BEN - November 28, 2011 #376

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center

Special in this Edition: Help Wanted: Two Nature Conservancy of Alabama Diversity Internships, Sweetwater Pecan Company - Great Holiday Gifts, Oyster Farming in Grand Bay, Recycling Rates Nationally - EPA Report, Alabama Coal Industry Expects Growth, State Launches New Piedmont Birding Trail, After the Spill: Community Forums on the Deepwater Horizon Event - Dauphin Island, Auburn, Birmingham - December 3rd, 10:00-12:00

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Help Wanted: Two Nature Conservancy of Alabama Diversity Internships

http://www.nature.org/aboutus/diversity/diversity-internships-at-the-nature-conservancy.xml

Sweetwater Pecan Company - Great Holiday Gifts Natural & Fresh from Terry and Susan Bishop

http://www.sweetwaterpc.com/SweetwaterPecn2011/Home.html

Johnny GreenSeeds Wines

http://www.jgswines.com

Weeks Bay 2011 Christmas Ornament (on sale)

http://www.weeksbay.org/ornament_2011.html

SELC Reed Environmental Writing Award - Seeking Submissions

http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/2011-11-01_reed_announce/

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

US Ark of Taste (Slow Food Movement)

http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste/

Mobile Bay NEP's Fall Alabama Current Connection

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/images/uploads/library/AL-CurrentConnections-Fall_2011.pdf

Northern Beltline "Questions Remain Unanswered"

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/11/viewpoints_jefferson_countys_p.html

News Across Alabama

Oyster Farming in Grand Bay

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/11/growing_a_pearl_of_an_oyster_i.html

Recycling Rates Nationally - EPA Report

http://resource-recycling.com/node/2266

Alabama Coal Industry Expects Growth

http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2011/11/alabama_mines_find_good_news_w.html

"Green Zoo" Planned in Gulf Shores

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20111126/NEWS02/111260341/Water-park-zoo-may-open-same-time

State Launches New Piedmont Birding Trail

http://blog.al.com/living-times/2011/11/alabama_launches_new_piedmont.html

Events & Job Openings

Help Wanted: Mobile Bay NEP Project/Outreach Coordinator

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/career_oppourtunity

Help Wanted: Two Nature Conservancy of Alabama Diversity Internships

http://www.nature.org/aboutus/diversity/diversity-internships-at-the-nature-conservancy.xml

EPA Urban Waters Small Grants (Jan. 16 Deadline)

http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters/funding/

After the Spill: Community Forums on the Deepwater Horizon Event - Dauphin Island, Auburn, Birmingham - December 3rd, 10:00-12:00

http://cosee-central-gom.org/community_forum_al.html

Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Southern Tales at The Gardens - December 4th

http://www.bbgardens.org/all-events.php

Birmingham Audubon Society's 65th Annual Christmas Banquet

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/birdingfldtrips/monthcalendar/icalrepeat.detail/2011/12/06/567/-/OGYyODk4YjhmNjMxMWYwZjYyNTBhNWJhZjQ4YzMzNTM=

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

Friends of Red Mountain Benefit - December 9th

http://www.friendsofredmountainpark.org/wp/2011/11/friends-celebration-and-benefit-on-december-9/

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

Alabama Wildlife Center's Holiday Craft & Bake Sale - December 10th

http://eeinalabama.org/net/calendar/details.aspx?c=3534765&s=98824.0.0.37934

Dog River Clearwater Revival Annual Meeting (January 17)

http://www.dogriver.org

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

Alabama Rivers Alliance Watershed Leadership Confference - March 16-18 @ Camp Beckwith

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/watershed-leadership-conference

Fresh Air Family Calendar

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

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

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

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

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

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

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

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

Ocean Camp Registration

http://www.facebook.com/oceancamp

BEN Thanksgiving Special 2011

Bishop Mark MacDonald, the National Indigenous Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada singing 'Amazing Grace" in Ojibway (Bishop MacDonald was my priest in Portland, Oregon 1989 - Pat Byington, BEN Publisher)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbVsePTyRCk

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The Country Music Video by Alabama "Pass It On Down"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yWfZ5fj7aA

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Prayer of Thanksgiving - For the Beauty of the Earth

We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of earth and sky and sea: for the richness of mountains, plains,and rivers; for the songs of birds and the loveliness of flowers. We praise you for these good gifts, and pray that we may safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may continue to grow in our grateful enjoyment of your abundant creation, to honor and glory of your Name, now and for ever. Amen.

~ From The Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church

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Thanksgiving

We return thanks to our mother, the earth

which sustains us

We return thanks to the rivers and streams

which supply us with water.

We return thanks to all herbs,

which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases.

We return thanks to the moon and stars,

which have given to us their light when the sun was gone.

We return thanks to the sun,

that has looked upon the earth with a beneficient eye.

Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,

in Whom is embodied all goodness,

and Who directs all things for the good of Her children.

~Iroquois~

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Honor the sacred.

Honor the Earth, our Mother.

Honor the Elders.

Honor all with whom we share the Earth:

Four-legged, two leggeds, winged ones,

Swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock people.

Walk in balance and beauty.

~ Native American Elder~

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"I hope to be remembered as someone who made the earth

a little more beautiful.

~ Justice William O. Douglas

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"Here in this wooded valley, mossy, cool,

Where mountain water murmurs over stone,

The jarfly sings upon a greenbriar stool

A song I do believe is all his own

In this green mansion sunrays penetrate

The trembling leaves between the earth and sky:

The redbird sings a love song to his mate,

And lazy winds mock singing bird and fly.

To this greenworld I bring my Love with me

And leave behind my gun and hunting hounds;

And handin hand we go as silently

As snowbirds over winter's frosted ground.

How can we sing a love song when we hear

The barking squirrel, the redbird's love-song voice,

The water, wind, the jarfly's lonesome churr?

We listen to the love songs of our choice."

- Jesse Stuart ("Valley Love Songs")

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"All things belonging to the earth will never change

- the leaf, the blade, the flower, the wind that cries

and sleeps and wakes again, the trees whose stiff arms

clash and tremble in the dark, and the dust of lovers

long since buried in the earth - all things proceeding

from the earth to seasons, all things that lapse and

change and come again upon the earth - these things

will always be the same, for they come up from the

earth that never changes, they go back into the earth

that lasts forever. Only earth endures, but it endures forever."

-Thomas Wolfe (You Can't Go Home Again)

BEN - November 22, 2011 #374

Special in this Edition: Weeks Bay 2011 Christmas Ornament (on sale), Southern Environmental Law Center Slideshow "Don't Fall for It", Alabama "Most in Need of Improvement" According to National Energy Efficiency Scorecard, 2010 National Land Trust Census Report - Alabama Ranked 24th Nationally in Land Conserved, Help Wanted: Mobile Bay NEP Project/Outreach Coordinator, After the Spill: Community Forums on the Deepwater Horizon Event - Dauphin Island, Auburn, Birmingham - December 3rd, 10:00-12:00

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Weeks Bay 2011 Christmas Ornament (on sale)

http://www.weeksbay.org/ornament_2011.html

SELC Reed Environmental Writing Award - Seeking Submissions

http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/2011-11-01_reed_announce/

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Southern Environmental Law Center Slideshow "Don't Fall for It"

http://www.southernenvironment.org/cases/dont_fall_for_it/

NOAA's Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas

http://gulfatlas.noaa.gov/

USGS National Map

http://nationalmap.gov/

News Across Alabama

Alabama "Most in Need of Improvement" According to National Energy Efficiency Scorecard

http://www.aceee.org/press/2011/10/aceee-massachusetts-overtakes-califo

2010 National Land Trust Census Report - Alabama Ranked 24th Nationally in Land Conserved

http://www.landtrustalliance.org/land-trusts/land-trust-census/national-land-trust-census-2010/state-factsheets/alabama-fact-sheet

Huntsville's Mayor Tommy Battle -Imagine Southern Version of Central Park

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/11/huntsville_mayor_tommy_battles_4.html

Conecuh Landfill Fight Goes to Alabama Supreme Court

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/11/conecuh_landfill_fight_goes_to.html

Decatur-Morgan County Regional Landfill Generating Renewable Energy

http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/alabama-landfill-creating-renewable-energy/546a05c8e3e94d95bd0afc6250dff4bb

Events & Job Openings

Help Wanted: Mobile Bay NEP Project/Outreach Coordinator

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/career_oppourtunity

After the Spill: Community Forums on the Deepwater Horizon Event - Dauphin Island, Auburn, Birmingham - December 3rd, 10:00-12:00

http://cosee-central-gom.org/community_forum_al.html

Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Southern Tales at The Gardens - December 4th

http://www.bbgardens.org/all-events.php

Birmingham Audubon Society's 65th Annual Christmas Banquet

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/birdingfldtrips/monthcalendar/icalrepeat.detail/2011/12/06/567/-/OGYyODk4YjhmNjMxMWYwZjYyNTBhNWJhZjQ4YzMzNTM=

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

Friends of Red Mountain Benefit - December 9th

http://www.friendsofredmountainpark.org/wp/2011/11/friends-celebration-and-benefit-on-december-9/

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

Alabama Wildlife Center's Holiday Craft & Bake Sale - December 10th

http://eeinalabama.org/net/calendar/details.aspx?c=3534765&s=98824.0.0.37934

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

Alabama Rivers Alliance Watershed Leadership Confference - March 16-18 @ Camp Beckwith

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/watershed-leadership-conference

Fresh Air Family Calendar

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

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

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

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

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

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

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

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

BEN - November 15, 2011 #373

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center

Special in this Edition: Tuscaloosa News: Whit Gibbon's Ecoviews, Jefferson County Seeks $23 million Greenway Grant, Alliant Bank in Alexander City Recycling for the Community, Ruffner Mountain "Beer on the Back Porch" Fundraiser - November 17, Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

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SELC Reed Environmental Writing Award - Seeking Submissions

http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/2011-11-01_reed_announce/

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Check out Bama Backroads

http://www.bamabackroads.com

Balch & Bingham's Southeast Environmental Law Blog

http://www.balch.com/seenvlaw/

Tuscaloosa News: Whit Gibbon's Ecoviews

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/search?category=search&crit=ecoviews

State of the Oceans 2011

http://climatide.wgbh.org/2011/06/the-state-of-the-oceans-2011/

News Across Alabama

Mussels and the Shoals

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Mussels-important-in-birth-of-Shoals,184377

Jefferson County Seeks $23 million Greenway Grant

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/11/jefferson_county_cities_seek_2.html

Alliant Bank in Alexander City Recycling for the Community

http://blog.al.com/natural-living/2011/11/aliant_bank_recycling_for_the.html

Weiss Lake Water Protection

http://times-journal.com/news/article_9ba5d316-0b23-11e1-aeb3-001cc4c03286.html

40 Years ago Today... Birmingham's Air Quality

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/11/an_old_cloud_of_polluted_air_l.html

Groups Urge Corp to Reject Northern Beltline Permit (press release)

http://blackwarriorriver.org/releases/2011_PressRelease_GroupsUrgeArmyCorpDToRejectFlawedNorthernBeltlinePermit_November14.pdf

Events & Job Openings

Land Trust of North Alabama "Green Means Go" - Nov. 12, Thanksgiving Hike (Nov. 24) Dec. 3

http://landtrustnal.org/free-guided-hike/

Ruffner Mountain "Beer on the Back Porch" Fundraiser - November 17

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/activities/events-calendar.html?task=view_detail&agid=110&year=2011&month=11&day=17&catids=58%7C57%7C56%7C55%7C45

City of Montgomery Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 18th at Patterson Field

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?recordid=853&page=28

Sierra Club Annual Retreat November 18-20 at Camp McDowell

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/2011-conference/conference2011.html

Native American Heritage Weekend at Little River Canyon Center - November 18-19

http://eeinalabama.org/net/calendar/details.aspx?s=98425.0.0.37934&dateid=6045

Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Southern Tales at The Gardens - December 4th

http://www.bbgardens.org/all-events.php

Birmingham Audubon Society's 65th Annual Christmas Banquet

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/birdingfldtrips/monthcalendar/icalrepeat.detail/2011/12/06/567/-/OGYyODk4YjhmNjMxMWYwZjYyNTBhNWJhZjQ4YzMzNTM=

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

Alabama Wildlife Center's Holiday Craft & Bake Sale - December 10

http://eeinalabama.org/net/calendar/details.aspx?c=3534765&s=98824.0.0.37934

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

Fresh Air Family Calendar

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

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

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

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

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

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

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

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

BEN - November 9, 2011 #372

Special in this Edition: Mobile Bay NEP: One Mile Creek - Mobile's Potential Crown Jewel (video), Anniston Star - Fall Foliage & Colors (slideshow), Mobile Register: "Shadow of oil spill seen in Gulf of Mexico plankton", Huntsville Botanical Gardens Installing Solar Panels, Friends of Hurricane Creek Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony - November 10th

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SELC Reed Environmental Writing Award - Seeking Submissions

http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/2011-11-01_reed_announce/

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Mobile Bay NEP: One Mile Creek - Mobile's Potential Crown Jewel (video)

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/videos/mobiles_potenital_crown_jewel

100 Great Escapes - National Forests of Alabama

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5211431.pdf

Anniston Star - Fall Foliage & Colors (slideshow)

http://www.consolpub.com/slideshows/as/20111104fallcolor/

April 27 Tornado Impact on Alabama's Forests

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

Fultondale Environmental Classroom

http://www.mygreenbirmingham.com/green-living-article/taking-environmental-stewardship-to-the-classroom/

Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper

http://sites.google.com/site/chocrivkeeper/

News Across Alabama

Mobile Register: "Shadow of oil spill seen in Gulf of Mexico plankton"

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/11/oils_shadow_detected_in_plankt.html

Hiking Trail From Fort Morgan to the Walls of Jericho Proposed

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/11/alabama_hiking_trail_planned_f.html

Huntsville Botanical Gardens Installing Solar Panels

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/11/huntsville_botanical_garden_wi.html

Feds Ignore Gulf of Mexico Spill in study of Risks Associated with Oil Exploration

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/11/feds_ignore_bp_spill_in_impact.html

Events & Job Openings

Huntsville Botanical Garden "Galaxy of Lights" Nov. 10 to Dec. 31st. 2011

http://www.hsvbg.org/index.php?mainID=4&subID=10&subID2=&type=calendar&viewMoreType=festival&typeID=8

Friends of Hurricane Creek Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony - November 10th

http://www.hurricane-creek.org

Land Trust of North Alabama "Green Means Go" - Nov. 12, Thanksgiving Hike (Nov. 24) Dec. 3

http://landtrustnal.org/free-guided-hike/

City of Montgomery Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 18th at Patterson Field

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?recordid=853&page=28

Sierra Club Annual Retreat November 18-20 at Camp McDowell

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/2011-conference/conference2011.html

Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Southern Tales at The Gardens - December 4th

http://www.bbgardens.org/all-events.php

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

Fresh Air Family Calendar

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

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

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

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

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

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

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

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

BEN - November 1, 2011 #371

Special in this Edition: Little River Canyon Fest - November 5-6, NBC 13 - Alabama's Tire Recycling Program, Mobile Register: One Man's Dream to Clean Up Mobile's Waterways (video & photos), $52,000 Grant Will Help Launch City of Montgomery Downtown Urban Farm, Coosa Riverkeeper Profiled in the St. Clair Times, Friends of Hurricane Creek Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony - November 10th

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Little River Canyon Fest - November 5-6

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/LRCC-Flyer_letter_CanyonFest_highrez_.pdf

Obama Administration's America's Great Outdoors Report - 2 Alabama Projects Identified

http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/AMERICAS-GREAT-OUTDOORS-Salazar-Highlights-Two-Proposed-Projects-in-Alabama-to-Promote-Outdoor-Recreation-Conservation.cfm

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

NBC 13 - Alabama's Tire Recycling Program

http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2011/oct/26/fact-check-how-tire-disposal-fee-really-spent-ar-2612214/

Climate Change and Weather (Graphs)

http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/11/yes_worlds_weather_is_bad_yes.html

Mobile Register: One Man's Dream to Clean Up Mobile's Waterways (video & photos)

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/11/one_mans_dream_a_garbageman_fo.html

GASP Director: Letter to the editor - EPA's Air Toxics Rule

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/10/your_view_utilities_cant_be_su.html

Times Journal Editorial: Hiking Trail Too Short

http://times-journal.com/opinion/article_ed5b52a8-01af-11e1-86d8-001cc4c002e0.html

Alabama 13 : Renew Our Rivers Feature (video)

http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2011/oct/27/renew-our-rivers-helps-keep-alabama-waterways-pris-ar-2615939/

Shepherd Bend Mine Student Protests at UAB and UAT (video)

http://videos.al.com/birmingham-news/2011/10/uab_students_rally_collect_pet.html

http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2011/10/ua_rally_shepherd_bend_mine.html

News Across Alabama

Mobile Baykeeper Director to Speak at White House GreenGov Symposium

http://mobilebaykeeper.org/news/mobile-baykeeper-executive-director-casi-callaway-speak

$52,000 Grant Will Help Launch City of Montgomery Downtown Urban Farm

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111010318/Grant-helps-urban-farm-grow?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|p

Coosa Riverkeeper Profiled in the St. Clair Times

http://www.thestclairtimes.com/view/full_story/16233603/article-23-year-old-helps-improve-water-quality?instance=home_news_bullet

TVA Revamps Energy Efficiency Website

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/TVA-revamped-energy-efficiency-website-,183639?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=tva+energy&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=

Endangered Species in Northwest Alabama

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Endangered-list-candidates-include-local-species,183680?content_source=&category_id=29&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=

Flagg Mountain Eyed As Trailhead for Appalachian Trail

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/10/alabamas_flagg_mountain_eyed_a.html

Alabama Coastal Foundation Names Mark Berte New Director

http://mobilebaykeeper.org/news/alabama-coastal-foundation-names-mark-berte-new-executive-director

Events & Job Openings

Moss Rock Festival 2011 - November 5-6

http://mossrockfestival.com/

Friends of Hurricane Creek Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony - November 10th

http://www.hurricane-creek.org

City of Montgomery Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 18th at Patterson Field

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?recordid=853&page=28

Sierra Club Annual Retreat November 18-20 at Camp McDowell

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/2011-conference/conference2011.html

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

Fresh Air Family Calendar

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

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

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

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

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

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

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

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/