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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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  • Fundraising Contest with Beth Maynor Young

    Dear Concerned Citizen, In the process of photographing natural places throughout the state, I have come to realize that the Black Warrior River is THE most beautiful watershed in Alabama. It also happens to be the one facing the most threats. As a conservation photographer and member of Black Warrior […]

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  • Vote Yes for Forever Wild on November 6

    Vote Yes on November 6 for Alabama’s Forever Wild Program Black Warrior Riverkeeper is a proud member of Alabamians for Forever Wild, a diverse coalition of conservation, environmental, hunting and angling, outdoor recreation, and business entities from all across Alabama that have come together in support of protection and reauthorization […]

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  • Clean Water Act 40th Anniversary

    Black Warrior Riverkeeper Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act For Immediate Release October 16, 2012 Birmingham – When Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, it envisioned stopping additional polluted water from flowing into our nation’s waters by 1985. Forty years later, the Clean Water Act has […]

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  • Groups ask MPO to remove Northern Beltline from funding plan

    Northern Beltline to Consume Half of Region’s Transportation Federal Funding October 9, 2012 Contact: Sarah Stokes, Southern Environmental Law Center, Staff Attorney, 205-745-3060, [email protected] Representing: Black Warrior Riverkeeper – Nelson Brooke, 205-458-0095, [email protected] Birmingham, AL — Two local groups have asked the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to remove the Northern […]

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  • Reed Mine Proposal on Mulberry Fork

    Reed Minerals No. 5 Mine A new coal mine is being proposed along the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River near Dovertown and Cordova, upstream of one of greater Birmingham’s major drinking water intakes that provides water for 200,000 people daily. Reed Minerals No. 5 Mine is scheduled to […]

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  • Avondale RiverFest

    Avondale RiverFest to Benefit Black Warrior Riverkeeper on Saturday July 21 Free Live Music Event at Avondale Brewing Company from Noon to Midnight Birmingham – On Saturday, July 21, noon to midnight, Avondale Brewing Company will host “Avondale RiverFest” to benefit Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization protecting the Black […]

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  • Study finds Northern Beltline a poor economic development tool

    Northern Beltline a poor economic development tool for Birmingham region, new study finds Contact: Ken Chilton, Ochs Center president, 423-255-9570 Gil Rogers, SELC senior attorney, 404-314-8887 Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095 Birmingham – The cost of the multi-billion dollar Northern Beltline highway to American and Alabama taxpayers far outweighs […]

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  • Save the Black Warrior 2012

    Save the Black Warrior with SweetWater Brewing Company Annual Campaign in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham: June 1 – July 7 Birmingham/Tuscaloosa – SweetWater Brewing Company is launching its annual “Save the Black Warrior” program, which has raised more than $35,000 to date to support Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s water protection efforts since […]

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  • Latest ALDOT Northern Beltline study misses the mark

    Latest ALDOT study of Northern Beltline misses the mark, environmentalists say in court papers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2012 Contact: Gil Rogers, SELC senior attorney, 205-745-3060 Cat McCue, SELC senior communications manager, 434-977-4090 Representing: Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095 Birmingham, AL —Black Warrior Riverkeeper and the Southern Environmental […]

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