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Save Forever Wild

Posted on August 6, 2015June 9, 2016 by merkel
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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.

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Friends in Chattanooga! See "Saving Seagrass" at t Friends in Chattanooga! See "Saving Seagrass" at the Lookout Wild Film Festival this Sunday! We're stoked to share this film with such a great audience of protectors of our wild spaces and rivers and streams! In "Saving Seagrass: Alabama’s Critical Underwater Nursery", we dive underwater to discover a “whole ‘nother living world under there in the seagrass that nobody ever sees”, full of critters and life and we learn what must happen to protect this Submerged Aquatic Vegetation vital to the health of Mobile Bay and the communities and industries that rely on it. Directed by Robert Boyd as part of Southern Exposure Films 2024
ARA is Hiring Again! Join the awesome team at Alab ARA is Hiring Again! Join the awesome team at Alabama Rivers Alliance as River Region Community Engagement Fellow! The River Region Community Engagement Fellow will work under two specific grant funded areas: Alabama River Community Engagement and Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Community Engagement. Learn more about this job and apply from the link in bio! #AlabamaJobs #MontgomeryJobs #NowHiring #JobsinAlabama #AlabamaRivers #Montgomery #MGM #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #CommunityEngagement #RiverRegion
Over the past year, Alabama Rivers Alliance, along Over the past year, Alabama Rivers Alliance, along with regional and national partners at Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) and @harpethriver, has been investigating efforts to get lead OUT of our drinking water in the Southeast. This resulted in a comprehensive report that has good news for #Alabama -- we're ahead of many other states when it comes to removing toxic lead from our drinking water systems! Unfortunately, a resolution was introduced in Congress today by Representative Gary Palmer to do away with a law that requires utilities to get lead out of drinking water by 2027. Repealing the Lead & Copper Rule Improvements would halt the replacement lead pipes across the country, meaning that millions of Americans and more than 100,000 Alabamians will continue to be exposed to toxic lead in their drinking water. Read the full report from our link in bio. #AlabamaWater #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #DrinkingWater #LeadAndCopperRule #Lead #LeadPipes #DefendRivers #LeadAndCopper #ALPolitics
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Join us at Alabama Water Ra REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Join us at Alabama Water Rally March 28-30 in beautiful Mobile Bay! Alabama Water Rally is the annual gathering of Alabama's network of water advocates and allies hosted by the Alabama Rivers Alliance. Water Rally is the premiere educational, networking and celebratory event for community and watershed-based organizations as well as individual Alabamians interested in #CleanWater and the protection of all our waterways. ***WHAT TO EXPECT AT WATER RALLY 2025*** Speakers & Workshops | Training Sessions | Deep Dives Into Current Topics | Music + Art Breaks | Networking & Celebrations | Your New Favorite Weekend! OTHER FUN THINGS HAPPENING AT ALABAMA WATER RALLY: 🏆River Celebration Awards! 🦅Bird Watching! 🌳Forest Bathing! 🎥Short Films! 🍻NEW Alabama LIGHT Beer! 🤜Networking and celebrating aplenty! 💃🕺Live Music and Possible Dancing! 🏄‍♂️Moments to Explore Weeks Bay! FULL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE! So much more info + registration at our link in bio. . . . #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRivers #AlabamaWaterRally #WaterRally #AlabamaEvents #NetworkAlabama #MobileBay #mobilebayfishing #mobilealabama #CampBeckwith #DestinationAlabama #TheMostFun
We have had a great year defending rivers and coll We have had a great year defending rivers and collaborating with our alliance and members all across Alabama! You've been a HUGE part of that success for us and we are so thankful to have your support! The Alabama Rivers Alliance has been building, supporting and leading an Alliance of community and watershed-based organizations across Alabama for nearly thirty years. Today, our Alliance stands strong with more than 100 partner organizations! But believe or not, there are still areas of the state where we need more partners at the community and watershed level to be the eyes and ears for our waterways and help support the Alliance be robust enough to protect ALL of Alabama’s 132,000 miles of rivers or streams. That is why our staff has been strategically focusing efforts in areas where we can grow our movement and build capacity for small, all volunteer efforts in underrepresented areas of the state. Check out our exciting successes in just three major urban areas of the state, and please consider an end of the year donation in support of this movement and our strategic work across the state! Check out that bio to read more! #AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRiversAlliance #RiversOfAlabama #TallapoosaRiver #TennesseeRiver #watershed #AlabamaRiver #Montgomery #Birmingham #HuntsvilleAL #Auburn #Opelika #LittleTallapoosa
Fantastic conversation with Representative Bob Fin Fantastic conversation with Representative Bob Fincher, Senator Randy Price, local government officials and the community of Randolph County last night in Wedowee! Alabama Rivers Alliance partnered with Representative Bob Fincher (R 37) to host a Town Hall discussing rivers and streams in the Tallapoosa watershed and to hear concerns about threats to waterways in the area from local landowners. We also shared the history of the Alabama Water Plan and advocated to revive the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Water Policy and Management. We are super excited looking toward 2025 and all the ways we can #DefendRivers with our elected officials across the state! #AlabamaRivers #TallapoosaRiver #LittleTallapoosa #RandolphCounty #WaterIsLife #AlabamaWaterPlan
THERE SHE IS! Let us know when you see the new Ala THERE SHE IS! Let us know when you see the new Alabama Light Lager in the wild! We can’t wait to hear what you think. OUT OF THIS WORLD BONUS: a portion from each can sold helps us all #DefendRivers across #Alabama! Repost from @alabamabeerco 12-PACKS AVAILABLE NOW - wherever you buy your beer, cheers folks! 🍻 #AlabamaLIGHT #AlabamaBeerCo #SaveWaterDrinkBeer
Talladega, join us Tuesday for the last stop on th Talladega, join us Tuesday for the last stop on the River Reels & Tales: Tour! We can't wait to share these short films with you at The Ritz Theatre (115 Court Sq N, Talladega, AL) with @coosariverkeeper on December 17! Invite your friends and neighbors to join you for great conversations over delicious food and short documentaries about the Coosa River! #Talladega #TalladegaAL #FilmAlabama #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers #AlabamaRivers #SouthernExposure
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