BEN - April 14, 2011 #353

Special in this Edition: Protect Alabama Forever Wild Today!, Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Supports Forever Wild, SELC Top Ten Endangered Places 2011 - Alabama Coast, Feds Update Efforts to Restore Gulf (video)

Protect Alabama Forever Wild

Protect Forever Wild Today - This Morning - Thursday, April 14th!

We anticipate a vote on the Forever Wild re-authorization legislation to occur today in the Alabama House of Representatives. Please call your local representative this morning before 10:00am. The switchboard number is 334-242-7600. The links below can help direct you.

http://www.protectforeverwild.org

http://conservationalabama.e-actionmax.com/takeaction.asp?aaid=820

Keeping Alabama Forever Wild Series on al.com

We will be uploading new webpages/stories up until April 22nd. You can bookmark our website at:

http://blog.al.com/keeping-alabama-forever-wild/index.html

You can also 'like" Keeping Alabama Forever Wild on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/KeepingAlabamaForeverWild

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

Jones Valley Founder Edwin Marty Stepping Down

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/04/jones_valley_urban_farm_founde.html

Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen Honored by Wild South

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110404/news/110409868

Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Supports Forever Wild

http://thedailysentinel.com/columns/guest_columnist/article_37cf864c-5b1b-11e0-aed1-001cc4c03286.html

Gadsden Times Pro-Forever Wild Op-ed

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20110405/NEWS/110409865/-1/OPINION01?Title=GUEST-COMMENTARY-Forever-Wild-makes-good-sense

Montgomery Advertiser Forever Wild Editorial

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20110410/OPINION01/104100309/Advertiser-editorial-Forever-Wild-real-success?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7COpinion%7Cp

Mobile Register Endorses Forever Wild

http://blog.al.com/press-register-commentary/2011/04/forever_wild_is_an_alabama_jew.html

Feds Update Efforts to Restore Gulf (video)

http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/baldwin_county/feds-update-efforts-to-restore-gulf

Nature: Oil Spill's Deep Wounds

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110413/full/472152a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20110414

Gulf Oil Spill By the Numbers

http://www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/article/oil-spil-by-the-numbers/1206138/Apr-12-2011_4-31-pm/

News Across Alabama

SELC Top Ten Endangered Places 2011 - Alabama Coast

http://www.southernenvironment.org/about/top_10_2011/

Black Warrior Riverkeeper Sues to Block Northern Beltline in Birmingham

http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/2011_04_11_northern_beltline_lawsuit/

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/04/environmental_groups_sue_to_ov.htm

Alabama Power Appeals EPA Clean Air Ruling

http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/04/alabama_power_asks_federal_cou.html

Rare Lauderdale County Sunfish Considered for Federal Protection

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110404/news/110409945

Wildlands Network Trek Through Alabama

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/03/hiker_on_national_trek_takes_s.html

Spring Events/Workshops/Job Announcements & Grants

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2011/04/ben-protect-forever-wild-spring.html