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