BEN - Bama Environmental News: 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/