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Cindy featured on “In Our Backyard” podcast

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Welcome the 2025 Southern Exposure Film Fellows!

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Alabama’s 2025 Legislative Session Has Wrapped

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Meet Tiffani!

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ACTION ALERT: Tell your House Member to vote NO on SB330!

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ARA and SELC submit comments for the R.L. Harris Dam relicensing on the Tallapoosa River

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ARA’s 2024 Impact Report!

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ARA is Hiring! Join our team as River Region Community Engagement Fellow

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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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  • This is What Defending Rivers Looks Like
  • TAKE ACTION: Tell Alabama Legislature to vote NO on HB 162 / SB 71!
  • TAKE ACTION: Tell Birmingham City Council YES on Moratorium!
  • Wrapping up 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
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Repost from @blackwarriorriverkeeper • *Take Actio Repost from @blackwarriorriverkeeper • *Take Action! Public Hearing on Tyson’s Water Pollution Permit   ADEM will host a public hearing about Tyson’s permit allowing polluted water discharges into Graves Creek and downstream to the Locust Fork from its Blountsville chicken slaughterhouse. The proposed discharges will occur upstream of popular public recreation areas. Please attend this hearing or mail/email your comments to ADEM to help promote clean water in Graves Creek and the Locust Fork!    Public Hearing Tyson Blountsville Water Pollution Permit Thursday, March 26 at 6pm
J.B. Pennington High School Auditorium
1 College Street | Blountsville, AL 35031   Ways you can help:
1. Speak at the public hearing
2. Come to the hearing and show your support for clean water
3. If you cannot attend the hearing, please mail or email your comments to ADEM, who must receive them before the deadline of 5pm on Friday, March 27: Daphne Y. Lutz, Chief
ADEM-Water Division
PO Box 301463
Montgomery, AL 36130
water-permits@adem.alabama.gov   (♾️ in bio^) for more info, a map, and @blackwarriorriverkeeper’s comments about the permit. • • • #tyson #chicken #blountsville #wastewater #pollution
THANK YOU Birmingham City Council! With a unanimou THANK YOU Birmingham City Council! With a unanimous vote, there is now a 180 day moratorium on data center development in Birmingham city limits! The right questions are being asked to ensure this moratorium will protect all Birminghamians. Next we are looking to Birmingham city leaders to get us the answers to the questions that have been raised. Stay tuned! If you live in Birmingham, please thank your City Councilor!
BIRMINGHAM: The Birmingham City Council will have BIRMINGHAM: The Birmingham City Council will have a public hearing this Tuesday, March 3 at 9:30 am concerning the proposed 6 month moratorium on data center development in Birmingham. IF YOU ARE ABLE, please attend and let them know you want them to vote YES on the moratorium! If you want to speak, please arrive early. ARA and our partners will be there and we hope to see you too! If you live in Birmingham and are unable to attend, let your City Councilors know you want them to vote YES here: alabamarivers.org/bcc or from our link in bio #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers #DataCenters #BirminghamAL #Bham #Birmingham #AlabamaRivers
Agenda-at-a-glance now available online! Join ARA Agenda-at-a-glance now available online! Join ARA and our partners from across the state at Alabama Water Rally March 20-22 at the brand new Elevation Hotel in Montgomery. Alabama Water Rally is THE one event of the year you do NOT want to miss for water advocates, environmental protectors and all Alabamians interested in protecting rivers and streams across the region. Breakout sessions will offer four tracks – collaboration, civic engagement, issue advocacy and organizational development. There is sure to be something for everyone’s interest and valuable tools and insights for you to take home to your communities and your organizations! SESSIONS INCLUDE: Media Training for Advocacy, Deep Canvassing, Celebrating Alabama’s Biodiversity and Communicating About It In New Ways, Fundraising for Advocacy, Statewide Water and Energy Planning, Voting for the Environment, Water Infrastructure Funding for your Community, Working with Your Local Government and more! See the agenda, learn about the keynotes, at link in bio! HUGE thank you to our sponsors for their support in making Water Rally happen!
Due to super popular demand, we are BACK IN STOCK Due to super popular demand, we are BACK IN STOCK with our brand new Meet the Locals tee shirt! Designed by the incredible @sunspark.creative, ARA’s Meet the Locals Tee celebrates the incredible biodiversity found in Alabama’s 132,000 miles of rivers and streams. From iconic darters to rocky shoal spider lilies to waterdogs and other special species, these are some of the locals that ARA and our partners work to protect. Wear yours proudly to #DefendRivers across Alabama!  Available in Pepper Boxy Cut, Pepper Long Sleeve, Bay Short Sleeve Regular and Navy Short Sleeve Regular See the link in bio to get yours today before they are gone ... again!
CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS! Applications open now for CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS! Applications open now for a unique and exciting PAID documentary film fellowship. Join us in Alabama this summer creating a short documentary that will make a difference in communities throughout the southeast. Deadline: March 1! Now in its 14th year, the Southern Exposure Film Fellowship program provides a challenging experience to exceptional film students and early career filmmakers from across the country seeking to explore and develop their talent as environmental advocates through nonfiction storytelling. This innovative summer fellowship equips filmmakers with the skills, equipment, content knowledge and contacts to create authentic, engaging, inspiring films intended to raise public awareness and drive action about important issues facing Alabama’s environment — from the mountains to the coast! #SouthernExposureFilms #SouthernExposure #Documentary #ConservationFilms #AlabamaRivers #filmmaking #makefilms #DefendRivers
Unfortunately, we just heard that the Governor sig Unfortunately, we just heard that the Governor signed SB 71, so it is now law. Rest assured this is not the end of this fight for our rivers. We are already in conversation with partners about how we continue to hold our state accountable for regulating pollution in our waterways in the face of this new obstacle. While this bill is very harmful, it is not the only tool in the toolbox of our strong movement to protect Alabama’s water, air, and land. Most of all we want you to know that everyone who sent letters, made calls, drove to Montgomery, wrote the media and more should hold your heads high. We were up against the most powerful interests in our state during an election year and we made them have to work really hard for this. Building power takes time - and we won’t win every battle - but we must keep building and fighting for the things we hold dear, like clean water, clean air and healthy people! #SB71 #ALPolitics #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers
HERE'S OUR LAST SHOT. Please take one more moment HERE'S OUR LAST SHOT. Please take one more moment and tell Governor Kay Ivey to fix SB 71 before it is law! Despite enormous opposition from Alabamians across the political spectrum, the Alabama Legislature passed SB 71 yesterday. If signed into law by the Governor, this legislation would make it much more difficult for Alabama to protect our beautiful natural resources, the lakes and rivers we love to fish and boat in, the wildlife we love to hunt, the water we drink, and the air we breathe unless the federal government tells us what to do. The opposition to this legislation was also bipartisan in the House – Five (5) Representatives broke with their party and voted against this bill, taking a stand against big business interests who would sacrifice the health of Alabamians and our environment for a quick buck. Now it is up to Governor Ivey to protect her legacy of promoting and supporting Alabama’s outdoor recreation assets – assets that provide tens of thousands of jobs, billions of dollars in economic impact, and that help strengthen communities across Alabama. Tell Governor Ivey that her conservation and outdoor recreation legacy depends on exercising her executive amendment powers to fix the problems with SB 71! See link in bio to send your letter today! #SB71 #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #ALPolitics
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