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/