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What Needs to Happen Right Now to Improve Water Management in Alabama

Posted on August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 by Kelly

This guest post by Cindy Lowry originally appeared on American Rivers’ website as a a part of our America’s Most Endangered Rivers® series spotlighting the Mobile Bay Basin. Click here to […]

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Posted in Newsroom  |  Tagged action alert, Alabama water plan, cindy lowry, governor ivey, most endangered river
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ARA’s Program Director, Mitch Reid, takes on new role in Alabama’s conservation movement

Posted on July 3, 2017August 8, 2017 by Kelly

ARA’s Program Director, Mitch Reid, takes on new role in Alabama’s conservation movement With bittersweet emotions, we must announce that ARA’s Program Director, Mitch Reid, will be leaving ARA in July to take on a […]

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Statement from Cindy Lowry regarding the Repeal of the Clean Water Rule

Posted on June 27, 2017June 28, 2017 by Kelly

Statement from Cindy Lowry regarding the Repeal of the Clean Water Rule: Two years ago, the Clean Water Rule was developed after extensive scientific analysis and millions of citizen and […]

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Posted in Newsroom  |  Tagged clean water act, clean water rule, epa, Scott Pruitt
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ARA announces 5th annual #DefendRivers paddle on Saturday, July 8

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Kelly

                                Contact:  Kelly Marshall Alabama Rivers Alliance (205) 322-6395 office or (205) 540-7385 cell [email protected]   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2017   ALABAMA RIVERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES 5th ANNUAL #DEFENDRIVERS PADDLE […]

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A message from our Executive Director

Posted on June 2, 2017June 2, 2017 by Kelly

A statement from our Executive Director on President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement: We are saddened that President Trump has abdicated America’s leadership […]

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Help ARA raise $20,000 and every dollar will be matched!

Posted on May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 by Kelly

DONATE NOW  |  JOIN ARA AS A MEMBER NOW Our goal is to raise $20,000 dollars and 300 new members for our 20th Anniversary Campaign!  Help us reach our goals! Click […]

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HB577

Posted on May 3, 2017May 22, 2017 by Kelly

UPDATE ON HB577 FROM MITCH REID – May 19, 2017 Happy Friday, River Defenders! We are so close to the end of the 2017 Legislative Session! Your work and enthusiasm has […]

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Alabama Conservation Groups Appeal To Court To Hold EPA Accountable To Clean Water Act

Posted on May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 by Kelly

PRESS RELEASE From Cahaba Riverkeeper, Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, Friends of Hurricane Creek, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Sierra Club Alabama Chapter, Friends of the Locust Fork River and Alabama Rivers Alliance For Immediate Release […]

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Posted in Newsroom  |  Tagged ADEM, epa, petition, Scott Pruitt
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River defenders across the state told their legislators to protect Alabama’s rivers on Rivers of Alabama Day

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Kelly

River defenders from across the state gathered in Montgomery on Rivers of Alabama Day to tell their elected officials they VOTE, they CARE and they are PAYING ATTENTION! Thank you […]

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Posted in Newsroom  |  Tagged Alabama water plan, governor ivey, legislative day, lobby day, rivers of alabama day
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Mobile Bay Rivers Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2017

Posted on April 11, 2017April 13, 2017 by Kelly

CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION NOW! “The Mobile Bay Basin is one of the richest natural resources favoring any state. It contains some of the most varied and beautiful sites […]

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Posted in Newsroom  |  Tagged Alabama water plan, defend rivers, mobile bay, mobile bay river basin, most endangered river
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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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  • Endangered Species Act Petition filed with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect imperiled fish threatened by Alabama data center development
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  • Southern Exposure Films Donated to All 17 Birmingham Public Libraries
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ACTION ALERT! Tell Congress to protect the Clean W ACTION ALERT! Tell Congress to protect the Clean Water Act by voting NO on the Permit Act TODAY! 

The PERMIT Act is an effort to attack our nation’s most important and successful pollution control law, the Clean Water Act. This bill will eliminate protections that have helped clean up America’s rivers, creeks, streams, lakes, and oceans. This legislation would prevent EPA from developing accurate water quality criteria, weaken technology standards for water treatment, take away states’ abilities to enforce their own water quality standards on federal projects, allow polluters to shirk responsibility for cleaning up their discharges, allow more pesticides to contaminate our waterways, and give the EPA administrator unlimited authority to remove Clean Water Act protections from any waterway in the country. These impacts are just the tip of the iceberg in this dirty bill, and we need to make sure that Alabama’s Congressional delegation knows that all of our rivers, lakes, streams and bays deserve to be protected from pollution that threatens human and environmental health!

Send your personalized letter: alabamarivers.org/permit-act or from the link in bio

#permitact #CleanWaterAct #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers
On Giving Tuesday, we invite you to consider donat On Giving Tuesday, we invite you to consider donating to the DRIFT Fund. In case you are not familiar, the DRIFT Fund is a project of Alabama Beer Company. Managed by the Alabama Rivers Alliance and supported by a committee that includes the Alabama Scenic River Trail, Waterkeepers Alabama, and Alabama Cup Races, this fund is made possible through a portion of sales of Alabama LIGHT Beer. 

A gift to the DRIFT fund supports many organizations at once and primarily local, community based organizations where your dollars go even further!

We are proud to announce that since launching, the DRIFT Fund has raised $13,239, and has donated $10,988 to NINE organizations across the state, including Friends of Shades Creek, BlackBelt Women Rising, Huntsville Environmental Coalition, Village Creek Society and more. 

Today, on Giving Tuesday, please help us build the fund back up to start 2026 ready to support more awesome and worthy organizations working to protect their rivers and streams! Learn more at AlabamaRivers.org/DRIFT
MOBILE! We'll see you this evening with the NEW #S MOBILE! We'll see you this evening with the NEW #SouthernExposure Films at the @crescenttheater! Join ARA and @sierraclubal to see these short documentaries celebrating special people and nature in Alabama, while discovering hidden treasures and exploring complex issues. 

See the trailers and more info from our link in bio!

#MobileAL #Fairhope #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers #AlabamaRivers
We are so thankful to @blackbeltwr and @senatorrob We are so thankful to @blackbeltwr and @senatorrobstewart who have been on the ground supporting the community of Marion as the town lost access to water. We've been talking with them to see how ARA can help. A huge thank you to @alabamabeerco and our DRIFT Fund committee for their immediate agreement to provide emergency funding for BBWR to purchase water for the community during the outage. We will continue to be in touch with community leaders to see how to help more in the long term!

#WaterIsLife #Marion #MarionWater #BlackBeltWomenRising #AlabamaBeerCo #AlabamaLight #DRIFTFund #DefendRivers #MarionAL
UNIONTOWN! Tomorrow evening at the Rec Center! Joi UNIONTOWN! Tomorrow evening at the Rec Center! Join ARA, BlackBelt Women Rising, Senator Robert Stewart, SELC and more for the Public Meeting to learn more about the proposed pipeline project (SSE4) that puts new methane gas pipelines in 10 Alabama counties, including Perry County. See maps of exactly where the new pipelines would go and learn about concerns that may impact your property and your community. You'll be able to write and submit your comments then and there!

Learn more at the link in bio or at AlabamaRivers.org/pipeline
Montgomery! We can’t wait to see you tomorrow even Montgomery! We can’t wait to see you tomorrow evening with the NEW Southern Exposure Films at the @clovercapri ! 

Join ARA and @friendsofthealabamariver for the FREE public screening of the NEW Southern Exposure Films! These short documentaries, created this summer, celebrate special people and nature in Alabama, while discovering hidden treasures and exploring complex issues

Thursday, November 20
at the Capri Theatre
Mix & Mingle at 5:30 pm | Films start at 6
Concession stand will be available!
Q&A + Discussion After 

For more information about the films + filmmakers, please visit www.alabamarivers.org/se-montgomery
It was a long morning, but the Bessemer City Counc It was a long morning, but the Bessemer City Council heard from many concerned citizens about the plans for a MASSIVE data center bordering Bessemer and McCalla. Ultimately, the Council voted 5-2 in favor of the zoning change to allow for the development of data center.

We want to thank Councilmembers Cleo King and Donna Thigpen for listening to each and every community member and voting NO on this monster of a project.

By greenlighting this project while ignoring serious questions and public records requests, the Bessemer City Council has turned its back on the very communities it is supposed to serve. We remain confident that this project will not come to fruition in its current form, and ARA will support neighbors in their continuing fight to ensure that their questions are answered, and their homes, livelihoods, and communities are protected. Stay tuned!
Bessemer residents! The LAST CHANCE to have your v Bessemer residents! The LAST CHANCE to have your voice heard about the proposed data center, "Project Marvel", is this Tuesday at 9 am (Nov 18) at the Bessemer City Council meeting at City Hall (1700 3rd Avenue N). Don't let the final vote happen without YOU and YOUR VOICE.

We'll see you there with our partners at Black Warrior Riverkeeper, NAACP, SELC, The People's Justice Council, and GASP!

Please share with friends and neighbors in Bessemer. See our link in bio for more info!

#Bessemer #McCalla #DataCenters #MinusAI #ProjectMarvel #BessemerAL #bessemeralabama
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