BEN - Bama Environmental News: BEN Job Openings, Grants, Events and Organizational Calendar of Events

New items - Ameri-Corps National and State Grants, Bring Back the Natives grants, Birds of Prey Program and Alabama Wildlife Center (January 15), "Creating the Shift" Smart Coast (January 20), Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference (February 24), 2012 Spencer Series Lecture (March 8), 5th Annual Shoals Earth Day Fest, Earth Day at the Gardens - Birmingham (May 5), Steve Trash Tourdates

Job Openings

Connecting Youth to the Outdoors Initiative (January 27 deadline)
National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (deadline Feb. 17)

NWF Southeast Campus Field Coordinator

Grants

EPA Urban Waters Small Grants (Jan. 16 Deadline)

AmeriCorps State and National Grants (January 18 deadline)

Bring Back the Natives Grants (January 20 deadline)

Environmental Education Association of Alabama Grants Page (website)

Birmingham Audubon Society Grants and Scholarships - Website

Events

Birds of Prey Progran and Alabama Wildlife Center (January 15)

Dog River Clearwater Revival Annual Meeting - January 17

"Creating the Shift" - Smart Coast at 5 Rivers in Spanish Fort (January 20)

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

Green Building Focus Auburn Seminar - January 26th, 2012

Alabama Wildlife Center's "Wild About Chocolate" Feb. 11, 2012

Legacy Grant Writer Conference - Guntersville - February 23rd (no refund deadline January 20)

Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference Guntersville - February 24

2012 Spencer Lecture at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens (March 8)

Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation

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

Alabama Mountain Games - Cleveland Alabama - March 15-18

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

Spring Hummingbird Banding at Fort Morgan - March 31-April 12

5th Annual Shoals Earth Day Fest -Tuscumbia - Colbert County Courthouse April 21st

Mobile Bay Earth Day - April 22nd

Earth Day at the Gardens - Birmingham Botanical Gardens (May 5)

2012 Audubon Mountain Workshop and Young Naturalist's Program - May 10-13

EPA's Pollution Prevention Week - September 16-22

Organizational Calendar of Events

Conservation Alabama Calendar

JSU Field Schools Calendar

Canyon Center Calendar (Little River Canyon Preserve)

Alabama Wildlife Federation Event Calendar