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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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Tonight’s the night, Troy! We can’t wait to se

Tonight’s the night, Troy! We can’t wait to see you at the @troy_arboretum for the free screening of the #SouthernExposure Films! Repost from @drkaefogelman
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🌊 Join us THIS THURSDAY, May 15, at the Troy Arboretum for a powerful evening of film, conversation, and community! 🎬

We’re excited to partner with the Alabama Rivers Alliance, Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, CPYRWMA, and Troy University’s Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences to host a FREE screening of the award-winning Southern Exposure Films — short documentaries created in just six weeks that highlight Alabama’s incredible people, places, and natural resources.

🍕 Enjoy pizza and drinks
🌿 Take in the incredible sights of the beautiful Troy Arboretum
🎥 Watch inspiring short films
💬 Stay for a Q&A and open discussion

This event is part of our larger effort to elevate aquatic conservation in Southeast Alabama, including our ongoing work on the Elba Dam removal project to restore river connectivity for imperiled species like Gulf Sturgeon and Alabama Shad & reconnect the community with this historic site. We believe representation and conservation efforts in rural regions like ours are just as important, and your voice matters!

📍 Troy University Arboretum
🕔 Thursday, May 15
🕖 Tour of the Arboretum, Mix & Mingle at 5-6:30 PM | Films at 6:30 PM
💵 FREE and open to all

Let’s come together to celebrate, learn, and protect what makes Alabama’s waters so special 💙

We can't wait to see you in Troy next Thursday! Jo

We can't wait to see you in Troy next Thursday! Join ARA, Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, Troy University's Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority (CPYRWMA) for the FREE screening of the Southern Exposure Films. We'll have pizza and drinks and a tour of the Troy Arboretum, with a Q & A and discussion after the films!

Created in six weeks during the summer, the #SouthernExposure films celebrate special people and places in Alabama while exploring complex issues and solutions.

The rain won’t keep us from strategizing, organi

The rain won’t keep us from strategizing, organizing, messaging and planning for the months ahead at our board retreat this weekend! More time indoors means more time collaborating to #DefendRivers!

We can't wait to see you tomorrow (Wednesday) even

We can't wait to see you tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, Huntsville! ARA and Huntsville Environmental Coalition are bringing the NEW Southern Exposure Films to @campus805 in Huntsville! Join us for an evening of delicious food and drinks, inspiring films, and awesome panel discussion after with Native Habitat Project's Kyle Lybarger and some of the Southern Exposure filmmakers. You don't want to miss this event - get there early to grab some snacks before the films begin!

On this Earth Day, we celebrate the beauty and won

On this Earth Day, we celebrate the beauty and wonder of Alabama's 132,000 miles of rivers and streams and our nationally heralded biodiversity, while we also fight to keep at bay the anxiety of where things stand with environmental protection and preservation in today's world. Communities are fighting for clean water and adequate sanitation all across the state, many Alabamians are facing health problems from pollution both current and legacy pollution. The aftermath of ever present extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change are looming all around us and all the while the very nonprofits, universities and government agencies that work hard each day to understand, protect and advocate for a safe, clean and healthy planet are under attack. We long for the old days of bipartisan support for environmental protection, but today we stand up, we speak out, and we stand strong in our efforts to #DefendRivers for people and nature!

#EarthDay #AlabamaRivers

The people of Lowndes County and many other rural,

The people of Lowndes County and many other rural, low-income and communities of color have been discriminated against for decades when it comes to having equal access to proper sanitation. This settlement was righting a decades-long wrong and now the administration is putting that wrong back on to the people of Lowndes County. If you are an American anywhere in this country located in an area where you do not have access to a centralized sewer system, you are responsible for paying the full cost of treating your wastewater properly. Couple that with areas like Lowndes County in the Alabama Black Belt where the soils make traditional septic solutions nearly impossible, and you have a situation where families are living with raw sewage all around their homes, neighborhoods and waterways. With the federal government forgoing its responsibilities, we need the state of Alabama to step up to the plate and continue to invest in wastewater infrastructure, especially in communities that have not gotten the investment that everyone else has gotten over the past several decades.

See the full story from @insideclimatenews at our link in bio or at insideclimatenews.org

#DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #Wastewater #ALPolitics #AlabamaRivers #AlabamaWater #LowndesCounty

We can't wait to see you tomorrow evening, #Montev

We can't wait to see you tomorrow evening, #Montevallo!

Join ARA, @cahabariverkeeper and @montevalloenvironmental for the FREE public screening of the Southern Exposure Films!

Created in six weeks during the summer, the Southern Exposure films celebrate special people and places in Alabama while exploring complex issues and solutions. In this collection, we uncover the hidden and costly dangers of 'forever chemicals' in our rivers and drinking water sources following Riverkeepers as they strive to protect communities—and themselves—from PFAS contamination. 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.. We travel across Alabama rediscovering our native plants, meeting passionate plant people along the way who are making changes big and small in hopes of preserving the last vestiges of once vast ecosystems and Alabama’s unprecedented botanical biodiversity.. Finally, we meet and celebrate three Alabama women who, out of necessity to protect the people and places they love, answered the call to advocate for their water, land and communities.

Tuesday, April 15
Doors open at 6 with Mix & Mingling
Films start at 6:30 pm
Q&A + Discussion After with Alabama Rivers Alliance and Cahaba Riverkeeper

Wowee! It has taken us a minute to catch our breat

Wowee! It has taken us a minute to catch our breath from the past few weeks of defending rivers with scores of partners all across the state!

More than 175 river defenders representing 66 organizations and community water protectors from across the state and region gathered together the last weekend in March for the 27th annual Alabama Water Rally in collaboration and celebration and with an unsurpassed dedicated passion! It was without a doubt our biggest and best yet, full of Alabamians spanning all generations learning from experts and leaders, sharing with other communities facing similar threats to their waterways, building the movement needed to protect our 132,000 miles of rivers and streams, and deepening the connections that keep this movement flowing! We already can't wait for next year - in Montgomery! Stay tuned for a save the date coming soon.

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