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