BEN - October 29, 2010 #339

Special in this Edition:

Conservation Alabama's Endorsements - Higher Ground Roasters Contribute Over $50,000 to Environmental Groups - Wildlaw Protects Alabama Old Growth - Alabama's Oyster Reefs Worth $3 miilion in 2005 - $76,589 in 2009

Op-eds, Links and Videos

Conservation Alabama's 2010 Endorsements

Hit this hyperlink! - Help Fiery Gizzard TODAY! - Please support this important Land Trust for Tennessee project that is just over the Alabama stateline near the University of the South - Sewanee. Today (Oct. 29th) is the last day to contribute.

Baldwin County Stormwater Amendment Vote

http://blog.al.com/jdcrowe/2010/10/baldwin_co_stormwater.html

Join the Forever Wild Coalition

http://www.alforeverwild.com

Gulf Spill Restoration Website

http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/

Big Canoe Creek BioBlitz (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN_T9E_s1as

Friends of Big Canoe Creek

http://www.bigcanoecreek.org/index.htm

New Organization: Conservation Photographers of Alabama

http://www.conservationphotographersofalabama.org/

Ocean's Foundation Releases New Gulf Restoration Fund (Please Donate)

http://www.gulfrestorationfund.org/

Legacy's Alabama Gulf Coast Environmental Recovery Fund

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/agcerf

Important Invasive Species Websites

http://www.invasive.org/south and http://www.cogongrass.org

News

Wildlaw Wins Protection for Old Growth Forests Within Alabama's National Forests

http://www.wildlaw.org/news/10222010.htm

Birmingham Meets 2010 Ozone Standard

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/birmingham_air_passes_epa_test.html

Alabama's Oyster Reefs Worth $3 miilion in 2005 - $76,589 in 2009

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/10/alabama_to_limit_oyster_harves.html

Alabama's Higher Ground Roaster Gives Over $50,000 to Environmental & Local Charities

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2010/10/higher-ground-roasters-gives-thousands.html

http://www.highergroundroasters.com

Southern Environmental Law Center's Alabama Wetlands Protection Project

http://www.southernenvironment.org/cases/wetlands_protection_project_al/

BEN Calendar

Ducks Unlimited Fundraising - Dinners and Banquets Throughout Alabama Nov-Feb.

http://www.ducks.org/states/31/events/index.html

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Presents an Evening with Paulett H. Ogard and Sara Bright - Authors of Alabama Butterflies - October 29, 5:30 at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama - Autumn Ramble

http://landtrust-hsv.org/2010-autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

CAWACO Annual Meeting - Nov. 2-3

http://www.cawaco.org/?page_id=108

Get the Grant! Workshops - November 4th @ 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center, Spanish Fort

http://www.gulfalliancetraining.org/detail.aspx?Id=31

US Green Building Council Tour of Green Mountain Glass - November 5th, 11:30 in Huntsville

http://www.usgbcofal.org/event.php?cn=151

Canyon Fest - Nov. 6th at 10-3 at Little River Canyon Center in Fort Payne

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/EventCC.html

Moss Rock Festival - November 6-7

http://www.mossrockfestival.com/home/

Deepwater BP Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment & Restoration Public Involvement Meeting - November 11th, 6-8pm at the Five Rivers Alabama's Delta Resource Center

Postcards From the Gulf - At Saenger Theatre - Nov. 12th, 6:00 to 9:00pm

http://joinacf.org/join/events

Get the Grant! Workshop - November 16 @ Weeks Bay National Resource Center - "Tips for Writing Winning Grants"

http://www.gulfalliancetraining.org/detail.aspx?Id=31

Nurses and Environmental Health - Health Consequences of the Gulf Oil Spill - Nov. 19 - Univ. of South Alabama

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e32a6ekm9f545264&llr=75qcu5dab

Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium in Mobile - December 1-2

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/baysandbayous

Alabama Clean Water Partnership Annual Conference - December 8th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=71&date=12/08/2010

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:learning-among-the-longleafs-helping-ee-grow-2011&catid=48:conference&Itemid=173

Little River Canyon Field School 2010 & 2011 Schedules

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/JSU_Field_Schools_2010_Calendar_of_Events_May_26_2010.pdf

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/2011_Field_School_Programs_Updated_10_04_10.pdf

Grants and Resources Available

Gulf Guardian Nominations - Applications

http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/

Migratory Bird Grants - Deadline November 1st.

http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NMBCA/index.shtm

Starbucks Youth Grants - Shared Planet Youth Grants

http://www.starbucksfoundation.com/index.cfm?objectid=998EF1C4-1D09-317F-BBF7F71F7B681A12

Recovered Oil Fund for Wildlife

http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Charter_Programs_List&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=17427

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Teacher and Student Resources

http://dhp.disl.org/resources.html

Higher Ground Roasters Gives Thousands to Alabama Groups

Alabama's Higher Ground Roaster's promotes (on their own product!) and contributes to many environmental and local non-profit organizations. In the past few years, the company has given over $50,000 to the following 17 organizations.

1. Appalachian Trail Conference 

2. Black Warrior Riverkeeper 

3. Alabama Rivers Alliance 

4. Alabama Environmental Council 

5. War On Hunger 

6. Freshwater Land Trust 

7. Aids Alabama 

8. Jones Valley Urban Farm 

9. Cahaba River Society 

10. Literacy Council of AL 

11. Access Fund 

12. Tenn. Org Growers Assoc 

13. Southern Environmental Center 

14. Alabama Blues Project 

15. Greater B'ham Humane Society 

16. Mercy Corps International

17. The Wilderness Society (added this Summer)

Check out this wonderful company out of Leeds, Alabama and the good works they do at:

http://www.highergroundroasters.com/

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An Alabama Fairy House

* Special In this Edition: Check out Green Jobs, Grants and Resources

Op-eds, Links and Videos

Ocean's Foundation Releases New Gulf Restoration Fund (Please Donate)

http://www.gulfrestorationfund.org/

Legacy's Alabama Gulf Coast Environmental Recovery Fund

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/agcerf

Alabama Wildlife Center Release Owls On Forever Wild Land (Video)

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/alabama_wildlife_center_releas.html

News

Birmingham News Interviews Gubernatorial Candidates on the Environment (Videos)

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/the_race_for_alabama_governor.html

Hoover Creates "Plastic Island"

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/island_of_plastic_drink_bottle.html#incart_hbx

Scientists Grade Gulf's Health

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/10/scientists_lower_gulfs_health.html

Alabama Ranks 49th Nationally on Energy Efficiency

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2010/10/alabama_brings_up_the_rear_as.html

Willdfires on the Increase in Alabama

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/wildfires_scorch_alabama.html

http://www.forestry.state.al.us/communities_at_risk.aspx?bv=1&s=4

Shepherd Bend Mine Receives Permit

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20101020/NEWS/101019528/1007?Title=Panel-grants-permit-for-strip-mine

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/permit_granted_to_mine_near_bi.html

Alabama - Florida Coastal Cleanup

http://www.northescambia.com/?p=32168

BEN Calendar

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama - Autumn Ramble

http://landtrust-hsv.org/2010-autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

Interfaith Environmental Iniative of Alabama Energy Forum in Birmingham - October 21

http://www.interfaithenvironmental.org/?page_id=310

Electronic Recycling - Technical Knock Out - October 24th, 1-4, Whole Foods Birmingham

Alabama Urban Forestry Association's Annual Conference - Oct. 27-29 in Birmingham

http://www.aufa.com/id64.html

CAWACO Annual Meeting - Nov. 2-3

http://www.cawaco.org/?page_id=108

Get the Grant! Workshops - November 4th @ 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center, Spanish Fort

http://www.gulfalliancetraining.org/detail.aspx?Id=31

Moss Rock Festival - November 6-7

http://www.mossrockfestival.com/home/

Postcards From the Gulf - At Saenger Theatre - Nov. 12th, 6:00 to 9:00pm

http://joinacf.org/join/events

Get the Grant! Workshop - November 16 @ Weeks Bay National Resource Center - "Tips for Writing Winning Grants"

http://www.gulfalliancetraining.org/detail.aspx?Id=31

Nurses and Environmental Health - Health Consequences of the Gulf Oil Spill - Nov. 19 - Univ. of South Alabama

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e32a6ekm9f545264&llr=75qcu5dab

Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium in Mobile - December 1-2

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/baysandbayous

Alabama Clean Water Partnership Annual Conference - December 8th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=71&date=12/08/2010

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:learning-among-the-longleafs-helping-ee-grow-2011&catid=48:conference&Itemid=173

Little River Canyon Field School 2010 & 2011 Schedules

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/JSU_Field_Schools_2010_Calendar_of_Events_May_26_2010.pdf

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/2011_Field_School_Programs_Updated_10_04_10.pdf

Jobs, Grants and Resources Available

4-H Center Assistant Manager Education Programming

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/posannc/detail.php3?job=ZDQ3azN8MTYyfG45ajRr

Watershed Coordinator -319 Coordination on the North River (Black Warrior drainage) - contact Kellie Johnston, Watershed Coordinator for CAWACO - 205-264-8461 for details.

Gulf Guardian Nominations - Applications

http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/

Migratory Bird Grants - Deadline November 1st.

http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NMBCA/index.shtm

Starbucks Youth Grants - Shared Planet Youth Grants

http://www.starbucksfoundation.com/index.cfm?objectid=998EF1C4-1D09-317F-BBF7F71F7B681A12

Recovered Oil Fund for Wildlife

http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Charter_Programs_List&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=17427

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Teacher and Student Resources

http://dhp.disl.org/resources.html

BEN - October 11, 2010 #337

Higher Ground's Wilderness Society Blend

Op-eds, Links and Videos

Ocean's Foundation Releases New Gulf Restoration Fund (Please Donate)

http://www.gulfrestorationfund.org/

Legacy's Alabama Gulf Coast Environmental Recovery Fund

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/agcerf

Gulf Oil Spill Articles by Locust Fork Journal's Glynn Wilson

http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/08/who-should-the-people-of-the-gulf-coast-trust-for-payback/

http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/09/thousands-of-people-along-the-gulf-coast-suffer-bp-crud/

http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/08/the-big-picture-the-five-stages-of-grief-on-the-gulf/

http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/08/lsu-professor-brings-independent-science-to-the-table/

Take a Hike in Tennessee Valley (photos)

http://blog.al.com/living-times/2010/10/take_a_hike_and_explore_the_te.html#incart_hbx

Five Rivers Delta Safaris (video & photo gallery)

http://blog.al.com/living-press-register/2010/10/a_day_on_the_delta_with_five_r.html

Gov. Riley & Speaker Hammett Op-ed on Coastal Recovery

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2010/10/viewpoints_coastal_recovery_co.html

Anniston Star ADEM Editorial

http://annistonstar.com/view/full_story/9847453/article-ADEM-in-trouble-—-again--Protecting-better-than-managing-?instance=home_opinion

Southern Environmental Law Center Opens Birmingham Office

http://www.southernenvironment.org/about/offices/birmingham_office/

News

Biologists Fears White-Nose Syndrome in State

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20101004/news/101009935

EPA Criticizes ADEM's Stormwater Standards

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/epa_criticizes_state_adem_over.html

ADEM's Scrap Tire Program Has Removed 5 million Tires at 40 Sites

http://www.adem.state.al.us/newsEvents/pressreleases/2010/ScrapTireMaterials.pdf

Glass Recycling In Huntsville - Green Mountain Glass

http://blog.al.com/huntsville-times-business/2010/10/huntsvilles_green_mountain_gla.html

http://www.greenmountainglassinc.com/

Alabama Rainbow Mussels Introduced in Choccolocco Creek (video)

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/10/mussels_returned_to_alabamas_c.html

BEN Calendar

Freshwater Land Trust -Our One Mile - October 12th 5:30-7:30pm

http://www.freshwaterlandtrust.org/our-one-mile

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama - Autumn Ramble

http://landtrust-hsv.org/2010-autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

7th Annual John L. Borom Alabama Coastal Birdfest - October 14-17

http://www.alabamacoastalbirdfest.com/

Interfaith Environmental Iniative of Alabama Energy Forum in Birmingham - October 21

http://www.interfaithenvironmental.org/?page_id=310

Electronic Recycling - Technical Knock Out - October 24th, 1-4, Whole Foods Birmingham

Alabama Urban Forestry Association's Annual Conference - Oct. 27-29 in Birmingham

http://www.aufa.com/id64.html

Moss Rock Festival - November 6-7

http://www.mossrockfestival.com/home/

Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium in Mobile - December 1-2

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/baysandbayous

Alabama Clean Water Partnership Annual Conference - December 8th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=71&date=12/08/2010

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:learning-among-the-longleafs-helping-ee-grow-2011&catid=48:conference&Itemid=173

Jobs Available

4-H Center Assistant Manager Education Programming

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/posannc/detail.php3?job=ZDQ3azN8MTYyfG45ajRr

BEN - October 1, 2010 #336

Don't Miss the Southern Environmental Center's EcoFest 12 - this Thursday, October 7th, 6-9 at Workplay. Purchase your tickets on PayPal. Visit

http://www.bsc.edu/sec/ecofest/efest12/index.cfm

Links and Videos

Ocean's Foundation Releases New Gulf Restoration Fund (Please Donate)

http://www.gulfrestorationfund.org/

Elton Stephens Jr. on 280 Alternatives - Op-ed

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2010/09/viewpoints_theres_an_alternati.html

Strategies for Creating Livable Communities - Webinar

http://www.walkinginfo.org/training/pbic/lc_webinar_11-12-2009.cfm

Birmingham News Profiles Black Warrior Riverkeeper's Nelson Brooke

http://www.alabamarivers.org/press-room/headlines/the-riverkeeper-nelson-brooke-leads-effort-to-keep-alabamas-black-warrior-pure

AWF's Alabama Nature Center (Video)

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/videos/

News

Governor Riley's Oil Spill Commission

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/09/alabama_oil_spill_recovery_com.html

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/09/talbot_bob_riley_urges_oil_spi.html

Mobile County Receives $1.9 Million Energy Efficiency Grant

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/09/mobile_county_making_environme.html

Gulf of Mexico Alliance to Implement $500 Million Independent Research Fund

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7065262

Three out of Four Gulf Residents Support Federal Legislators Who Support Funding Gulf Restoration

http://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/gulf-region-poll-results/

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/09/poll_alabamians_support_enviro.html

Windmills on Lookout Mountain Proposed

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/oct/01/windstorm-debate/

BEN Calendar

Solar Home Tours in Alabama - This Saturday, October 2nd

http://nationalsolartour.org/location/directory/AL

Creation Week at All Saints Episcopal Church in Homewood - Oct 2-9

http://www.allsaintsbirmingham.org/fellowship.html

Southern Environmental Center's EcoFest 12 - October 7th, 6:00-9:00 at WorkPlay

http://www.bsc.edu/sec/ecofest/efest12/index.cfm

Keep It Wild -Atlanta. Georgia - October 9th

http://keepingitwild.org/sixth-annual-gala-dinner

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama - Autumn Ramble

http://landtrust-hsv.org/2010-autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham's 2010 Building Communities Conference

http://www.rpcgb.org/documents/2010_BCC_3pg.pdf

7th Annual John L. Borom Alabama Coastal Birdfest - October 14-17

http://www.alabamacoastalbirdfest.com/

Interfaith Environmental Iniative of Alabama Energy Forum in Birmingham - October 21

http://www.interfaithenvironmental.org/?page_id=310

Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium in Mobile - December 1-2

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/baysandbayous

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

Jobs Available

4-H Center Assistant Manager Education Programming

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/posannc/detail.php3?job=ZDQ3azN8MTYyfG45ajRr

Ruffner Mountain Positions

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/contact-info/career-opportunities.html