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/