BEN - Bama Environmental News: BEN - Job Openings, Grants, Events and Calendars (February 12th Update)

In this edition - What's New: Six (6) New Job openings, UAB Sustainability Conference (Feb. 16th), Alabama Nature Center's 5K Critter Crawl, Alabama WaterWatch Calendar, Mobile Baykeeper 101

Job Openings

New! Bankhead National Forest Seeking Silviculturist (Deadline : Feb.17)
New! Nature Conservancy Forest Ecologist in Columbus Georgia (Deadline: Feb. 17)
New! The Longleaf Alliance Seeking President
New! Weeks Bay Seeking Gulf Communities Coordinator
New! Alabama Wildlife Center Internships
New! Tennessee Director of Philanthropy with Trust for Public Land (Chattanooga Office)
Alabama Rivers Alliance Seeking Alliance Coordinator (Deadline: Feb. 15)
National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (deadline Feb. 17)
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

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

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

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

UAB Sustainability Conference "From Concept to Reality" - Feb. 16th

Alabama Nature Center"s Critter Crawl 5K Trail Run - February 18th

Birmingham Audubon Society - Great Backyard Bird Count & Tom Imhof Walk - Feb. 18th at Birmingham Zoo

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

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

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

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

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