BEN - February 29, 2012 #387

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JSU Canyon Center Celebrates it's 3rd Anniversary (Check out video here)

Check out Jefferson County's Red Rock Ridge & Valley Trail System

News Across Alabama

University of Alabama's SGA Passes Resolution Opposing Shepherd Bend Mine
Birmingham News: Gas Station/Conveinence Store in McCalla to seek eco-friendly LEED certification

Birmingham News: Another freshwater mussel added to endangered species list

Dothan Eagle: Dothan catalytic converter recycling business expanding

Auburn University: Water Watch Leader Dick Bronson Awarded W. Kelly Mosely Environmental Award

Mobile Register: Asian market's appetite for turtle meet threatens Alabama's terrapins

Mobile Register: Dog River Clearwater Revival files Clean Water Act notice (video)

Times Daily: Scientists checking North Alabama bats for deadly disease

New York Times: A Plea for Southern Treasures

Auburn  scientist links bird's decline to climate change

Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Week 2 - Alabama Conservationist

Green Your School Challenge (Feb. 1-April 22nd)

Ruffner Mountain Spring  Calendar Feb-June 2012

Southern Environmental Law Center release Southeast bio-mass study

Times Daily Editorial: Walking in the City

Events, Grants & Job Openings

Events, Grants & Job Openings (February 29th update)

BEN - Job Openings, Grants and Events (February 29th Update)

Job Openings

New! Wild South Conservation Fellows Program

New! Environmental Defense Seeking Gulf Region Director

New! NOAA-NGI Diversity Internship Program (March 14th Deadline)

The Longleaf Alliance Seeking President

 Weeks Bay Seeking Gulf Communities Coordinator

 Alabama Wildlife Center Internships

Tennessee Director of Philanthropy with Trust for Public Land (Chattanooga Office)

Tennessee Riverkeeper Seeking Administrative Assistant

Longleaf Alliance Seeking Vice-President for Operations

Dauphin Island Sea Lab - Faculty Data Specialist Positions

Dogwood Alliance Seeking Development Director

Alabama Department of Environmental Management (application process)

EJobs. com - Alabama

Camp ASCCA Summer Employment (Interviews starting immediately)

Alabama State Parks - (application process)

University of Alabama Seeking Environmental Institute Director

University of Alabama Seeking American Environmental History Professor

National Audubon Together Green Fellowship (March 5th deadline)

Outdoor Industry Job Seekers

US Green Building Council Jobs

Grants

Birmingham Audubon Society Grants and Scholarships - Website

Legacy Partners in Environmental Education Grant Program

Longleaf Pine Restoration Grants

Alabama Outdoor Classroom Grants (Website)

Events

Spring Events

Mobile Baykeeper - Feb.8 to August 21 (2-3 Baykeeper 101 Events a month)

Shoals Fresh Air Family Nature Hikes/Event - Feb-Apr.

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-Off Schedule - February to August

Ruffner Mountain's February-August Events

AWF: Alabama Outdoor Classroom Schedule - Feb. 7th to 28th

February

Alabama Better Living Expo in Montgomery Feb. 27 -Feb. 29

2012 Energy Efficiency Expo in Huntsville  February 29

March

Sneak Preview of Deadly Deception II - Birmingham - March 1st
EEAA 2012 Conference @Camp McDowell "Reading ROCKS"  - March 1-3 (Preregister by Feb. 20)
Huntsville Botanical Gardens 'Wild About Chocolate" - March 3rd

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

Tomato-paloosa in Mobile - March 10
Ruffner Mountain 2012 Howl at the Moon - March 10th

Southeast Land Trust Alliance Conference - March 12-14 in St. Symons Island, Ga

Alabama Mountain Games - Cleveland Alabama - March 15-18

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

Green Resource Center for Alabama Clover Crawl in Birmingham - March 31st

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

April

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale - April 12-15

Ruffner Mountain Native Plant Sale - April 14th

Discovery Day at Dauphin Island Sea Lab - April 17th

Auntie Litter Earth Day Parade in Birmingham - April 19th

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

Party for the Planet - Birmingham Zoo April 21st
Ruffner Mountain 2012 Trail Running Festival - April 21

McWane Center Earth Day Celebration - April 21-22

Nature Conservancy's Earth Day Picnic for the Planet in Birmingham - April 22nd

Mobile Bay Earth Day - April 22nd

May

Cocktails with the Critters Supporting Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation - May 3rd

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

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

Summer

Fresh Air Family "Gross Out" Camps - July 11-15 & 18-22 (Mobile area)

EPA's Pollution Prevention Week - September 16-22
Ruffner Mountain 2012 High Crusher Ridge 21K & 42 K - October 13

Organizational Calendar of Events

New! Alabama Water Watch Calendar

New! Anniston Museum of Natural History Calendar

Alabama State Parks - Calendar 

Conservation Alabama Calendar

JSU Field Schools Calendar

Canyon Center Calendar  (Little River Canyon Preserve)

Alabama Wildlife Federation Event Calendar

Fresh Air Family Calendar

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

Alabama Wildlife Federation Calendar

5 Rivers- Alabama's Delta Resource Center Events

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

Land Trust of North Alabama Events Calendar

Landmark Park in Dothan Calendar

Hummer Bird Study Group Calendar

Weeks Bay Foundation Calendar

Alabama Wildlife Center Calendar

Steve Trash Events

Ducks Unlimited 75th Anniversary Banquet Calendar

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Calendar

Huntsville Botanical Gardens Calendar

Mobile Botanical Gardens Calendar

Sierra Club Outings and Event Calendar

Burritt Museum in Huntsville

Champions Needed - Red Rock Ridge & Trail System

On Tuesday, February 21st the Freshwater Land Trust and it's allies unveiled the Red Rock Ridge & Trail System.

One message came through loud and clear at the unveiling. CHAMPIONS NEEDED!

Learn more about the new system at http://www.redrocktrail.org/

BEN - February 20, 2012 #386

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News Across Alabama

Episcopal Diocese of Alabama  Supports Forever Wild  Re-authorization

Plan for Birmingham-wide network of walking and biking trails to be unveiled

Montgomery Advertiser: Gulf lawmakers push RESTORE Act

Alabama School Wins National Recycling Competition

UAB Student Government Association Opposes Shepherd Bend Mine

Times Daily:  Recycling legislation opposed by environmental groups

Daily Sentinel: TVA urged to use more renewable energy

Birmingham News: Sustainable Smart Cities Symposium seeks ways to make Birmingham thrive
Huntsville Times: Huntsville Public Transit Examined

Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Mobile Register Editorial: No excuse for stormwater violations

Mobile Register: Sandhill Crane video from Baldwin County

Alabama Conservationist Update

Whit Gibbons Ecoviews: Now extinct crocodilians were 30 feet long

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Land Stewardship Programs

Alabama Wildlife Center Calendar

Tomato- paloosa - March 10th

Events, Grants & Job Openings

Events, Grants & Job Openings (February 20th update)

BEN - Job Openings, Grants, Events & Calendars (February 20th Update)

* Check out inspirational passages from the book My Work is That of Conservation - an environmental biography of George Washington Carver

Job Openings

New! Wild South Conservation Fellows Program
New! Environmental Defense Seeking Gulf Region Director
New! NOAA-NGI Diversity Internship Program (March 14th Deadline)
The Longleaf Alliance Seeking President

 Weeks Bay Seeking Gulf Communities Coordinator

 Alabama Wildlife Center Internships

Tennessee Director of Philanthropy with Trust for Public Land (Chattanooga Office)

Tennessee Riverkeeper Seeking Administrative Assistant

Longleaf Alliance Seeking Vice-President for Operations

Dauphin Island Sea Lab - Faculty Data Specialist Positions

Dogwood Alliance Seeking Development Director
Alabama Department of Environmental Management (application process)

EJobs. com - Alabama

Camp ASCCA Summer Employment (Interviews starting immediately)

Alabama State Parks - (application process)

University of Alabama Seeking Environmental Institute Director

University of Alabama Seeking American Environmental History Professor

National Audubon Together Green Fellowship (March 5th deadline)

Outdoor Industry Job Seekers
US Green Building Council Jobs

Grants

Birmingham Audubon Society Grants and Scholarships - Website

Legacy Partners in Environmental Education Grant Program

Longleaf Pine Restoration Grants

Alabama Outdoor Classroom Grants (Website)

Events

Spring Events

Mobile Baykeeper - Feb.8 to August 21 (2-3 Baykeeper 101 Events a month)

Shoals Fresh Air Family Nature Hikes/Event - Feb-Apr.

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-Off Schedule - February to August

Ruffner Mountain's February-August Events

AWF: Alabama Outdoor Classroom Schedule - Feb. 7th to 28th


February

17th Annual Urban Forestry & Horticulture Conference - Florence - February 21st

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

Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference Guntersville - February 24
Wild South Bankhead National Forest Hike - February 25

Alabama Better Living Expo in Montgomery Feb. 27 -Feb. 29

Wendell Berry Lecture @ Samford University - February 27th

2012 Energy Efficiency Expo in Huntsville  February 29

March
EEAA 2012 Conference @Camp McDowell "Reading ROCKS"  - March 1-3 (Preregister by Feb. 20)

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
Tomato-paloosa in Mobile - March 10

Southeast Land Trust Alliance Conference - March 12-14 in St. Symons Island, Ga

Alabama Mountain Games - Cleveland Alabama - March 15-18

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

Green Resource Center for Alabama Clover Crawl in Birmingham - March 31st

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

April
Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale - April 12-15

Ruffner Mountain Native Plant Sale - April 14th

Discovery Day at Dauphin Island Sea Lab - April 17th

Auntie Litter Earth Day Parade in Birmingham - April 19th

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

Party for the Planet - Birmingham Zoo April 21st

McWane Center Earth Day Celebration - April 21-22

Nature Conservancy's Earth Day Picnic for the Planet in Birmingham - April 22nd

Mobile Bay Earth Day - April 22nd

May

Cocktails with the Critters Supporting Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation - May 3rd

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

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

Summer
Fresh Air Family "Gross Out" Camps - July 11-15 &18-22 (Mobile area)

EPA's Pollution Prevention Week - September 16-22

Organizational Calendar of Events

New! Alabama Water Watch Calendar

New! Anniston Museum of Natural History Calendar

Alabama State Parks - Calendar 

Conservation Alabama Calendar

JSU Field Schools Calendar

Canyon Center Calendar  (Little River Canyon Preserve)

Alabama Wildlife Federation Event Calendar

Fresh Air Family Calendar

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

Alabama Wildlife Federation Calendar

5 Rivers- Alabama's Delta Resource Center Events

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

Land Trust of North Alabama Events Calendar

Landmark Park in Dothan Calendar

Hummer Bird Study Group Calendar

Weeks Bay Foundation Calendar

Alabama Wildlife Center Calendar

Steve Trash Events

Ducks Unlimited 75th Anniversary Banquet Calendar

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Calendar

Huntsville Botanical Gardens Calendar

Mobile Botanical Gardens Calendar

Sierra Club Outings and Event Calendar

Burritt Museum in Huntsville