BEN - November 15, 2011 #373

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center

Special in this Edition: Tuscaloosa News: Whit Gibbon's Ecoviews, Jefferson County Seeks $23 million Greenway Grant, Alliant Bank in Alexander City Recycling for the Community, Ruffner Mountain "Beer on the Back Porch" Fundraiser - November 17, Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

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SELC Reed Environmental Writing Award - Seeking Submissions

http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/2011-11-01_reed_announce/

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Check out Bama Backroads

http://www.bamabackroads.com

Balch & Bingham's Southeast Environmental Law Blog

http://www.balch.com/seenvlaw/

Tuscaloosa News: Whit Gibbon's Ecoviews

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/search?category=search&crit=ecoviews

State of the Oceans 2011

http://climatide.wgbh.org/2011/06/the-state-of-the-oceans-2011/

News Across Alabama

Mussels and the Shoals

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Mussels-important-in-birth-of-Shoals,184377

Jefferson County Seeks $23 million Greenway Grant

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/11/jefferson_county_cities_seek_2.html

Alliant Bank in Alexander City Recycling for the Community

http://blog.al.com/natural-living/2011/11/aliant_bank_recycling_for_the.html

Weiss Lake Water Protection

http://times-journal.com/news/article_9ba5d316-0b23-11e1-aeb3-001cc4c03286.html

40 Years ago Today... Birmingham's Air Quality

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/11/an_old_cloud_of_polluted_air_l.html

Groups Urge Corp to Reject Northern Beltline Permit (press release)

http://blackwarriorriver.org/releases/2011_PressRelease_GroupsUrgeArmyCorpDToRejectFlawedNorthernBeltlinePermit_November14.pdf

Events & Job Openings

Land Trust of North Alabama "Green Means Go" - Nov. 12, Thanksgiving Hike (Nov. 24) Dec. 3

http://landtrustnal.org/free-guided-hike/

Ruffner Mountain "Beer on the Back Porch" Fundraiser - November 17

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/activities/events-calendar.html?task=view_detail&agid=110&year=2011&month=11&day=17&catids=58%7C57%7C56%7C55%7C45

City of Montgomery Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 18th at Patterson Field

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?recordid=853&page=28

Sierra Club Annual Retreat November 18-20 at Camp McDowell

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/2011-conference/conference2011.html

Native American Heritage Weekend at Little River Canyon Center - November 18-19

http://eeinalabama.org/net/calendar/details.aspx?s=98425.0.0.37934&dateid=6045

Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Southern Tales at The Gardens - December 4th

http://www.bbgardens.org/all-events.php

Birmingham Audubon Society's 65th Annual Christmas Banquet

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/birdingfldtrips/monthcalendar/icalrepeat.detail/2011/12/06/567/-/OGYyODk4YjhmNjMxMWYwZjYyNTBhNWJhZjQ4YzMzNTM=

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

Alabama Wildlife Center's Holiday Craft & Bake Sale - December 10

http://eeinalabama.org/net/calendar/details.aspx?c=3534765&s=98824.0.0.37934

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

Fresh Air Family Calendar

http://www.freshairfamily.org/calendarandevents.html

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

Alabama Wildlife Federation Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/

5 Rivers- Alabama's Delta Resource Center Events

http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/events/

Renew Our Rivers 2011 Calendar

http://www.alabamapower.com/lakes/schedule.asp

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/activities/events-calendar.html

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/hunting/?pageID=58

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

BEN - November 9, 2011 #372

Special in this Edition: Mobile Bay NEP: One Mile Creek - Mobile's Potential Crown Jewel (video), Anniston Star - Fall Foliage & Colors (slideshow), Mobile Register: "Shadow of oil spill seen in Gulf of Mexico plankton", Huntsville Botanical Gardens Installing Solar Panels, Friends of Hurricane Creek Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony - November 10th

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SELC Reed Environmental Writing Award - Seeking Submissions

http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/2011-11-01_reed_announce/

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Mobile Bay NEP: One Mile Creek - Mobile's Potential Crown Jewel (video)

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/videos/mobiles_potenital_crown_jewel

100 Great Escapes - National Forests of Alabama

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5211431.pdf

Anniston Star - Fall Foliage & Colors (slideshow)

http://www.consolpub.com/slideshows/as/20111104fallcolor/

April 27 Tornado Impact on Alabama's Forests

http://www.forestry.state.al.us/PDFs/tornadoApril2011.pdf

Fultondale Environmental Classroom

http://www.mygreenbirmingham.com/green-living-article/taking-environmental-stewardship-to-the-classroom/

Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper

http://sites.google.com/site/chocrivkeeper/

News Across Alabama

Mobile Register: "Shadow of oil spill seen in Gulf of Mexico plankton"

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/11/oils_shadow_detected_in_plankt.html

Hiking Trail From Fort Morgan to the Walls of Jericho Proposed

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/11/alabama_hiking_trail_planned_f.html

Huntsville Botanical Gardens Installing Solar Panels

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/11/huntsville_botanical_garden_wi.html

Feds Ignore Gulf of Mexico Spill in study of Risks Associated with Oil Exploration

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/11/feds_ignore_bp_spill_in_impact.html

Events & Job Openings

Huntsville Botanical Garden "Galaxy of Lights" Nov. 10 to Dec. 31st. 2011

http://www.hsvbg.org/index.php?mainID=4&subID=10&subID2=&type=calendar&viewMoreType=festival&typeID=8

Friends of Hurricane Creek Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony - November 10th

http://www.hurricane-creek.org

Land Trust of North Alabama "Green Means Go" - Nov. 12, Thanksgiving Hike (Nov. 24) Dec. 3

http://landtrustnal.org/free-guided-hike/

City of Montgomery Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 18th at Patterson Field

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?recordid=853&page=28

Sierra Club Annual Retreat November 18-20 at Camp McDowell

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/2011-conference/conference2011.html

Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Southern Tales at The Gardens - December 4th

http://www.bbgardens.org/all-events.php

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

Fresh Air Family Calendar

http://www.freshairfamily.org/calendarandevents.html

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

Alabama Wildlife Federation Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/

5 Rivers- Alabama's Delta Resource Center Events

http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/events/

Renew Our Rivers 2011 Calendar

http://www.alabamapower.com/lakes/schedule.asp

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/activities/events-calendar.html

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/hunting/?pageID=58

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

BEN - November 1, 2011 #371

Special in this Edition: Little River Canyon Fest - November 5-6, NBC 13 - Alabama's Tire Recycling Program, Mobile Register: One Man's Dream to Clean Up Mobile's Waterways (video & photos), $52,000 Grant Will Help Launch City of Montgomery Downtown Urban Farm, Coosa Riverkeeper Profiled in the St. Clair Times, Friends of Hurricane Creek Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony - November 10th

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Little River Canyon Fest - November 5-6

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/LRCC-Flyer_letter_CanyonFest_highrez_.pdf

Obama Administration's America's Great Outdoors Report - 2 Alabama Projects Identified

http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/AMERICAS-GREAT-OUTDOORS-Salazar-Highlights-Two-Proposed-Projects-in-Alabama-to-Promote-Outdoor-Recreation-Conservation.cfm

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

NBC 13 - Alabama's Tire Recycling Program

http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2011/oct/26/fact-check-how-tire-disposal-fee-really-spent-ar-2612214/

Climate Change and Weather (Graphs)

http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/11/yes_worlds_weather_is_bad_yes.html

Mobile Register: One Man's Dream to Clean Up Mobile's Waterways (video & photos)

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/11/one_mans_dream_a_garbageman_fo.html

GASP Director: Letter to the editor - EPA's Air Toxics Rule

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/10/your_view_utilities_cant_be_su.html

Times Journal Editorial: Hiking Trail Too Short

http://times-journal.com/opinion/article_ed5b52a8-01af-11e1-86d8-001cc4c002e0.html

Alabama 13 : Renew Our Rivers Feature (video)

http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2011/oct/27/renew-our-rivers-helps-keep-alabama-waterways-pris-ar-2615939/

Shepherd Bend Mine Student Protests at UAB and UAT (video)

http://videos.al.com/birmingham-news/2011/10/uab_students_rally_collect_pet.html

http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2011/10/ua_rally_shepherd_bend_mine.html

News Across Alabama

Mobile Baykeeper Director to Speak at White House GreenGov Symposium

http://mobilebaykeeper.org/news/mobile-baykeeper-executive-director-casi-callaway-speak

$52,000 Grant Will Help Launch City of Montgomery Downtown Urban Farm

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111010318/Grant-helps-urban-farm-grow?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|p

Coosa Riverkeeper Profiled in the St. Clair Times

http://www.thestclairtimes.com/view/full_story/16233603/article-23-year-old-helps-improve-water-quality?instance=home_news_bullet

TVA Revamps Energy Efficiency Website

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/TVA-revamped-energy-efficiency-website-,183639?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=tva+energy&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=

Endangered Species in Northwest Alabama

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Endangered-list-candidates-include-local-species,183680?content_source=&category_id=29&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=

Flagg Mountain Eyed As Trailhead for Appalachian Trail

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/10/alabamas_flagg_mountain_eyed_a.html

Alabama Coastal Foundation Names Mark Berte New Director

http://mobilebaykeeper.org/news/alabama-coastal-foundation-names-mark-berte-new-executive-director

Events & Job Openings

Moss Rock Festival 2011 - November 5-6

http://mossrockfestival.com/

Friends of Hurricane Creek Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony - November 10th

http://www.hurricane-creek.org

City of Montgomery Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 18th at Patterson Field

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?recordid=853&page=28

Sierra Club Annual Retreat November 18-20 at Camp McDowell

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/2011-conference/conference2011.html

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

Fresh Air Family Calendar

http://www.freshairfamily.org/calendarandevents.html

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

Alabama Wildlife Federation Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/

5 Rivers- Alabama's Delta Resource Center Events

http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/events/

Renew Our Rivers 2011 Calendar

http://www.alabamapower.com/lakes/schedule.asp

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/activities/events-calendar.html

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/hunting/?pageID=58

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

BEN - Special Passages and Quotes

George Washington Carver Statue at Tuskegee University

Below are some of my favorite environmental quotes and passages - Pat Byington, BEN Publisher

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,

I go lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free

~Wendell Berry

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"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in." ~ George Washington Carver

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"To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug." ~Helen Keller

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"By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet." ~ Thomas Merton

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"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." ~ e.e.cummings

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"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: What good is it?.... if biotic, in the course of aeons has built something that we like but do not understand, then but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. ~Aldo Leopold

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"In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." -~Baba Dioum

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"Conservation has captured the Nation. Its progress during the last twelve months is amazing. Official opposition to the Conservation movement, whatever damage it has done or still threatens to the public interest, has vastly strengthened the grasp of Conservation upon the minds and consciences of our people. Efforts to observe or belittle the issue have only served to make it larger and clearer in the public estimation. The Conservation movement cannot be checked by the baseless charge that it will prevent development, or that every man who tells the plain truth is either a muck-raker or demagogue. It has taken firm hold on our national, moral sense and when an issue does that it has won..." ~The Fight for Conservation, a book written in 1901 by Gifford Pinchot

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The turning point of the fight came when Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt crossed paths in 1903. The two outdoorsmen camped under the sequoias of the Mariposa Grove, rode horseback on the long trail to Glacier Point overlook, and talked late into the night around the fire. For once the ebullient Roosevelt met his match in conversation. Like all others who encountered Muir, Roosevelt was spellbound by the eloquence and enthusiasm of this bearded zealot who preached a mountain gospel with John the Baptist fervor. The mountaineer did nearly all the talking and the President listened, fascinated, while Muir denounced the damage being done in the Sierra by the loggers and the stockmen and expounded at length about nature and wilderness.

One night the two men rolled up in their blankets and went to sleep on the ground. Next morning they found themselves covered with four inches of snow, and when they rode down to the valley, the President rejoined his party shouting, "This has been the grandest day of my life!"

~Excerpt from The Quiet Crisis and The Next Generation, by Stewart Udall

BEN - October 25, 2012 #369

Special in this Edition: Ducks Unlimited Dinners - Fall Schedule, Alabama Trail Logo Competition, Weird Science - Laymen Should Let Scientists Explain Climate Change - Anniston Star EditorialA Look at Alabama's Snapping Turtles - Outdoor Alabama, City of Birmingham Electronic Recycling Day - October 26, Owl-o-ween October 29th @Alabama Wildlife Center

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Ducks Unlimited Dinners - Fall Schedule - Dothan, North Mobile, Marion, Auburn, Huntsville, Quad Cities, Auburn, Greenville, Ozark, Gadsden

http://www.ducks.org/alabama/events/

Ducks Unlimited Birmingham Annual Banquet - Oct.27th

http://www.ducks.org/alabama/events/25438/birmingham-annual-banquet

Outdoor Alabama 2012 Photo Contest - October 31st Deadline

http://www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-alabama/photo_con.cfm/

Alabama Trail Logo Competition

http://alatrail.hikealabama.org/

National Status and Trends of Wetlands 2004-2009

http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/StatusAndTrends2009/

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Transit Funding Needed - Birmingham News Editorial

http://blog.al.com/elard/2011/10/eddie_lard_forget_funding_help.html

Statewide Anti-Litter Conference Offers Vision

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/10/your_view_focus_of_alabamas_ta.html

Weird Science - Laymen Should Let Scientists Explain Climate Change - Anniston Star Editorial

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/16134092/article-Weird-science--Laymen--and-politicians--should-let-scientists-explain-climate-change?instance=home_opinion

Make Room for Bicycles in Mobile - Mobile Register Editorial

http://blog.al.com/press-register-commentary/2011/10/give_bike_riders_a_little_more.html

Ducks Unlimited Alabama Chapter Fact Sheet

http://www.ducks.org/media/_global/_documents/stateFactSheets/alabama.pdf

News Across Alabama

New Federal National Wildlife Refuge Manager in Alabama

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/10/wheeler_wildlife_refuge_has_ne.html

Triana Residents Tired of Being Dumped On

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/10/triana_residents_fight_back_af.html

A Look at Alabama's Snapping Turtles - Outdoor Alabama

http://www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-alabama/Snapping_turtles.pdf

Return of the Eastern Indigo - Outdoor Alabama

http://www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-alabama/Indigo_Return.pdf

Events & Job Openings

City of Birmingham Electronic Recycling Day - October 26

http://www.aeconline.org/ecycle

Owl-o-ween October 29th @Alabama Wildlife Center

http://www.awrc.org/Owl-o-ween

Building Communities Conference 2011 - Nov. 3rd, McWane Center in Birmingham

http://www.rpcgb.org/events/2011/11/03/building-communities-conference/

Moss Rock Festival 2011 - November 5-6

http://mossrockfestival.com/

City of Montgomery Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 18th at Patterson Field

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?recordid=853&page=28

Sierra Club Annual Retreat November 18-20 at Camp McDowell

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/2011-conference/conference2011.html

Alabama Clean Water Partnership 7th Annual Watershed Conference - December 7th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=148&date=12/07/2011

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Alabama Hiking Trail Society 2012 Annual Conference - March 9-12, 2012, 4-H Conference Center, Columbiana

http://www.hikealabama.org/content/2012-conference-registration-now-open

2nd Annual Christmas at the Alabama Nature Center - Dec. 10th

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/?eventID=97&date=12/10/2011

Fresh Air Family Calendar

http://www.freshairfamily.org/calendarandevents.html

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

Alabama Wildlife Federation Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/

5 Rivers- Alabama's Delta Resource Center Events

http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/events/

Renew Our Rivers 2011 Calendar

http://www.alabamapower.com/lakes/schedule.asp

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/activities/events-calendar.html

Alabama Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/hunting/?pageID=58

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/

Bama Environmental News October 19, 2011 #368

Special in this Edition: Virtual Tour of the Weeks Bay Reserve, 2011 Alabama Fish Consumption Advisories (Listing), Alabama's Toxic Release Inventory 2010 (updated), Legacy's 2012 Mini-Grant & Competitve Grant Recipients Announced, Gov. Bentley Awards $1.4 million to 11 Local Governments to Cut Energy Costs, Freshwater Land Trust Darter Dash - October 22nd @ Turkey Creek Nature Preserve

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Environmental Education in Alabama Calendar

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/component/content/article/52-2012-grant-recipients-announced

Alabama Wildlife Rescue Center Calendar

http://www.awrc.org/Calendar

Virtual Tour of the Weeks Bay Reserve

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

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

2011 Alabama Fish Consumption Advisories (Listing)

http://www.adph.org/tox/assets/FishAdvNR2011.pdf

Alabama's Toxic Release Inventory 2010 (updated)

http://iaspub.epa.gov/triexplorer/tri_broker_statefs.broker?p_view=STCO&trilib=TRIQ1&state=AL&SFS=YES&year=2010

Recycling in Alabama - Presentation by Gavin Adams - ADEM Chief of Materials Management Lands Division

http://www.cra2011.org/presentations/Gavin_Adams_AL.pdf

Alabama Interactive Map of Parks, Public Fishing Lakes, Forever Wild Tracts, Boating Access, State Parks, Wildlife Management Areas

http://www.outdooralabama.com/map/IntMap.cfm

News Across Alabama

Legacy's 2012 Mini-Grant & Competitve Grant Recipients Announced

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/component/content/article/52-2012-grant-recipients-announced

Energy Efficient Home on Mobile Bay Profiled

http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2011/09/energy_efficient_house_under_w.html

Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail to be Launched on November 17th

http://blog.locustfork.net/2011/10/piedmont-plateau-birding-trail-to-launch-nov-17/

Gov. Bentley Awards $1.4 million to 11 Local Governments to Cut Energy Costs

http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2011/oct/17/bentley-awards-14-million-help-local-governments-c-ar-2564511/

Alabama Wants to Delay New EPA Clean Air Regulations

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2011/10/11/alabama-wants-feds-to-delay-new-epa-regs.html

Events & Job Openings

Environmental Health Manager - Birmingham

Contact Info -careers@breathehealthy.org (email for job description)

National Wildlife Federation - Gulf Restoration Position

https://careers.nwf.org/ext/detail.asp?jobid=nwf2194-606016010-GA

Friends of Shades Creek Calender

http://www.shadescreek.org/

Alabama Master Naturalist Program - Alabama's Arthropods or Spiders, Insects and Other Bugs - October 20th in Auburn

http://www.forestry.alabama.gov/PDFs/AMN%20Flyer%20Alabama's%20Insects%20Oct[1].pdf

Bartram Trail Conference - October 21-23 in Macon, Georgia

http://bartramtrail.org/PDF%20files/2011regis.pdf

Freshwater Land Trust Darter Dash - October 22nd @ Turkey Creek Nature Preserve

http://www.freshwaterlandtrust.org/darterdash5k/

Coosa River State of Our Watershed Conference

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=188&date=10/13/2011

Owl-o-ween October 29th @Alabama Wildlife Center

http://www.awrc.org/Owl-o-ween

Building Communities Conference 2011 - Nov. 3rd, McWane Center in Birmingham

http://www.rpcgb.org/events/2011/11/03/building-communities-conference/

Moss Rock Festival 2011 - November 5-6

http://mossrockfestival.com/

City of Montgomery Electronics Recycling Event Nov. 18th at Patterson Field

http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?recordid=853&page=28

Sierra Club Annual Retreat November 18-20 at Camp McDowell

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/2011-conference/conference2011.html

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Conference - January 24th, 2012

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/2012NPSConference.cnt

Fresh Air Family Calendar

http://www.freshairfamily.org/calendarandevents.html

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - Calendar

http://www.hikealabama.org/calendar

Alabama Wildlife Federation Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/events/

5 Rivers- Alabama's Delta Resource Center Events

http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/events/

Renew Our Rivers 2011 Calendar

http://www.alabamapower.com/lakes/schedule.asp

Ruffner Mountain Calendar

http://www.ruffnermountain.org/activities/events-calendar.html

Wildlife Federation's Wild Game Cook-off Calendar

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/hunting/?pageID=58

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Autumn Ramble Schedule

http://landtrustnal.org/autumn-ramble-guided-hikes/