BEN - May 24, 2012 #398

Picks of the Week:

Cahaba Lily Festival  in West Blocton - May 26

http://www.cahabalily.com/cahabalilyfestival/

BSC Ecoscape Brown Springs Celebration - May 26

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/05/bsc-tarrant-ecoscape-brown-springs.html

Cahaba River Society Ramble - June 2

http://www.active.com/running/west-blocton-al/cahaba-river-ramble-2012

Weeks Bay Bald eagle Bash - June 2

http://www.baldeaglebash.com/

News From The Green Register (New! To BEN)

The Green Register: Alabama State University & Tuskegee University Go Green with New Partnerships

http://thegreenregister.com/tuskegee-and-alabama-state-form-environmental-partnerships-with-epa/

The Green Register: Tennessee Dedicates 54th State Park

http://thegreenregister.com/tennessee-dedicates-54th-state-park/

The Green Register: Promoting Local Food Addiction - Freshfully

http://thegreenregister.com/promoting-local-food-addiction/

News Across Alabama

Outdoor Alabama: New Forever Wild Bike Trail to Open at Coldwater Mountain

http://www.outdooralabama.com/news/release.cfm?ID=1042

CBS 42 - UAB Announces Environmental Lung Health Education and Research Effort

http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Environmental-health-risks-are-focus-of-program/bk2jqmfgfkq6VNux4ZTfFg.cspx

New York Times: Art & Fixing Chairs - Alabama Chanin

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/garden/makeshift-workshop-to-rehabilitate-chairs.html?_r=1

WELD for Birmingham: Conservation Alabama Evaluates 2012 Legislative Session

http://weldbham.com/local/2012/05/23/guest-blogger-adam-snyder-wraps-up-the-eco-related-bills-considered-by-the-alabama-legislature-in-2012/

Gadsden Times: Proposed Rush Darter to have Little Financial Impact

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20120523/news/120529938

Daily Home: Citizens Say No to Leasing Forest Service Land

http://dailyhome.com/bookmark/18677553

Huntsville Times: Madison Opens State's First Green Fire Station

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/05/madison_opens_states_first_gre.html

Mobile Register: Baldwin County to Develop Public Park Along Wolf River

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_transfers_wolf_creek_p.html

Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Mobile Register Op-ed: Mobile Baykeeper Director Casi Callaway on the RESTORE Act & Sen. Shelby

http://blog.al.com/press-register-commentary/2012/05/your_word_an_able_warrior.html

BSC Opens its 12th Ecoscape in Tarrant

http://www.bsc.edu/sec/ecoscape/tarrant/index.cfm

Sweetwater Brewing Company to Launch Annual "Save the Black Warrior" Campaign

http://savetheblackwarrior.com/

Alabama Nature Center Hydrangea Event - June 2nd

http://westmontgomery.wsfa.com/news/environment/162921-hydrangea-presentation-alabama-nature-center-set-june-2nd

Alabama Wildlife Federation Land Stewardship Programs

http://westmontgomery.wsfa.com/news/environment/162921-hydrangea-presentation-alabama-nature-center-set-june-2nd

1997 Book of the Alabama Conservancy/Alabama Environmental Council Online

http://www.aeconline.org/sites/default/files/pages/A_History_of_The_Alabama_Environmental%20Council.pdf

NBC 13: Five Mile Creek Greenway Project (video)

http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2012/may/18/interview-five-mile-creek-greenway-project-ar-3818541/

Events, Grants & Job Openings

Job Openings & Events (May 18th Update)

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/05/job-openings-new-campus-2-careers.html

BSC Tarrant Ecoscape & Brown Springs Celebration Sat. May 26th

Over 200  people showed up for the dedication of the Southern 
Environmental Center's 12th community EcoScape ('Tarrant Nature Park')  on 5/19. 
The event featured live music, local food vendors, and picture perfect weather. 

Next up: Brown Springs 3rd Neighborhood Festival (73 St, off Oporto Madrid) on 
5/26. Brown Springs EcoScape serves as the nucleus for this wonderful community 
festival, complete with great Motown sounds, local barbeque treats, and 
therapeutic walks though one of Birmingham's coolest community parks 
www.myecoscapes.org For more information about how to support community 
EcoScapes, call 226-4934

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BEN - May 18, 2012 #397

SUPPORT ALABAMIANS FOR FOREVER WILD 

Here is the latest Gadsden Times Editorial:

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20120513/NEWS/120519970/1001/NEWS?p=1&tc=pg

Times Daily - Dennis Sherer's Op-ed

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Voters-get-a-chance-to-support-or-oppose-Forever-Wild,190521

Contribute to the Campaign: Make checks payable to Alabamians for Forever Wild, Inc and mail to to: P.O. Box 2445, Birmingham, Alabama 35201-2445

Online donations are also being accepted at: https://rally.org/alabamiansforforeverwild

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 Picks of the Week:

Demopolis-Black Warrior Nature Paddle - May 19-20

http://www.alabamascenicrivertrail.com/events/?eventID=52&date=05/19/2012

Cahaba Lily Festival in West Blocton - May 26

http://www.cahabalily.com/cahabalilyfestival/

Weeks Bay Bald Eagle Bash - June 2nd (Purchase Tickets Today!)

http://www.baldeaglebash.com/

News From The Green Register (New! To BEN)

The Green Register: Promoting Local Food Addiction - Freshfully

http://thegreenregister.com/promoting-local-food-addiction/

The Green Register: Alabama Power's Roof Goes Solar

http://thegreenregister.com/alabama-powers-corporate-roof-goes-solar-interactive-website/

The Green Register: Solar Power Commercials

http://thegreenregister.com/solar-power-commercials-will-have-you-laughing-to-the-bank-2/

News Across Alabama

Montgomery Advertiser: Biologists find creek full of life in Castleberry

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120514/NEWS02/305140012/1009

Mobile Register:  Experts Warn about Increased Coastal Erosion on Dauphin Island

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/third_seawall_appears_on_dauphin.html

Gadsden Times: Attalla students,teachers and volunteers build outdoor classroom

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20120516/NEWS/120519874

Tuscaloosa News: Uniontown sewer leak fix to cost $4 million

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20120515/news/120519851

Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Birmingham News: Red-Cockaded Woddpecker Protection (Photos & Video)

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/05/red-cockaded_woodpecker_gets_c.html

Daily Home: Whose land is it anyway? (Editorial about BLM Fracking Proposal)

http://www.dailyhome.com/view/full_story/18626001/article-Whose-land-is-it--anyway-?instance=home_opinion

Wild South: Fighting Fracking in Alabama

http://www.wildsouth.org/index.php/press-room/570-fighting-qfrackingq-in-alabama

Mobile Register: E.R. Dickson Elementary School Butterfly release (Photos Slideshow)

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/er_dickson_students_release_bu.html

Alabama Waterwatch: Alabama WaterWatch Summer Workshops (Please Register)

https://fp.auburn.edu/icaae/WorkShopRegC.aspx

Virtual Tour of Weeks Bay (Video)

http://www.weeksbay.org/tour/virtual_tour.htm?tid=1&pid=1

Events, Grants & Job Openings

Job Openings & Events (May 18th Update)

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/05/job-openings-new-campus-2-careers.html

BEN - Job Openings & Events (May 18th Update)

Job Openings

New! Birmingham Botanical Gardens - Gift Processor
New! Campus 2 Careers (Internships throughout the country)

Wild South Conservation Fellows Program

 Alabama Wildlife Center Internships

Alabama Department of Environmental Management (application process)

EJobs. com - Alabama

Alabama State Parks - (application process)

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's Going Wild in the Forest - April 24-May 3

Birmingham Botanical Gardens "Backyard Basics" - Every Tuesday - May 8 to June 5 (register today)

May

Alabama Scenic River Trail Demopolis Black Warrior Nature Paddle - May 19-20

Silver Rock Cove 3rd Annual Dock at the Rock - May 19

Cache Me if You Can: A GeoScience Treasure Hunt - Landmark Park - (Rescheduled) - May 19

Coosa River Initiative Pig & Paddle Party - May 20

Cahaba Lily Festival in West Bloctton - May 26

June

Alabama Scenic River Trail - Gadsden - June 1-3

Cahaba River Society Ramble @Cahaba National Wildlife Refuge- June 2nd

Weeks Bay Bald Eagle Bash - June 2nd

Crusin on the River -Black Warrior Riverkeeper 10th Anniversary - June 6

Alabama Water Watch Annual Picnic in Auburn - June 9th

Land Trust of North Alabama Three Caves Jazz Concert - June 9

Freshworks Fest in Birmingham - June 16th

Legacy Summer Teacher Workshops

Summer

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

Alabama Nongame Conference in Auburn - July 23-24

Land-Aid Freshwater Land Trust in Birmingham -Avondale Brewery - July 27

Grand Bay National Estuary Climate Change Workshop - July 31-August 2

GALA 2012 - "Going, Going, Going Green - August 10

EPA's Pollution Prevention Week - September 16-22

November

Bays and Bayou Symposium - November 14-15

Organizational Calendar of Events

New! Black Warrior Riverkeeper Events Calendar

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