BEN Green Report 2011 Appeal - Thank you for Your Support

Update:  The 2011 Green Report that was released on December 27th. Upload your copy of the report here.


The GRCA/BEN appeal has been extended to January 15th.  Please donate.  Info how to contribute below.

Dear BEN Reader:

This is the first time in 13 years I have asked for financial support of a project that benefits the Bama Environmental News.

For the past three years the Green Resource Center for Alabama (GRCA) has produced an annual environmental report in Alabama called the Green Progress Report (a copy of the 2009 Green Report is here).

A Great Opportunity

This year, the Bama Environmental News is partnering with GRCA to release the Alabama Green Progress Report 2011 version. I will be the lead author and in late December we will be holding several media events highlighting successful environmental projects throughout the state.

To enable us to produce this report and hold the media events in December - we need your financial support and help.

Your donation to the Green Resource Center for Alabama, which is tax deductible, will go directly toward producing and promoting the Alabama Green Progress Report 2011.

Here is the link to the Green Resource Center of Alabama's Donation/PayPal page.

http://www.greenalabama.org/?page_id=322

If you feel uncomfortable sending a donation via the internet, you can also mail a donation to the KPS Group c/o Susan Lineberry Barron, 2101 First Ave. North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203. Make check payable to the Green Resource Center of Alabama.

I deeply appreciate your support and readership. Please feel free to contact me at pkbyington@aol.com or 205-999-7655 if you have any questions about this important project.

Best wishes,

Pat Byington

Publisher

Bama Environmental News

BEN - December 12, 2011 #377

Special in this Edition: Weeks Bay Foundation Newsletter: The Peican Post, Gulf Future Coalition: "Sunshine on the Gulf - The Case for Transparency in Restoration Project Selection, USDA: Department of Agriculture Proposes $50 million for Gulf-wide Restoration, Birmingham News: Alabama Ranked 8th on Filthy 15 List for Air Pollution, EPA Press Release: Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) Completes 2002 Consent Decree

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Freshwater Land Trust Nature Gift Ideas

http://www.freshwaterlandtrust.org/2011/11/holiday-gifts/

Sweetwater Pecan Company - Great Holiday Gifts Natural & Fresh from Terry and Susan Bishop

http://www.sweetwaterpc.com/SweetwaterPecn2011/Home.html

Johnny GreenSeeds Wines

http://www.jgswines.com

Weeks Bay 2011 Christmas Ornament (on sale)

http://www.weeksbay.org/ornament_2011.html

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Weeks Bay Foundation Newsletter: The Peican Post

http://www.weeksbay.org/pelican_post/pelican_post_final_web_version2011.pdf

NBC 13: Vestavia Hills Police Department Goes Green with Propane (video)

http://video.alabamas13.com/v/49454167/vestavia-hills-police-vehicles-now-use-propane-gas.htm?q=vestavia+propane

Gulf Future Coalition: "Sunshine on the Gulf - The Case for Transparency in Restoration Project Selection

http://www.gulffuture.org/images/stories/Sunshine%20on%20the%20Gulf%20-The%20Case%20for%20Transparency%20in%20Restoration%20Project%20Selection.pdf

Coosa Riverkeeper : Coal Ash in the Coosa Valley (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYlET3PQmyM

News Across Alabama

USDA: Department of Agriculture Proposes $50 million for Gulf-wide Restoration

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2011/12/0499.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent

Birmingham News: Alabama Ranked 8th on Filthy 15 List for Air Pollution

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/12/alabama_ranked_no_8_on_list_of.html

Birmingham News - Birmingham Recycling Expanding

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/12/recycling_to_expand_in_birming.html

Playgrounds at Alabama's State Parks Benefit from Scrap Tires

http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2011/12/recycled_tires_used_for_playgr.html

EPA Press Release: Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) Completes 2002 Consent Decree

http://mobilebaykeeper.org/news/mawss-completes-2002-consent-decree-work

Events, Grants & Job Openings

Help Wanted: Birmingham Audubon Seeks Director

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/execdir

Help Wanted: Mobile Bay NEP Project/Outreach Coordinator

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/career_oppourtunity

Help Wanted: Two Nature Conservancy of Alabama Diversity Internships

http://www.nature.org/aboutus/diversity/diversity-internships-at-the-nature-conservancy.xml

EPA Urban Waters Small Grants (Jan. 16 Deadline)

http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters/funding/

Environmental Education Association of Alabama Grants Page (website)

http://eeinalabama.org/core/item/topic.aspx?s=0.0.0.37934&tid=85010

North Alabama Sierra Calendar - December

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/northalabama/northalnews2011-11.html

Dog River Clearwater Revival Annual Meeting - January 17

http://www.dogriver.org

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

Alabama Rivers Alliance Watershed Leadership Confference - March 16-18 @ Camp Beckwith

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/watershed-leadership-conference

2012 Audubon Mountain Workshop and Young Naturalist's Program - May 10-13

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/birdingfldtrips/audmtnwrk

Conservation Alabama Calendar

http://www.conservationalabama.org/index.asp?Type=B_EV&SEC=%7B122D6A25-83DF-43F7-A51D-9E776618F3FB%7D

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/

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 Events Calendar

http://landtrustnal.org/2011/12/17/?ec3_listing=events

Ocean Camp Registration

http://www.facebook.com/oceancamp

BEN - December 5, 2011 #376

Special in this Edition: Hulsey Little River Land Trust Glass Christmas Ornament Fundraiser (deadline extended!), Freshwater Land Trust Nature Gift Ideas, City of Dothan Looking to Expand Recycling Program, Alabama Natural Resource Council Wins National Honors, Environmental Education Association of Alabama Grants Page (website)

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Hulsey Little River Land Trust Glass Christmas Ornament Fundraiser (deadline extended!)

http://www.friendsofshane.blogspot.com/

Freshwater Land Trust Nature Gift Ideas

http://www.freshwaterlandtrust.org/2011/11/holiday-gifts/

Sweetwater Pecan Company - Great Holiday Gifts Natural & Fresh from Terry and Susan Bishop

http://www.sweetwaterpc.com/SweetwaterPecn2011/Home.html

Johnny GreenSeeds Wines

http://www.jgswines.com

Weeks Bay 2011 Christmas Ornament (on sale)

http://www.weeksbay.org/ornament_2011.html

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Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Ben Windham: Nature, History Bond Beautifully at Mobile Point

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20111204/NEWS/111209908/1216/opinion01?Title=SOUTHERN-LIGHTS-Nature-history-bond-beautifully-at-Mobile-Point

Whit Gibbons - Tuscaloosa News Ecoviews Columns

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/section/gibbonscolumns

Friends of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

http://www.friendsofwheelerrefuge.org

Friends of the Preserve at Little River Canyon

http://friendsofthepreserve.org/

News Across Alabama

Dothan Eagle: City of Dothan Looking to Expand Recycling Program

http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2011/nov/20/3/city-dothan-looking-expand-recycling-program-ar-2731689/

New York Times: Stranded Alabama Dolphin's Survival Provides Opportunity

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/among-hundreds-of-dead-an-intriguing-survivor/#more-123225

Mobile Register: Alabama's Fisheries Richest in the Gulf

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/12/alabamas_rich_fish_harvest_unq.html

City of Robertsdale Securing Energy Efficient LED Lighting

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/12/robertsdale_gets_100000_grant.html

Alabama Natural Resource Council Wins National Honors

http://www.al.nrcs.usda.gov/news/nr/11-9-11exec_award_2_chiefs.html

Albertville & Marshall County Earn State PALS Honors

http://www.sandmountainreporter.com/news/local/article_9f444b5a-1a06-11e1-8fb3-001cc4c002e0.html

Events, Grants & Job Openings

Help Wanted: Birmingham Audubon Seeks Director

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/execdir

Help Wanted: Mobile Bay NEP Project/Outreach Coordinator

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/career_oppourtunity

Help Wanted: Two Nature Conservancy of Alabama Diversity Internships

http://www.nature.org/aboutus/diversity/diversity-internships-at-the-nature-conservancy.xml

EPA Urban Waters Small Grants (Jan. 16 Deadline)

http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters/funding/

Environmental Education Association of Alabama Grants Page (website)

http://eeinalabama.org/core/item/topic.aspx?s=0.0.0.37934&tid=85010

North Alabama Sierra Calendar - December

http://alabama.sierraclub.org/northalabama/northalnews2011-11.html

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

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

Friends of Red Mountain Benefit - December 9th

http://www.friendsofredmountainpark.org/wp/2011/11/friends-celebration-and-benefit-on-december-9/

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 10th

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

Dog River Clearwater Revival Annual Meeting - January 17

http://www.dogriver.org

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

Alabama Rivers Alliance Watershed Leadership Confference - March 16-18 @ Camp Beckwith

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/watershed-leadership-conference

2012 Audubon Mountain Workshop and Young Naturalist's Program - May 10-13

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/birdingfldtrips/audmtnwrk

Conservation Alabama Calendar

http://www.conservationalabama.org/index.asp?Type=B_EV&SEC=%7B122D6A25-83DF-43F7-A51D-9E776618F3FB%7D

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/

Ocean Camp Registration

http://www.facebook.com/oceancamp

BEN - November 28, 2011 #376

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center

Special in this Edition: Help Wanted: Two Nature Conservancy of Alabama Diversity Internships, Sweetwater Pecan Company - Great Holiday Gifts, Oyster Farming in Grand Bay, Recycling Rates Nationally - EPA Report, Alabama Coal Industry Expects Growth, State Launches New Piedmont Birding Trail, After the Spill: Community Forums on the Deepwater Horizon Event - Dauphin Island, Auburn, Birmingham - December 3rd, 10:00-12:00

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Help Wanted: Two Nature Conservancy of Alabama Diversity Internships

http://www.nature.org/aboutus/diversity/diversity-internships-at-the-nature-conservancy.xml

Sweetwater Pecan Company - Great Holiday Gifts Natural & Fresh from Terry and Susan Bishop

http://www.sweetwaterpc.com/SweetwaterPecn2011/Home.html

Johnny GreenSeeds Wines

http://www.jgswines.com

Weeks Bay 2011 Christmas Ornament (on sale)

http://www.weeksbay.org/ornament_2011.html

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

US Ark of Taste (Slow Food Movement)

http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste/

Mobile Bay NEP's Fall Alabama Current Connection

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/images/uploads/library/AL-CurrentConnections-Fall_2011.pdf

Northern Beltline "Questions Remain Unanswered"

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/11/viewpoints_jefferson_countys_p.html

News Across Alabama

Oyster Farming in Grand Bay

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

Recycling Rates Nationally - EPA Report

http://resource-recycling.com/node/2266

Alabama Coal Industry Expects Growth

http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2011/11/alabama_mines_find_good_news_w.html

"Green Zoo" Planned in Gulf Shores

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20111126/NEWS02/111260341/Water-park-zoo-may-open-same-time

State Launches New Piedmont Birding Trail

http://blog.al.com/living-times/2011/11/alabama_launches_new_piedmont.html

Events & Job Openings

Help Wanted: Mobile Bay NEP Project/Outreach Coordinator

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/career_oppourtunity

Help Wanted: Two Nature Conservancy of Alabama Diversity Internships

http://www.nature.org/aboutus/diversity/diversity-internships-at-the-nature-conservancy.xml

EPA Urban Waters Small Grants (Jan. 16 Deadline)

http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters/funding/

After the Spill: Community Forums on the Deepwater Horizon Event - Dauphin Island, Auburn, Birmingham - December 3rd, 10:00-12:00

http://cosee-central-gom.org/community_forum_al.html

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

Friends of Red Mountain Benefit - December 9th

http://www.friendsofredmountainpark.org/wp/2011/11/friends-celebration-and-benefit-on-december-9/

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 10th

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

Dog River Clearwater Revival Annual Meeting (January 17)

http://www.dogriver.org

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

Alabama Rivers Alliance Watershed Leadership Confference - March 16-18 @ Camp Beckwith

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/watershed-leadership-conference

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/

Ocean Camp Registration

http://www.facebook.com/oceancamp

BEN Thanksgiving Special 2011

Bishop Mark MacDonald, the National Indigenous Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada singing 'Amazing Grace" in Ojibway (Bishop MacDonald was my priest in Portland, Oregon 1989 - Pat Byington, BEN Publisher)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbVsePTyRCk

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The Country Music Video by Alabama "Pass It On Down"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yWfZ5fj7aA

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Prayer of Thanksgiving - For the Beauty of the Earth

We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of earth and sky and sea: for the richness of mountains, plains,and rivers; for the songs of birds and the loveliness of flowers. We praise you for these good gifts, and pray that we may safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may continue to grow in our grateful enjoyment of your abundant creation, to honor and glory of your Name, now and for ever. Amen.

~ From The Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church

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Thanksgiving

We return thanks to our mother, the earth

which sustains us

We return thanks to the rivers and streams

which supply us with water.

We return thanks to all herbs,

which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases.

We return thanks to the moon and stars,

which have given to us their light when the sun was gone.

We return thanks to the sun,

that has looked upon the earth with a beneficient eye.

Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,

in Whom is embodied all goodness,

and Who directs all things for the good of Her children.

~Iroquois~

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Honor the sacred.

Honor the Earth, our Mother.

Honor the Elders.

Honor all with whom we share the Earth:

Four-legged, two leggeds, winged ones,

Swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock people.

Walk in balance and beauty.

~ Native American Elder~

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"I hope to be remembered as someone who made the earth

a little more beautiful.

~ Justice William O. Douglas

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"Here in this wooded valley, mossy, cool,

Where mountain water murmurs over stone,

The jarfly sings upon a greenbriar stool

A song I do believe is all his own

In this green mansion sunrays penetrate

The trembling leaves between the earth and sky:

The redbird sings a love song to his mate,

And lazy winds mock singing bird and fly.

To this greenworld I bring my Love with me

And leave behind my gun and hunting hounds;

And handin hand we go as silently

As snowbirds over winter's frosted ground.

How can we sing a love song when we hear

The barking squirrel, the redbird's love-song voice,

The water, wind, the jarfly's lonesome churr?

We listen to the love songs of our choice."

- Jesse Stuart ("Valley Love Songs")

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"All things belonging to the earth will never change

- the leaf, the blade, the flower, the wind that cries

and sleeps and wakes again, the trees whose stiff arms

clash and tremble in the dark, and the dust of lovers

long since buried in the earth - all things proceeding

from the earth to seasons, all things that lapse and

change and come again upon the earth - these things

will always be the same, for they come up from the

earth that never changes, they go back into the earth

that lasts forever. Only earth endures, but it endures forever."

-Thomas Wolfe (You Can't Go Home Again)

BEN - November 22, 2011 #374

Special in this Edition: Weeks Bay 2011 Christmas Ornament (on sale), Southern Environmental Law Center Slideshow "Don't Fall for It", Alabama "Most in Need of Improvement" According to National Energy Efficiency Scorecard, 2010 National Land Trust Census Report - Alabama Ranked 24th Nationally in Land Conserved, Help Wanted: Mobile Bay NEP Project/Outreach Coordinator, After the Spill: Community Forums on the Deepwater Horizon Event - Dauphin Island, Auburn, Birmingham - December 3rd, 10:00-12:00

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Weeks Bay 2011 Christmas Ornament (on sale)

http://www.weeksbay.org/ornament_2011.html

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

Southern Environmental Law Center Slideshow "Don't Fall for It"

http://www.southernenvironment.org/cases/dont_fall_for_it/

NOAA's Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas

http://gulfatlas.noaa.gov/

USGS National Map

http://nationalmap.gov/

News Across Alabama

Alabama "Most in Need of Improvement" According to National Energy Efficiency Scorecard

http://www.aceee.org/press/2011/10/aceee-massachusetts-overtakes-califo

2010 National Land Trust Census Report - Alabama Ranked 24th Nationally in Land Conserved

http://www.landtrustalliance.org/land-trusts/land-trust-census/national-land-trust-census-2010/state-factsheets/alabama-fact-sheet

Huntsville's Mayor Tommy Battle -Imagine Southern Version of Central Park

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/11/huntsville_mayor_tommy_battles_4.html

Conecuh Landfill Fight Goes to Alabama Supreme Court

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

Decatur-Morgan County Regional Landfill Generating Renewable Energy

http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/alabama-landfill-creating-renewable-energy/546a05c8e3e94d95bd0afc6250dff4bb

Events & Job Openings

Help Wanted: Mobile Bay NEP Project/Outreach Coordinator

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/career_oppourtunity

After the Spill: Community Forums on the Deepwater Horizon Event - Dauphin Island, Auburn, Birmingham - December 3rd, 10:00-12:00

http://cosee-central-gom.org/community_forum_al.html

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

Friends of Red Mountain Benefit - December 9th

http://www.friendsofredmountainpark.org/wp/2011/11/friends-celebration-and-benefit-on-december-9/

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 10th

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

Alabama Rivers Alliance Watershed Leadership Confference - March 16-18 @ Camp Beckwith

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/watershed-leadership-conference

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/