BEN - August 11, 2011 #362

Rush Darter

Special in this Edition: Save Alabama Water Watch, WIAT Birmingham - Deadly Deception (video), Weeks Bay 12th Annual Photography Contest Winners, ADEM Scrap Tire Cleanup Program Removes 1 Million Tires in Baldwin County, Five Fish to Receive Endangered Status, Moon Dance at Three Caves - Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama

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Save Alabama Water Watch

http://www.alabamawaterwatch.org/save_aww.html

WIAT Birmingham - Deadly Deception (video)

http://www.cbs42.com/content/cbs42/story/Deadly-Deception/gLYJ-c2sDkuzt3Oj6ba26g.cspx

Environmental Education Association of Alabama Call for 2012 Conference Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136:proposals-sought-for-2012-conference&catid=92:important-info

Weeks Bay 12th Annual Photography Contest Winners

http://www.weeksbay.org/12_photo/winners_12th.html

Friends of Hurricane Creek - Recovering from the April 27th Tornado (video)

http://www.hurricane-creek.org/

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Cleaning up Dog River (Jeff Dute Column)

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/08/we_are_solution_to_dog_river_l.html

Latest Ecoviews by Whit Gibbon

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110807/NEWS/110809856/1218/opinion01?Title=ECOVIEWS-Cowbirds-thrive-by-leaving-their-nest-mates-alone

My Green Birmingham Website

http://www.mygreenbirmingham.com

News Across Alabama

EPA Studies North Birmingham Air

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/08/epa_studies_air_in_north_birmi.html

ADEM Scrap Tire Cleanup Program Removes 1 Million Tires in Baldwin County

http://www.adem.state.al.us/newsEvents/pressreleases/2011/RobertsdaleCleanup.pdf

Restore the Gulf Coast Act of 2011

http://joinacf.org/blog/view/hallelujah-we-have-a-bill

TVA & Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Disagree Over Nuclear Power

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/08/tva_southern_alliance_for_clea.html

Five Fish to Receive Endangered Status

http://blog.locustfork.net/2011/08/endangered-status-goes-through-for-five-southeastern-fish-species/

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20110810/news/110819990

Protecting Dauphin Island

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/08/forever_protection_for_dauphin.html

Events & Job Openings

Alabama Wildlife Federation Calendar

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

5 Rivers- Alabama's Delta Resource Center Events

http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/events/

Renew Our Rivers 2011 Calendar

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

Friends of Shades Creek Calender

http://www.shadescreek.org/

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama's Rock the Trails Series

http://landtrustnal.org/wzyp-mountain-high-outfitters-and-sierra-mist-rock-the-trails-series/

Green Building Focus Events - July 14 (Huntsville), August 12 (Montgomery), Sept. 15-16 (Birmingham)

http://www.greenbuildingfocus.com/

Sustain Our State - August 16th, Linn Park in Birmingham

http://www.lwval.org/

2011 Lead Based Paint Symposium - August 24, 3:00-6:00 Birmingham Botanical Gardens

No fee - Lonnie Pressley, Jefferson County Public Health, lonnie.pressley@jcdh.org

Freshwater Land Trust's Land Aid - August 25th, Bottletree Cafe in Birmingham

http://birmingham365.org/event/detail/441394233/Land_Aid

Wild & Scenic Film Festival - Sept. 8th in Birmingham

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/wild-and-scenic-film-festival

Landmark Park Low Country Boil Fundraiser - September 15th

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

Moon Dance at Three Caves - Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama - September 17th

http://landtrustnal.org/moon-over-three-caves-dance/

Cocktails for the Coast - September 25th

http://joinacf.org/index.php?/what-we-do/cocktails-for-the-coast

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/hunting/?pageID=58

Cahaba River Society's "Fry Down" Sept. 25th in Trussville

http://www.frydown.com/

John Borom Alabama Coastal Birdfest - October 6-8

http://www.alabamacoastalbirdfest.com

Southern Environmental Center Ecofest - October 6th at Workplay in Birmingham, Alabama

Take Pride Statewide Annual Conference - October 11-12

http://www.auntielitter.org/takepridestatewide.html