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  • Metro Tire Landfill Update

    Metro Tire Landfill Update   On August 30, 2007, along with The Friends of the Locust Fork River, we sued Metro Recycling’s tire landfill for unpermitted water pollution discharges into an unnamed tributary of White’s Creek, a tributary of the Black Warrior River’s Locust Fork. Results from our samples showed […]

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  • Nationwide Permit 21 Decision Remand

    Federal Court Requires Corps to Rectify Error on Water Impacts of Coal Mining Permit along Alabama’s Black Warrior River   Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center and Black Warrior Riverkeeper For Release: March 24, 2015 Contact: Catherine Wannamaker, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, (650) 793-3372 Nelson Brooke, […]

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  • Donaldson Prison Sewage Lawsuit

    Black Warrior Riverkeeper Sues Donaldson Prison’s Sewage Treatment Plant Operators. Donaldson correctional facility (in red circle) is permitted to discharge treated wastewater to Big Branch, which flows into Valley Creek upstream of Bankhead Lake on the Black Warrior River. For Immediate Release: February 28, 2013 Birmingham – Today, Black Warrior […]

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  • Donaldson Prison Sewage Lawsuit Ends Successfully

    Successful Settlement in Donaldson Prison Sewage Lawsuit   Black Warrior Riverkeeper has reached a successful settlement in their water pollution case against Alabama Utility Services (AUS), the operator of Donaldson Correctional Facility’s sewage treatment plant. The settlement includes injunctive relief (a court order requiring steps to curtail pollution) and a […]

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  • Donate Your Water Bill Savings

    Are you concerned about water now that the hot, dry summer months are upon us? Perhaps you’ve been reading some of the recent articles in newspapers around the state discussing our water future and what state and local leaders are doing to plan for it. Well, now it’s your turn […]

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  • Press Statement on Northern Beltline Groundbreaking

    Press Statement on Northern Beltline Groundbreaking: As Construction Begins, Questions Persist about $5.4-Billion Project   For Immediate Release: April 21, 2014 Contact: Gil Rogers, Southern Environmental Law Center, (404) 521-9900 or [email protected] Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, (205) 288-0223 or [email protected] Birmingham, AL –The Southern Environmental Law Center and Black […]

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  • Red flags for Northern Beltline

     Long Range Plan for Birmingham Region Would Allocate More than Half of Available Funding for Transportation Improvements to Northern Beltline Completion of the Project Now Estimated to Take 75 Years   For Immediate Release: November 19, 2014 Contact: Sarah Stokes, Southern Environmental Law Center, 205-745-3060 Birmingham, AL— The Birmingham Metropolitan […]

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  • Orvis helps Riverkeeper Protect Local Waters

    Orvis Store in Birmingham Helps Riverkeeper Protect Local Waters   Birmingham, AL (October 30, 2014) – On behalf of its Birmingham Retail Store, The Orvis Company, Inc. has made a $2,500 grant to the Black Warrior Riverkeeper. The grant supports the non-profit organization’s mission to protect and restore Alabama’s Black […]

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  • Drummond Shepherd Bend Mine announcement

    Statement on Drummond’s Shepherd Bend Mine announcement This afternoon (July 19, 2015), we received inquiries from several reporters about a press release that Drummond Company had just sent them.  The release stated that Drummond will not renew its permit to mine coal at Shepherd Bend.  Needless to say, that was […]

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  • Eartbounds Earthfest 2013

    Earthbound’s Earthfest Supports BWRk at Avondale Brewery on April 21. For Immediate Release: April 1, 2013 Birmingham – On Sunday, April 21, 2pm-Until, Alabama rock favorites Earthbound will play their highly-anticipated annual outdoor concert, Earthbound’s Earthfest, at Avondale Brewery (201 41st Street South). This family-friendly event’s purpose is to raise […]

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