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/