BEN - May 24, 2011 #356

Special in this Edition: Birmingham Southern College's Trek Birmingham Website, Black Warrior Chosen Among America's Most Endangered Rivers, Urban Sprawl Threatens Southern Forestlands According to Forest Service, Dauphin Island Sea Lab Job Openings

Keeping Alabama Forever Wild Series on al.com

Check out the entire "Keeping Alabama Forever Wild" series

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

SweetWater Beer Launches Annual Save the Black Warrior River Campaign

http://savetheblackwarrior.com/

Cahaba Lily Festival - Saturday, May 28th in West Blocton, Alabama

http://www.cahabalily.com/CahabaLilyFestival.htm

Mobile Baykeeper Grandman Event - June 4th (Registration Deadline May 20th)

http://www.thegrandman.com/

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

Conservation Alabama's Legislative 'Hot List"

http://www.conservationalabama.org/vertical/Sites/{8E4DA6E2-1A16-43DE-9136-81711C3678F5}/uploads/{5E3E3573-31CD-4820-ADF7-2505B359E2AF}.PDF

Birmingham Southern College's Trek Birmingham Website

http://trekbirmingham.com/

Manatee Sighting Network

http://manatee.disl.org/

The "Big Fix" Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Film at Cannes Film Festival

http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/gulf-oil-spill-featured-at-cannes-film-festival/1207090/May-23-2011_7-14-pm/

News Across Alabama

Lake Guntersville Lodge & Restaurant to Re-Open Post- Tornado

http://www.alapark.com/

Black Warrior Chosen Among America's Most Endangered Rivers

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/05/black_warrior_river_in_alabama.html

Alabama Ranks 48th in Clean Energy Leadership

http://www.cleanedge.com/e-letter/2011.05.18_CE_Alert.html

Tuscaloosa Tornado Cleanup

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110522/news/110529874

Urban Sprawl Threatens Southern Forestlands According to Forest Service

http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/05/souths_growing_population_urba.html

http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/documents/State%20Assessments/State%20Assessment%20Summary%20Document-Rev01.pdf

Alabama Wildlife Center Cares for Wildlife from After the Storms

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2011/05/pelhams_alabama_wildlife_cente.html

Tornado Environmental Impacts in North Alabama

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110517/NEWS/110519836/1011/NEWS?Title=Environmental-effect-of-storms-still-in-question

Alabama Forestry Commission Tornado Impact Reports

http://www.forestry.state.al.us/TimberDamageReport.aspx

http://www.forestry.state.al.us/PDFs/tornadoApril2011.pdf

Events & Job Openings

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Job Openings

http://press.disl.org/jobs.htm

Alabama Coastal Foundation Programs Coordinator

http://joinacf.org/blog/view/acf-programs-coordinator-position-open

Alabama Wildlife Center - Director of Rehabilitation

http://www.awrc.org/Employment

Alabama Water Watch Mini-conference and Picnic - June 11th at Auburn University

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/special-events/alabama-water-watch-mini-conference-and-picnic

7th Annual Tallapoosa River Basin State of the Watershed Conference - June 22, 8:30-5:00 in Alexander City

https://fp.auburn.edu/icaae/EventWebReg/SOWC/2011/SOWChome.aspx