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Wrapping up 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026

Posted on December 11, 2025December 11, 2025 by Kelly
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Water Rally Registration Open Now!

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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

Posted on November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 by Kelly
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Updates from ARA!

Posted on August 26, 2025September 12, 2025 by Kelly
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The New Southern Exposure Films Will Premiere at Altamont School in Birmingham on September 19!

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Southern Exposure Films Donated to All 17 Birmingham Public Libraries

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Great News! Seven Groups Successful in Updating Toxic Pollutant Values to Protect Health of Alabamians!

Posted on June 17, 2025June 29, 2025 by Charles Miller
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Cindy featured on “In Our Backyard” podcast

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Welcome the 2025 Southern Exposure Film Fellows!

Posted on June 3, 2025May 7, 2026 by Kelly
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Alabama’s 2025 Legislative Session Has Wrapped

Posted on May 15, 2025June 17, 2025 by Charles Miller
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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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  • Statement Regarding Birmingham’s Data Center Ordinance
  • ARA is Hiring: Director of Community Partnerships!
  • Meet the 2026 Southern Exposure Film Fellows!
  • ARA’s Deputy Director Recognized with Unsung Hero Award!
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Creating good public policy is complicated and som Creating good public policy is complicated and sometimes messy and there is no better example of that than yesterday's vote in Birmingham on a data center ordinance. There are many positive aspects to the ordinance that was passed yesterday, including the requirement for hyperscale data centers to submit water conservation plans, and a requirement for all data centers to use closed loop cooling systems, which decrease water use. Unfortunately removing a formal process for public participation in future data center development leaves a very important part of good public policy on the table. We are grateful that the city council has taken these steps to regulate data center development, but we remain committed to continuing to hold data centers and elected officials accountable for protecting our communities and our environment from the harmful impacts of data centers. #DataCenters #Alabama #ALPolitics #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRivers
MACON COUNTY! We’ll be in Tuskegee with our friend MACON COUNTY! We’ll be in Tuskegee with our friends at SELC, Rising Gardens and BlackBelt Women Rising on Wednesday, June 10 to talk about the proposed SSE4 pipeline cutting straight across Macon County. Make plans now to join us there, see up to date maps of the path of the pipeline expansion, ask questions and more! Learn more from the link in bio or join us in person next Wednesday!
WE ARE HIRING! The Alabama Rivers Alliance is exci WE ARE HIRING! The Alabama Rivers Alliance is excited to announce we are hiring a Director of Community Partnerships. Join our team! The Director of Community Partnerships plays an essential role in supporting and collaborating with our vast network of community partners and individual community leaders across Alabama and beyond. The person in this role ensures the Alabama Rivers Alliance’s policy advocacy work is grounded in the needs of our community and watershed partners and that our partners are informed and engaged in our broader statewide initiatives. The Director of Community Partnerships is responsible for uniting and providing leadership to Alabama’s network of local river and water-focused organizations, as well community groups with common interests, in order to maintain a strong statewide movement to protect rivers and to support the Alabama Rivers Alliance state policy work. Learn more from our link in bio! #AlabamaRivers #NowHiring #NowHiringAL #AlabamaJobs #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife
BIG NEWS from the Alabama Rivers Alliance! Martha BIG NEWS from the Alabama Rivers Alliance! Martha Hunter (organic_gal), our Director of Community Partnerships, has officially retired, as of today! Martha has dedicated countless hours (and miles!) over the past ten years at ARA strengthening our river protection movement, while making connections all across the state. Her endless energy and her passion for getting to know people and getting them connected to other Alabamians who are working so hard to defend and protect our rivers throughout the state is unprecedented! "I remember when we interviewed Martha for the job 10 years ago, our policy director at the time asked if I had given her all the answers ahead of time. She has always understood the importance of having a strong and networked alliance of partners across the state to achieve our mission of protecting healthy rivers and clean water for all!" - Cindy Lowry, ARA’s executive director Make plans now to join us on August 18 at Rojo to celebrate Martha! Take a scroll through some photos of her time with our AWESOME alliance partners and members all over the state and send her out into her next chapter with some love in the comments below! PS. She has definitely earned her time of rest but don’t worry - she won’t be disappearing. Between goat rearin’ and golf cart drivin’, she has agreed to continue to help out on some of her ongoing projects and to help onboard whoever may fill this important position for our organization. Stay tuned for a job announcement coming next week!
On this Memorial Day, we invite you to hear from R On this Memorial Day, we invite you to hear from Rowell, Jake, Ronnie, Kristie, Steve, Johnny Sr and Johnny Jr, Harry and Andre as they share the special places on the Tallapoosa River that brings them peace, while they remember the brave men and women who didn't make it home. THE RIVER'S GIFT, Directed by Patrick Kirby
Alabama is in great hands with all these incredibl Alabama is in great hands with all these incredible folks talking about river and water protection at #RiverRally2026 in San Antonio! ARA’s Charles Miller will be presenting about data centers with @southernenvironment’s Ryan Anderson and @blackbeltwr’s Portia Shepherd will be presenting about infrastructure throughout the South. Collaborating, sharing and hearing others is such an important part of what we do at ARA!
We want to send a HUGE thank you to our sponsors o We want to send a HUGE thank you to our sponsors of Southern Exposure Films in Huntsville tomorrow evening! As we have outgrown venues with the awesome crowds in Huntsville, sponsors help us keep this incredible evening of films and conversations FREE to everyone in Huntsville. See you tomorrow evening! Please support those who support us! Energy Alabama, Land Trust of North Alabama, Phoenix Glass & New Terra Compost, Planet Sapling, Huntsville Canoe Club, Susan Weber and Stephen Wynn! #HuntsvilleAL #RocketCity #SouthernExposure #hsv #HSVAL
We are THRILLED to announce the selection of the 2 We are THRILLED to announce the selection of the 2026 #SouthernExposure film fellows: Moses Aubrey, Ethan Kauffman, Anna Lueck, Callie Mejia, and Grace Sullivan! This summer, these ultra talented filmmakers will create five short documentaries telling powerful stories about Alabama’s special people, places and wildlife. The films will feature Alabamians who are dedicated to protecting and restoring our rich biodiversity, while highlighting solutions for complex issues for audiences all over the state and region. We can't wait to welcome them to Alabama! Stay tuned this summer to see pieces of their work as they explore all four corners of Alabama, and beyond. #Alabama #FilmAlabama #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #Film #DocumentaryFilm #EnviroDocs #documentary
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