spring is an excellent time to learn to identify native trees by their leaves and flowers, branch and bark patterns, and site and soil preferences. Join Henry Hughes and Michelle Blackwood for this spring-focused class on native tree identification! Our class will begin just as leaves have fully more »
Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CDT Tuesday, May 11th, and space is limited. Visit https://alaudubon.org/event/2021-05-12/ for more information and to register. Spring is here, the leaves are on the trees and shrubs, and the birds have become considerably harder to see! They are here though—in great numbers—skulking along in the lush undergrowth or prowling around the more »
Water is Life: Citizens' Climate Lobby with John Northrop, Dr. Kenya Goodson and Debbie Chang Our climate month continues this week with Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). Join to learn about CCL's climate policy solution of using a Carbon Fee and Dividend approach to reduce emissions across the economy, spur adoption of clean technologies, and return more »
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. May 19 – Basin Banter with Bill – Coosa – Registration Open June 30 – Basin Banter with Bill – Tallapoosa – Registration Open more »
EPA invites Environmental Justice (EJ) advocates to participate in the second National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call taking place on May 19, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). These calls are free and open to the public. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-environmental-justice-community-engagement-call-registration-153292906209 The purpose of these calls is to inform the community and other stakeholders about EPA's more »
Are you a Grandman? Join Publix and Mobile Baykeeper for the 2021 Publix Grandman Triathlon. Fairhope, Alabama.
Water is Life: Youth + Climate with Ankur Shah (Sunrise Movement) and Ruby Krasnow (Alabama Environmental Youth Council) As we continue talking climate in May, we must amplify and learn from the voices of the generations who will inherit the mistakes the older generations have made before them. We will hear from two powerful voices of more »
Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CDT Monday, May 24th, and space is limited. Visit https://alaudubon.org/event/2021-05-25/ for more information and to register. Hummingbirds amaze and intrigue us. Their high-speed enigmatic lifestyles are a blur; their startling colors and exotic behaviors are delights. Hummingbirds also inspire us—they are like tiny ambassadors with the power to usher people into more »
Clay, Alabama sits adjacent to Trussville - not far from the Birmingham metropolitan area – and is home to nearly 10,000 residents. Since Clay does not have its own zip code, residents have a Pinson, Alabama street address but Pinson itself is home to another 7,000 residents. The area is sometimes referred to as Clay-Pinson. more »
Water is Life: In The Netherlands with James Lowery The Netherlands is a fascinating country that must deal daily with living below the level of the North Sea. It has dealt with water control and removal since the 1200s and has learned to live with water instead of against it. At the same time, the more »
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
