Sunday, July 21, 2013

Bama Environmental News - July 21, 2013 #415



Job Openings

Mobile Baykeeper Seeking Office Administrator

Mobile Baykeeper Seeking Development Director

Auburn University Seeking Sustainability Administrator

Birmingham Zoo Seeking Marketing and Public Relation Manager

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Seeking Development Director

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Seeking Education Specialist

Alabama Forestry Commission Seeking Urban Forestry Coordinator

Alabama Wildlife Center Internships


BEN Picks

July 26th in Birmingham - Freshwater Land Trust 5th Annual Land-Aid at Avondale Brewery

July 27th in Fairhope - Pelican Paddle Kayak and Canoe Race

August 3rd in Millbrook - Alabama Wildlife Federation Wild Game Cook-off State Finals

August 8th in Dothan - Southeast Alabama Water Symposium

August 16-18 in Florence - Alabama Chanin's Studio Weekend Workshop

August 24 in Birmingham - Alabama Wildlife Center's Chirps and Chips Fundraiser


Bama Environmental News and Commentary

Forever Wild to Add Public Land Along the Cahaba River in Shelby County

Forever Wild Multi-Use Trails Open on Old Cahawba Prairie in Dallas County

Wildlife Tourism Tops $2 Billion in Alabama

Public Service Commission Hearings - Articles and Commentaries

200 Environmental Activists Meet About Canadian Pipeline in Mobile

Protecting Alabama's Turtle Population

Union of Concerned Scientists Report: Power Generation Threatens Water Supplies

Weeks Bay Foundation to Protect Underwater Ancient Forests

Alabama Wildlife Federation Governor's Conservation Achievement Award Winners

2013 Auburn University Spirit of Sustainability Award Winners

Nature Columns by Bill Finch on al.com

Nature Commentaries by Whit Gibbons on the Tuscaloosa News

2013 Spring Alabama TREASURE Forest Magazine Now Online

Sunday, July 07, 2013

Bama Environmental News - July 7, 2013 #414



BEN Picks

July 13th in Huntsville - Land Trust of North Alabama Jazz at Three Caves Featuring Tom Braxton

July 26th in Birmingham - Freshwater Land Trust 5th Annual Land-Aid at Avondale Brewery

August 8th in Dothan - Southeast Alabama Water Symposium

2013 Calendar - Cahaba River Society Canoe Trip Calendar 2013

Alabama Power Foundation "Good Roots" Tree Planting Grant Program


The Green Register News - http://www.thegreenregister.com

"Lost Antarctica" Author UAB's Jim McClintock Enlists Actor Harrison Ford for Short Film

The Green Minute: Lions Club - Recycling Eyeglasses


Alabama News & Commentary

FWLT: Moon River Canoe Launch - Cahaba Blueway

CASE (Coalition of Alabama Students for the Environment): UAH Creates Green Fund

Birmingham News: ADEM Approves 50% Increase in Permit Fees

NRDC: Alabama Ranked 18th in Beachwater Quality

Red Mountain Park Receives Grants from Wells Fargo and the state of Alabama
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EPA Awards Brownfield Grants in Monroe County and Sheffield, Alabama

ADEM: 5.6 Million Pounds of Illegal Scrap Tires Cleaned up in Holt, Alabama

Alabama Department of Conservation: 74% of Snails in North America Imperiled