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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.

Click here to read a summary of our 2023 – 2027 Strategic Plan.

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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.

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#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

Calling all filmmakers! Applications for the 2025

Calling all filmmakers! Applications for the 2025 Southern Exposure Film Fellowship are now open!

Now in its 13th year, the Southern Exposure Film Fellowship program provides a challenging learning experience to exceptional film students and emerging filmmakers from across the country seeking to explore and develop their talent as environmental advocates through nonfiction storytelling. This innovative summer fellowship equips students with the skills, equipment, content knowledge and contacts to create authentic, engaging, inspiring films intended to raise public awareness about important issues facing Alabama’s environment — from the mountains to the coast.

Learn more from our link in bio!

#SouthernExposure #EnvironmentalFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaking #EnviroDocs #AlabamaFilms #AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #EnviroFilms #Fellowship #summerfellowship #SummerJob

This #GivingTuesday, our Board of Directors and Yo

This #GivingTuesday, our Board of Directors and Young Professional River Defenders are raising money for Alabama Rivers Alliance and our work across the state! We are so grateful to them for their leadership, their expertise, their commitment and most of all their support of our work, our team and our mission to protect and defend Alabama's 132,000 miles of rivers and streams!

Check out their fundraiser and give today (and any other day!) to help them reach their goal of $25,000 raised in 2024! Link in bio!

From Dawn Lee, ARA Board Member and Liaison to our YPRD:

"I know you’re covered up in Giving Tuesday posts but if you’re looking for somewhere that I personally recommend, please donate today to the Alabama Rivers Alliance. I serve on the Board of Directors for ARA and I have firsthand knowledge of the strategic way they approach environmental advocacy by supporting and promoting collaboration across a statewide network of more than 100 organizations, by engaging a broad audience of Alabamians through innovative programs like the Southern Exposure documentary film program and by building relationships with state and local decision makers to guide water focused policies in the right direction."

Give today and help the ARA Board of Directors reach their goal of $25,000 raised!

Great news out of Madison Park! This is an importa

Great news out of Madison Park! This is an important wastewater project that Alabama Rivers Alliance has been monitoring and advocating for since 2021, beginning with the #SouthernExposure Film, "Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities". We're grateful for Commissioner Sankey and Mayor Reed for seeing that federal funds are dedicated to such a long-awaited, long-needed project! Read more from our bio.

#WaterIsLife #MontgomeryAL #Montgomery #SSO #SanitarySewer #MadisonPark #montgomerycounty

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