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  • Fish Consumption Warnings for 2019

    Alabama Fish Consumption Warnings for 2019 This summer, the Alabama Department of Public Health released its annual fish consumption advisories, which highlight the state’s recommended limits on the consumption of different types of fish found in Alabama’s rivers and streams. 132 advisories were issued across 98 waterbodies in Alabama. 12 […]

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  • New Riverkeeper Newsletter

     New Black Warrior Riverkeeper Newsletter Click here to read Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s New Newsletter! Our members who have recently donated or volunteered will receive newsletters in print via U.S. mail.  If you are not a member and would like to become one, or if you would like to renew your […]

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  • Southern Exposure DVDs at JCLC

    New Southern Exposure DVDs donated for all Jefferson County Libraries For Immediate Release: July 15, 2019 Contact: Tobin Cataldo, executive director, Jefferson County Library Cooperative: [email protected], (205) 226-3615 Cindy Lowry, executive director, Alabama Rivers Alliance: [email protected], (205) 322-6395 Charles Scribner, executive director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], (205) 458-0095  Hoover, Ala.—The […]

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  • Bama Belle 2019

    Bama Belle Riverboat Hosts Two Waterkeepers’ August 1 Event Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Hurricane Creekkeeper Share a Cruise on the Black Warrior River For Immediate Release: July 9, 2019 Contact: Charles Scribner, Executive Director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 914-6591, [email protected] John Wathen, Hurricane Creekkeeper, Friends of Hurricane Creek: (205) 310-3739, […]

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  • Southern Exposure DVDs at TPL

    New Southern Exposure DVDs donated for all three Tuscaloosa Public Library locations For Immediate Release: June 26, 2019 Contact: Vince Bellofatto, director of PR, Tuscaloosa Public Library: [email protected], (205) 722-5206 Cindy Lowry, executive director, Alabama Rivers Alliance: [email protected], (205) 322-6395 Charles Scribner, executive director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], (205) 458-0095 […]

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  • Ask ADEM to Limit Locust Fork Pollution by Tyson

    TAKE ACTION: Ask ADEM to Limit Tyson’s Pollution to the Locust Fork Click here for an update about the 11/19/19 Public Hearing The new draft wastewater discharge permit for Tyson Farm’s Blountsville chicken processing plant is up for public comment: NPDES Permit Number AL0001449.  This permit allows the discharge of bacteria […]

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  • UA Munson Intern 2019

    UA Student Wins Munson Foundation Grant for Black Warrior Riverkeeper Internship Hudson Nuckolls receives largest scholarship offered by UA’s APR department For Immediate Release: June 13, 2019 Contact: Charles Scribner, executive director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], 205-458-0095 Hudson Nuckolls, firm director, Capstone Agency: [email protected], 205-458-0095 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Curtis […]

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  • New Coal Ash Pollution Maps

    New Interactive Maps of Groundwater Pollution Reveal Threats Posed by Alabama Power Coal Ash Pits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2019 Contact: Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, [email protected] or (205) 458-0095 (Birmingham, Ala.) – Four Alabama environmental organizations have released new interactive maps highlighting groundwater pollution reported by Alabama Power […]

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  • Southern Exposure DVDs at BPL

    New Southern Exposure DVDs donated for all 19 Birmingham Public Library locations For immediate release: Thursday, May 30, 2019 CONTACT:  Roy L. Williams, Director of Public Relations, Birmingham Public Library — phone: (205) 226-3746, cell: (205) 568-0067, E-mail: [email protected] BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Alabama Rivers Alliance and Black Warrior Riverkeeper have partnered […]

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  • Maxine Mine Ruling

    Court Rules that Drummond is Violating the Clean Water Act on Black Warrior River’s Locust Fork For Immediate Release: May 10, 2019 Contact: Nelson Brooke, Riverkeeper, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] Eva Dillard, Staff Attorney, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] Birmingham, Ala. – An Alabama federal judge has […]

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