BEN - February 2, 2011 #346

Special in this Edition: Keeping Alabama Forever Wild on al.com Project Launched, Mobile Bay's Mud Flats (videos and photos), Alabama Hiking Trail Society Pushing 550 Mile Beach to Mountains Trail, Green Tie Gala in the Shoals - Feb.12th at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame

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Announcing - Keeping Alabama Forever Wild on al.com - details at:

http://blog.al.com/keeping-alabama-forever-wild/2011/02/calling_all_outdoor_enthusiasts.html

I am the outreach director for this new and exciting project. If you have any questions on how to participate, please contact me at pkbyington@aol.com .

-BEN Publisher Pat Byington

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

Anniston Star: Endangered Alabama's Coast

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/11176528/article-Endangered--for-now--Protect-the-Alabama-Coast-?instance=opinion_secondary

Montgomery Advertiser Georgia-Alabama Water Editorial

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20110131/OPINION01/101300310/Advertiser-editorial-Assess-Georgia-water-offers-carefully

Mobile Bay's Mud Flats (videos and photos)

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/02/mobile_bays_mud_flats.html

News

Cahaba River Society Honors Green Projects

http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2011/01/green_projects_to_get_awards_f.html

Hearing to be Held on 5100 Acre Conecuh County Landfill

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/01/conecuh_county_sets_public_hea.html

Birmingham Airport Going Green

http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2011/01/birmingham_airport_aims_for_gr.html

Alabama Hiking Trail Society Pushing 550 Mile Beach to Mountains Trail

http://blog.al.com/living-press-register/2011/01/volunteers_working_to_create_n.html#incart_hbx

TVA Reducing Emissions According to Report

http://www.tva.com/news/releases/janmar11/reduced_emissions.html

State of Alabama's Solid Waste Biennial Report

http://www.adem.state.al.us/misc/SolidWasteBiennialReport.pdf

Alabama Power 2010 Conservation Grants

http://www.birminghamtimesonline.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4481:alabama-power-announces-environmental-conservation-grants&catid=35:local-news-headlines&Itemid=95

Upcoming Events

Landmark Park in Dothan - Schedule of Events

http://landmarkpark.com/events.html#current

Five Rivers Delta Resource Center February Schedule

http://www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/events/

Mobile Baykeeper Presents IMAX on Tap - February 3rd, 7:00 - Gulf Coast Exploreum

http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org/events

Alabama Wildlife Center's - Annual Wild About Chocolate Valentine Gala - Feb. 12th, 7:00 in Birmingham

http://www.awrc.org/Wild%20About%20Chocolate

Green Tie Gala in the Shoals - Feb.12th at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame

http://www.shoalsearthmonth.com/70166_Green_Tie_Gala_2011.pdf

Auntie Litter Training "New Auntie Litter Educators - February 25th 9am-2pm in Birmingham - Submit online application at http://auntielitter.org/edu.html and call 205-879-3009

2011 Alabama Cup Whitewater Races on Locust and Mulberry Fork - Feb. 5-6, Mar. 5-6 & March 26-27

http://www.alabamacupraces.com

2011 Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference - February 25, 2011 at Lake Guntersville State Park

http://legacyalabama.eventbrite.com/

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

Five Mile Creek Greenway Volunteer Clean Up - March 19th

http://www.fivemilecreekgreenwaydistrict.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Five-Mile-11-Flyer.pdf

Alabama Trails Conference - March 31 to April 3 in Fairhope

http://www.CheahaTrailRiders.com/ATC-Info/ATCFlyer.pdf

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us

Auntie Litter Earth Day Parade - April 20th at Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham -

http://www.auntielitter.org

Little River Canyon Field School 2011 Schedule

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/2011_Field_School_Programs_Updated_10_04_10.pdf

Legacy's 2011 Workshop Calendar

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/educator-workshops/2011-workshops

Legacy's 2011 Enviro-Bowl Schedule

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/student-activities/envirobowl

Jobs and Announcements

Wild South Seeking Roosevelt-Ashe Nominations - February 11th Deadline

http://www.wildsouth.org/index.php/roosevelt-ashe-society

Mobile Baykeeper Partnership Coodinator

http://mobilebaykeeper.org/about-us/employment-opportunities/immediate-opening

Mobile Bay NEP Communications Position

http://www.mobilebaynep.com/job-announcement-public-relationscommunications-manager/

BEN - January 24, 2011 #345

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Observation Building

Special in this Edition: Gov. Riley Designates Lake Martin Treasured Lake Status, 100-1000 Restore Coastal Alabama Kickoff in Mobile, Alabama Coast Makes SELC's Most Endangered List for 2011, Fairhope Enviro Teacher Megan O'Neill Honored by the White House

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

Northern Beltline (Birmingham) Op-ed

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/01/viewpoints_time_to_put_the_bra.html

Gov. Riley Signs Lake Martin Treasured lake Designation (Youutube video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYnF1nfDLHo

100-1000 Restore Coastal Alabama Kickoff in Mobile (video)

http://www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/article/ambitious-coastal-restoration-project/1202718/Nov-20-2010_10-09-pm/

http://videos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2010/09/1001000_coastal_restoration_pr.html

News

Gov. Riley Designates Lake Martin Treasured Lake Status

http://www2.oanow.com/news/2010/dec/29/lake-martin-receives-treasured-designation-ar-1279030/

http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/alabama/first-treasured-ala-lake-named-tues

Alabama Coast Makes SELC's Most Endangered List for 2011

http://www.southernenvironment.org/about/top_10_2011/

Recycling Industry Employs Over 1000 in the Shoals (more jobs to be added)

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110123/NEWS/110129916/1011/NEWS?Title=Recycling-expansion-will-create-43-jobs

New Biofuels Plant in West Alabama to create 700 Jobs

http://greenecounty.myfoxal.com/content/greene-county-ethanol-plant-create-700-new-jobs

Two North Alabama Mussels Proposed for Endangered Species List

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110122/news/110129935

Fairhope Enviro Teacher Megan O'Neill Honored by the White House

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/01/fairhope_teacher_wins_national.html

Upcoming Events

22nd Annual Non-point Source Conference - January 26th, 2011 in Montgomery

http://www.adem.alabama.gov/misc/npsconference.cnt

Salamander Festival in Homewood - January 29th, 3:00 - 5:00

http://www.shadescreek.org/

Cahaba River Society's Annual Meeting - Feb. 1 at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

2011 Alabama Cup Whitewater Races on Locust and Mulberry Fork - Feb. 5-6, Mar. 5-6 & March 26-27

http://www.alabamacupraces.com

2011 Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference - February 25, 2011 at Lake Guntersville State Park

http://legacyalabama.eventbrite.com/

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:learning-among-the-longleafs-helping-ee-grow-2011&catid=48:conference&Itemid=173

Little River Canyon Field School 2011 Schedule

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/2011_Field_School_Programs_Updated_10_04_10.pdf

Legacy's 2011 Workshop Calendar

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/educator-workshops/2011-workshops

Legacy's 2011 Enviro-Bowl Schedule

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/student-activities/envirobowl

BEN - January 10, 2011 #344

Special in this Edition: NASA Climate Change Videos, Special Message from Discovering Alabama, Conservation Launches Energy Initiative, Huntsville Opens New "Green" School, Chief Ladiga Trail Sets Visitor Record

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

NASA's Videos Documenting Climate Change

http://climate.nasa.gov/ClimateReel/

Oceans and Climate Change Website

http://www.oceanclimate.org/

Coastal Reaction to Oil Spill Report (WKRG video)

http://www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/article/coastal-reaction-to-oil-spill-report/1203845/Jan-06-2011_5-49-pm/

A Special Message from Doug Phillips & a Discovering Alabama Virtual Tour

http://discoveringalabama.org/

Check Out 5 RIvers Delta Resource Center's Latest Jan. Newsletter

http://www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-adventures/5rivers/newsletter/

New Mines Along the Black Warrior River (video)

http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/New-mine-permits-heighten-water-pollution-fears/1TthAgX2zkqW9J3moDh5EQ.cspx?rss=1659

Christmas Tree Recycling at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens (video)

http://www.waaytv.com/news/content/newsatfive/story/Tree-Recycling/3nrMxNJUuE-pU7Dv7KelUA.cspx

PSC Commissioner Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh Op-ed

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/10910382/article-Federal-mandates-bad-for-energy-in-Alabama?instance=home_opinion

News

Weeks Bay Foundation, Conservation Fund, Forever Wild & Feds Save 820 Acres

http://www.weeksbay.org/820.html

Federal Judge in Mobile Fines and Jails Owner in Grease Dumping Case

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/01/mobile_roto-rooter_grease_dumping.html

BP Funding for UA Research into Oil Spill

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110102/news/110109899

SELC's Response to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/pervasive_problems_require_reform/

Chief Ladiga Trail Sets Visitor Record

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/10870012/article-Record-number-of-visitors-to-Chief-Ladiga-Trail?

Department of Conservation to Launch Energy Efficiency Initiative Saving $9.1 million over 15 Years

http://www.outdooralabama.com/news/release.cfm?ID=883

Rare Butterfly In Cleburne County Profiled in New Book

http://www.cleburnenews.com/view/full_story/10903313/article-Rare-Butterfly?instance=home_lead_story

Huntsville Opens New "Green" School

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/01/goldsmith_schiffman_elementary_1.html

BEN Calendar

Trees and Development Workshop - January 11th , 8:30-4:30 at Birmingham Botanical Gardens

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/conference/ucftrees2011/registrationForm.php

Five Mile Creek Greenway Partnership Meeting - January 13th, 8:30AM at the Regional Planning Commission, 1731 1st Ave North in Birmingham

Sippn' with the Fishes at McWane Center Benefitting the Black Warrior Riverkeepers - Jan. 18

http://www.mcwane.org/calendar_items/810-sippin_with_the_fishes

Ducks Unlimited Fundraising - Dinners and Banquets Throughout Alabama Nov-Feb.

http://www.ducks.org/states/31/events/index.html

Volunteers to Restore Oyster Reefs - January 22nd, 9am to 3pm, Helen Wood Park, Mobile

http://joinacf.org/join/events

Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Association Annual Membership Meeting & Waterfowl Tour - January 22nd, 2:00

http://www.friendsofwheelerrefuge.org/events/?eventID=19&date=01/22/2011

22nd Annual Non-point Source Conference - January 26th, 2011 in Montgomery

http://www.adem.alabama.gov/misc/npsconference.cnt

Cahaba River Society's Annual Meeting - Feb. 1 at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

2011 Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference - February 25, 2011 at Lake Guntersville State Park

http://legacyalabama.eventbrite.com/

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:learning-among-the-longleafs-helping-ee-grow-2011&catid=48:conference&Itemid=173

Little River Canyon Field School 2011 Schedules

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/2011_Field_School_Programs_Updated_10_04_10.pdf

Legacy's 2011 Workshop Calendar

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/educator-workshops/2011-workshops

Legacy's 2011 Enviro-Bowl Schedule

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/student-activities/envirobowl

Grants & Jobs

Five Star Restoration Grant Program

http://southernbrownfield.blogspot.com/2010/12/environmental-grant-opportunity-five.html

Alabama Coastal Foundation Job Openings

http://joinacf.org/about-us/job-opportunities

Longleaf Pine Conservation Plan Project Positions

http://nwtf.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-128991.html (one positions available in Alabama)

Careers in Conservation

http://www.outdoorsalabama.com/Careers/index.cfm

Extension Specialist Position

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/posannc/detail.php3?job=ZDQ3azN8MzEzfG45ajRr

McDowell Environmental Center - Instructor

http://www.campmcdowell.com/cmec/jobs.htm

BEN - January 3, 2011 #343

Special in this Edition: 2010 Green Progress Report, BEN Publisher's new op-ed in the Birmingham News, Mercedes Benz Goes Green, Forever Wild Program Saves Turtle Habitat, Tarballs Litter Fort Morgan

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

BEN Publisher Pat Byington's Latest Op-ed on Clean Air in Birmingham

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/01/viewpoints_new_gasp_has_much_w_1.html

2010 Green Progress Report

http://www.greenalabama.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Green-Progress-Report-20101.pdf

A GASP For Clean Air - "Ken Burns like" Video on Birmingham Air Pollution

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2010/12/history-of-gasp-clean-air-for.html

New Huntsville Environmental Link

http://www.hsvgreenlink.com/

Times Daily Editorial: Seeking Pollution Solution

http://www.alabamarivers.org/press-room/headlines/times-daily-seeking-pollution-solution

Anniston Star's John Fleming on Being Green

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/10725122/article-Going-green-can-help-you-save-green?

Birmingham News Red Mountain Op-ed

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2010/12/our_view_red_mountain_park_pro.html#incart_mce

Comprehensive Article by the Tennessean (state of Tennessee's primary newspaper) on Climate Change in Tennessee - it's impact on Agriculture and Wildlife

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110103/NEWS01/101030315/Tennessee+climate+change+is+so+subtle+it+s+hard+to+gauge

Birmingham Audubon Society's Flicker Flashes

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/images/FF_Archives/11_ff_archive/jan%202011.pdf

News

Recycling in Colbert County Taking Off

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20101226/NEWS/101229850?Title=Recycling-program-a-big-hit-in-county

Mercedes Benz Goes Green

http://manufacturing.net/News/2010/12/Automotive-Mercedes-Benz-Alabama-Plant-Goes-Green/

Toxics in Released in Alabama's Environment Decline

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/industrial_release_of_toxins_d.html

Fed. Grant Saves Diamondback Terrapin Habitat Through Forever Wild

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/conservation_grant_to_make_ter.html

Tarballs Litter Fort Morgan Peninsula

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/01/gulf_oil_spill_tarballs_cover_fort_morgan.html

Oil Spill May Have Strengthen Fungus Plaguing Coastal Marshes

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/oil_may_have_strengthened_fung.html

Lauderdale County's Key Cave Profiled

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20101229/NEWS/101229771?Title=Key-Cave-called-local-gem

BEN Calendar

Ducks Unlimited Fundraising - Dinners and Banquets Throughout Alabama Nov-Feb.

http://www.ducks.org/states/31/events/index.html

Volunteers to Restore Oyster Reefs - January 22nd, 9am to 3pm, Helen Wood Park, Mobile

http://joinacf.org/join/events

Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Association Annual Membership Meeting & Waterfowl Tour - January 22nd, 2:00

http://www.friendsofwheelerrefuge.org/events/?eventID=19&date=01/22/2011

22nd Annual Non-point Source Conference - January 26th, 2011 in Montgomery

http://www.adem.alabama.gov/misc/npsconference.cnt

2011 Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference - February 25, 2011 at Lake Guntersville State Park

http://legacyalabama.eventbrite.com/

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:learning-among-the-longleafs-helping-ee-grow-2011&catid=48:conference&Itemid=173

Little River Canyon Field School 2010 & 2011 Schedules

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/2011_Field_School_Programs_Updated_10_04_10.pdf

Legacy's 2011 Workshop Calendar

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/educator-workshops/2011-workshops

Legacy's 2011 Enviro-Bowl Schedule

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/student-activities/envirobowl

Grants & Jobs

Five Star Restoration Grant Program

http://southernbrownfield.blogspot.com/2010/12/environmental-grant-opportunity-five.html

Alabama Coastal Foundation Job Openings

http://joinacf.org/about-us/job-opportunities

Longleaf Pine Conservation Plan Project Positions

http://nwtf.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-128991.html (one positions available in Alabama)

Careers in Conservation

http://www.outdoorsalabama.com/Careers/index.cfm

Extension Specialist Position

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/posannc/detail.php3?job=ZDQ3azN8MzEzfG45ajRr

McDowell Environmental Center - Instructor

http://www.campmcdowell.com/cmec/jobs.htm

Birmingham News Clean Air Op-ed by BEN Publisher

BEN Publisher Pat Byington

Here is my latest op-ed in the Birmingham News. Topic - the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Air Act and the new GASP organization.

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/01/viewpoints_new_gasp_has_much_w_1.html

The History of GASP - Clean Air for Birmingham

Check out this new "Ken Burns-like" 20 min. video about a rag-tag group called GASP who changed Birmingham

http://vimeo.com/18160634

2010 Green Progress Report Released

Desoto Falls near Mentone, Alabama

Check out this year's 2010 Green Progress Report from the Green Resource Center for Alabama. A significant portion of the report's info came from the Bama Environmental News and BEN publisher Pat Byington.

http://www.greenalabama.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Green-Progress-Report-20101.pdf

BEN - December 19, 2010 #342

Special in this Edition:

Alabama Rivers Alliance Annual Report - Alabama Ranks 42nd in Vehicle Emissions - Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Welcomes 40,000 to 50,000 Cranes and Ducks - Outdoor Groups Promoting the Black Belt - Alabama Coastal Foundation Job Openings

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

http://www.fws.gov/wheeler

Roadmap to Recovery After BP Oil Spill by Ricky Matthews, publisher of Mobile Press Register

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2010/12/viewpoints_roadmap_to_recovery.html

Alabama Rivers Alliance Annual Report - 2010

http://www.alabamarivers.org/press-room/headlines/alabama-rivers-alliance-releases-2010-annual-report

Southern Forests for the Future (very informative graphs and maps)

http://www.seesouthernforests.org/content/drivers-of-change

Huntsville Times Editorial - Campaign Signs Need to be Cleaned Up

http://blog.al.com/times-views/2010/12/editorial_the_trashy_side_of_p.html

New Book Features State of Hunting and Fishing in the US

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20101212/SPORTS/12120327/Book-spotlights-the-state-of-US-hunting-fishing

Gainesville (Ga) Times Editorial on the Tri-State Water War

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/archives/42351/

Alabama Power Environmental Website Updated

http://www.alabamapower.com/environment/home.asp

News

Commissioner Barnett Lawley Recognized For Service to Alabama's Environment

http://www.dailyhome.com/pages/full_story/push?article-After+serving+his+state-+Lawley+comes+home%20&id=10642327

Alabama Ranks 42nd in Vehicle Emissions

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/alabama_ranked_42nd_in_reducin.html

New Children"s Hospital to be First LEED Certified Hospital in Alabama

http://www.buildings.com/ArticleDetails/tabid/3334/ArticleID/11179/Default.aspx

Gulf Shores Launches New Recycling Program

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/gulf_shores_to_launch_new_recy.html

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Welcomes 40-50,000 Ducks

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/12/wheeler_refuge_is_just_ducky--.html

Outdoor Groups Promoting the Black Belt

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20101212/COLUMNISTS12/12120332/Groups+enthusiastic+about+Black+Belt+s+prospects

Nature Preserve Planned in Homewood

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/11/a_little_wilderness_close_to_h.html

"Green Library" to Open in Vestavia Hills

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/residents_mark_vestavia_hills.html

Coal Mining Permits Surge in Black Warrior Watershed

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/new_coal_mining_permits_surge.html

Yearlong Research to Begin on Gulf Oil Spill

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/scientists_to_begin_yearlong_s.html

Endangered Vermillion Darter Habitat Given Special Protection

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/habitat_for_endangered_vermili.html

BEN Calendar

Ducks Unlimited Fundraising - Dinners and Banquets Throughout Alabama Nov-Feb.

http://www.ducks.org/states/31/events/index.html

Volunteers to Restore Oyster Reefs - January 22nd, 9am to 3pm, Helen Wood Park, Mobile

http://joinacf.org/join/events

22nd Annual Non-point Source Conference - January 26th, 2011 in Montgomery

http://www.adem.alabama.gov/misc/npsconference.cnt

2011 Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference - February 25, 2011 at Lake Guntersville State Park

http://legacyalabama.eventbrite.com/

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:learning-among-the-longleafs-helping-ee-grow-2011&catid=48:conference&Itemid=173

Little River Canyon Field School 2011 Schedule

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/2011_Field_School_Programs_Updated_10_04_10.pdf

Legacy's 2011 Workshop Calendar

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/educator-workshops/2011-workshops

Legacy's 2011 Enviro-Bowl Schedule

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/student-activities/envirobowl

Jobs

Alabama Coastal Foundation Job Openings

http://joinacf.org/about-us/job-opportunities

Longleaf Pine Conservation Plan Project Positions

http://nwtf.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-128991.html (one positions available in Alabama)

Careers in Conservation

http://www.outdoorsalabama.com/Careers/index.cfm

Extension Specialist Position

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/posannc/detail.php3?job=ZDQ3azN8MzEzfG45ajRr

McDowell Environmental Center - Instructor

http://www.campmcdowell.com/cmec/jobs.htm

BEN - December 5, 2010 #341

Special in this Edition:

* Series of Coastal Related articles and links

* Recycling in Dothan, Arab and Huntsville

* Forever Wild Op-ed by AWF's Tim Gothard

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Op-eds, Links and Videos

Beth Young's Photography - Just in time for the Holiday Season!

http://www.cahabariverpublishing.com/index.php

AWF's Tim Gothard Op-ed About Forever Wild

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/10440699/article-Message-to-Legislature--Keep-Forever-Wild?instance=home_special_sections

Conservation Commissioner Barnett Lawley Advertiser Op-ed

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20101201/OPINION0101/11300338/Alabama-Voices-Happy-hunting

The 2010 Weeks Bay Reserve Commemorative Christmas Ornament - Features a Pitcher Plant Bog

http://www.weeksbay.org

Northern Gulf Institute - A NOAA Cooperative Institute

http://www.northerngulfinstitute.org

Alabama Manatee Sighting Network

http://manatee.disl.org

Website on Oil Spill Reseach and Monitoring Activities

http://gulfseagrant.org/oilspill/database.htm

Mississippi-Alabama Habitats Tool

http://habitats.disl.org

Mobile Bay National Estuary Program Environmental Monitoring

http://www.mymobilebay.com

Department of Conservation Launches COASTWATCH

http://www.outdoorsalabama.com/news/release.cfm?ID=875

Mobile Register Gulf Oil Spill Articles

http://www.al.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/

Groups Opposed to Florence, Alabama Landfill Expansion

http://www.savecypresscreek.com

Bottle Cap Recycling in Huntsville - a First (video)

http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=13504610

News

Conservation Groups Comment on the Coastal Recovery Commission of the Alabama Environmental Committee

http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org/news/mobile-baykeeper-alabama-coastal-foundation-along-state-and-national-groups-comment-coastal-rec

EPA Approves Enhanced Jefferson County Stormwater Program

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/epa_agrees_with_birmingham-are.html

City of Dothan Examining Recycling Program

http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2010/nov/29/dothan-taking-look-recycling-program-ar-1147789/

State Provides Energy Saving Loans For Businesses

http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2010/12/companies_seeking_energy_savin.html

American Chestnuts Making a Comeback in Alabama

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/seeds_of_hope_for_american_che.html

Elmore County Benefits From Alabama Quail Trail

http://www.thewetumpkaherald.com/sports/outdoors/article_94c68ed6-fbc6-11df-b1b2-001cc4c03286.html

National Wildlife Federation & Alabama Wildlife Federation Give $60,000 to 100-1000 Project

http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/gulf_oil_spill/post-oil-spill-restoration-begins

Recycling in Albertville/Boaz Tops 624 Tons

http://www.sandmountainreporter.com/news/local/article_2b37f4ea-f109-11df-9e05-001cc4c03286.html

BEN Calendar

Ducks Unlimited Fundraising - Dinners and Banquets Throughout Alabama Nov-Feb.

http://www.ducks.org/states/31/events/index.html

18th Annual Alabama Wildlife Center Craft and Bake Sale - December 18th - Oak Mountain State Park

http://www.awrc.org/Craft%20and%20Bake%20Sale

Alabama Clean Water Partnership Annual Conference - December 8th in Clanton

http://cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=71&date=12/08/2010

Volunteers to Restore Oyster Reefs - January 22nd, 9am to 3pm, Helen Wood Park, Mobile

http://joinacf.org/join/events

22nd Annual Non-point Source Conference - January 26th, 2011 in Montgomery

http://www.adem.alabama.gov/misc/npsconference.cnt

Save the Date - 2011 Watershed Leadershed Conference - March 11-13 at Camp McDowell

http://www.alabamarivers.org/

EEAA's Annual Conference "Learning Among the Longleafs" April 14-16 - Call for Proposals

http://www.eeaa.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:learning-among-the-longleafs-helping-ee-grow-2011&catid=48:conference&Itemid=173

Little River Canyon Field School 2010 & 2011 Schedules

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/JSU_Field_Schools_2010_Calendar_of_Events_May_26_2010.pdf

http://www.jsu.edu/epic/docs/2011_Field_School_Programs_Updated_10_04_10.pdf

Legacy's 2011 Workshop Calendar

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/educator-workshops/2011-workshops

Legacy's 2011 Enviro-Bowl Schedule

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/student-activities/envirobowl

Jobs

Careers in Conservation

http://www.outdoorsalabama.com/Careers/index.cfm

Extension Specialist Position

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/posannc/detail.php3?job=ZDQ3azN8MzEzfG45ajRr

McDowell Environmental Center - Instructor

http://www.campmcdowell.com/cmec/jobs.htm