BEN - November 14, 2010 #340

Special in this Edition:

College Sustainability 2011 Report Card (See how Alabama Colleges Scored)

Alabama Rivers Alliance "10 Frightening Facts About Alabama Rivers"

Alabama's Unmatched Aquatic Biodiversity

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

Coloring Pages of Fish and Their Habitat

http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/link.cfm

Gulf Task Force: Economics v. Environment (WKRG video)

http://www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/article/task-force-economic-v.-environmental-restoration/1195845/Nov-08-2010_6-44-pm/

Mobile Register Op-ed by Dr. George Crozier - Director of Dauphin Island Sea Lab

http://blog.al.com/press-register-commentary/2010/10/insight_picking_up_the_pieces.html

Montgomery Advertiser Editorial - Future of Recycling

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20101108/OPINION01/11070311/1006/rss06

Locust Fork's Glynn Wilson's Latest Op-ed - Let the River of Information Flow

http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/11/tear-down-some-dams-let-the-river-of-information-flow-2/

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

http://www.gulfrestorationfund.org/

Alabama Rivers Alliance "10 Frightening Facts About Alabama Rivers"

http://www.alabamarivers.org/press-room/headlines/top-ten-frightening-facts-about-alabama2019s-rivers

Ruffner Mountain Events

http://www.ruffnermountain.org

Alabama First is Now Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution

http://www.alabamafirst.org

News

The College Sustainability 2011 Report Card Released

http://www.greenreportcard.org

Results for Alabama Institutions:

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa : Grade B+

http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-alabama

University of Alabama Birmingham: Grade C

http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-alabama-birmingham

Auburn University : Grade B-

http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/auburn-university

Samford University: Grade C

http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/samford-university

University of South Alabama: Grade D+

http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-south-alabama

Regional Environmental Justice Groups Offer Call to Action to EPA Region 4

http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/EPA%202010%20Reg%204%20Meet.html

http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/EPA%202010%20GWEN%20KEYS%20FLEMING%20SIGN%20ON%20LETTER.pdf

Study: Oil Carbon Entered Coastal Planktonic Food Web

http://press.disl.org/11_8_10graham.htm

http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/5/4/045301/fulltext

Baldwin County Environmental Responsibility 2010 Awards

http://baldwincountynow.com/articles/2010/11/09/local_news/doc4cd2cbc8d6dac466976233.txt

Auburn University Dedicates Nature Playground

http://www2.oanow.com/news/2010/nov/10/au-dedicates-nature-playground-ar-1074997/

Alabama's Unmatched Aquatic Biodiversity

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2010/11/alabamas_unmatched_aquatic_bio.html

BEN Calendar

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

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

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

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

Sacrifice Zones - Steve Lerner Author of Eco-Pioneers - Nov. 17, 5:00-6:30 Smith Hall - Univ. of AL.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125764874147866#wall_posts

Birmingham Audubon - Butterflies of Alabama - Nov. 18th - Birmingham Zoo

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org

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

5th Annual Alabama Food and Farm Forum - December 2-4 in Selma, Alabama

http://www.asanonline.org

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

Tennesee Conservation Voters - Executive Director Position

http://www.tnconservationvoters.org/index.php?id=129