BEN - Protect Forever Wild & Spring Calendar 2011 (Updated)

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

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

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

Upcoming Events

Sierra Club Outings Across the State

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/outings.html

Auburn University Forest Preserve Spring Events

http://auei.auburn.edu/events/index.php#Southeastern

Weeks Bay Foundation Calendar

http://www.weeksbay.org/calendar.htm

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Events

http://www.bbgardens.org/index2.php

Mobile Botanical Gardens Calendar of Events

http://www.mobilebotanicalgardens.org/calendar.htm

Huntsville Botanical Gardens Calendar of Events

http://www.hsvbg.org/index.php?mainID=2&subID=2&type=events

Fresh Air Family Event Calendar

http://www.freshairfamily.org/eventscalendar.html

Ruffner Mountain Calendar of Events

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/activities/events-calendar.html

Hummer Bird Study Group Calendar of Events

http://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/CalendarOfEvents.html

Freshwater Land Trust Events Page

http://www.freshwaterlandtrust.org/upcoming-events

Shoals Earth Month Activities

http://www.shoalsearthmonth.com

Black Warrior Riverkeeper Calendar

http://blackwarriorriver.org/calendar/index.php?cal_monthDate=2011-05

AWF Educator Workshops

http://alabamawildlife.org/conservation/?pageID=25

Weeks Bay Events Calendar

http://www.weeksbay.org/calendar.htm

Alabama Five Rivers Schedule of Events

http://www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/events/

Little River Canyon Center Events

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

Landmark Park - Dothan Calendar of Events

http://landmarkpark.com/events.html#current

Renew Our Rivers Calendar - (Cleanup Dates)

http://www.alabamapower.com/lakes/schedule.asp

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Calendar of Events

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/

Red Mountain Park Calendar

http://www.redmountainpark.org/

Cahaba River Society's Canoe outings

http://www.cahabariversociety.org/canoe.php

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama "Green Means Go" Spring Hikes 2011

http://landtrustnal.org/new-green-means-go-hikes-for-spring-2011/

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama "Spring Burst" Guided Hike Series

http://landtrustnal.org/land-trust-spring-burst-guided-hike-series/

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

http://www.eeaa.us

Mobile Electronics Recycling

http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org/events/electronics-recycling-0

Technical Knock Out to Sponsor Event at Whole Foods- Birmingham April 16

http://www/technicalko.net

The Great Drift - Saturday, April 16th, 2:00 Dog River Park in Mobile - Dog River Clearwater Revival

http://www.dogriver.org/uploads/6/2/5/2/6252936/greatdrift_flyer_f2.pdf

Operation Green Team's Earth Day in Huntsville - April 16th at the Hays Preserve

http://www.huntsvilleal.gov/greenteam/EarthDayExhibitors2011.pdf

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Discovery Day - April 17

http://press.disl.org/3_11_10dday.htm

Earthbound's EarthFest - April 17th, 2 to sundown Bessie Estelle Park Birmingham

http://blackwarriorriver.org/news/earthbounds-earthfest-2011.html

Earth Day at Samford University Schedule - April 18-22

http://www4.samford.edu/earthday/schedule.html

Auntie Litter Earth Day Parade - April 20th at Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham -

http://www.auntielitter.org

Party for the Planet at the Birmingham Zoo - April 21-23

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/special-events/party-for-the-planet-earth-day-event-at-the-birmingham-zoo/

Earth Day Safari at the Montgomery Zoo - April 20-21

http://www.eventcrazy.com/Montgomery-AL/events/details/363418-Earth-Day-Safari

Earth Day Mobile Bay - April 23rd in Fairhope

http://www.earthdaymobilebay.org/

University of West Alabama Earth Day - Livingston, Alabama - April 23rd

http://act.earthday.org/event/university-west-alabama-honors-earth-day-2011

Alabama Environmental Council Green Tie Affair - April 28th - Good People Brewery , Birmingham

http://www.aeconline.org/greentieaffair

3rd Annual Delta Woods & Waters Expo - April 30th at 5 Rivers on the Causeway

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/special-events/3rd-annual-delta-woods-waters-expo

Freshwater Land Trust Darter Dash - April 30, 8:30am Turkey Creek Preserve

http://www.active.com/running/pinson-al/freshwater-land-trust-darter-dash-2011

Earth Day at the Gardens - Birmingham - May 1st

http://www.bbgardens.org/earth-day.php

Dauphin Island Sea Lab - Cocktails with the Critters - May 5th

http://press.disl.org/3_20_11foundation.html

Audubon Mountain Workshop (May 12-15)

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/education/amw

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/images/Other_Uploded_Files/AMW/AMW_2011_brochure.pdf

Bald Eagle Bash - June 4th, 4-7pm - Tonsmeire Weeks Bay Resource Center

http://www.BaldEagleBash.com

Legacy's 2011 Workshop Calendar

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/educator-workshops/2011-workshops

Legacy's 2011 Enviro-Bowl Schedule

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/student-activities/envirobowl

Jobs and Announcements

Project Coordinator for Gulf of Mexico Conservation Coalition

http://www.landtrustalliance.org/about/jobs/open-positions/project-coordinator-for-gulf-of-mexico

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Internships

http://press.disl.org/jobs/grahamsummerintern.html

Wild South Internships in Alabama

http://www.wildsouth.org/index.php/work-with-us/51-internship-opportunities/237-internship-opportunities

Legacy Competitive Grants - April 29th Deadline

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/grants-and-scholarships/sub-menu-1

Legacy Mini Grants

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/grants-and-scholarships/sub-menu-2

Audubon Mountain Workshop Scholarships (May12-15 in Mentone)

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/grantscholar/amwscholarships

Alabama Outdoor Classroom grants

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/uploadedFiles/File/Grant_Opps_for_OC_Schools_(update_Jan_11).pdf

Mountains to the Gulf Teacher Workshop - Deadline April 29th

http://www.alabama.sierraclub.org/chapternews/february2011/mountainstogulf.pdf

Fish America Grants - May 16th Deadline

http://www.fishamerica.org/grants/