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  • First Half 2011 Newsletter

    Black Warrior Riverkeeper Newsletter: First-Half 2011 To read a PDF file of Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s new newsletter covering the first half of 2011, click here. Our members who have recently donated or volunteered receive these semi-annual newsletters in print by mail. If you are not a member and would like […]

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  • New Newsletter to Close Out 2011

    Dear BWRk Supporters, Thank you for helping us progress toward our 10th Anniversary! I hope you will make a donation to support our continued work on behalf of clean water, strong communities, and future generations. There has been a lot of action in the Black Warrior River watershed recently. Read […]

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  • Two Waterkeepers Sue Black Warrior Minerals

    Two Waterkeepers Sue Black Warrior Minerals’ Fleetwood Mine in Tuscaloosa For Immediate Release September 13, 2011 Contact: Black Warrior Riverkeeper: Nelson Brooke, Riverkeeper, (205) 458-0095 Friends of Hurricane Creek: John Wathen, Creekkeeper, (205) 233-1680 Tuscaloosa – Nonprofit Waterkeeper organizations Black Warrior Riverkeeper and the Friends of Hurricane Creek filed a […]

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  • National Study Names Alabama Worst State for Coal Ash Disposal

    Study Finds State Protections for Coal Ash Inadequate States lack important safeguards for public health, operating old, dangerous coal ash dumps August 24, 2011 Contact: Raviya Ismail, Earthjustice (202) 667-4500, x221; [email protected] Mike Becher, Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment, (304) 382-4798; [email protected] Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, […]

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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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  • Fish Guide

    New FISH GUIDE Program Helps Fishermen across Alabama   For Immediate Release: March 1, 2017 Contact: Justinn Overton, Executive Director, Coosa Riverkeeper: [email protected], 205.981.6565 BIRMINGHAM – Coosa Riverkeeper has developed a new program, FISH GUIDE, as a response to surveys conducted with more than 125+ fishermen on the Coosa River. […]

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  • Save the Black Warrior 2011

    SweetWater Brewing Company Completes 2011 Edition of Save the Black Warrior Annual Campaign Raises Money & Awareness for Black Warrior Riverkeeper in Alabama Birmingham/Tuscaloosa – SweetWater Brewing Company has completed the 2011 edition of its Summer “Save the Black Warrior” campaign in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Since the annual program’s launch […]

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  • Fish Kill Updates

    Fish Kill at Gorgas Steam Plant on June 16   On June 16, fishermen informed Black Warrior Riverkeeper of a large fish kill at Alabama Power’s Gorgas Steam Plant on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River at its confluence with Baker’s Creek.  We investigated that day, took pictures, […]

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  • Kayaking for Conservation

    Two Students kayak from Tuscaloosa to Mobile to raise awareness for river conservation in Alabama FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2016 CONTACT: Justine Herlihy, Development Director (Mobile Baykeeper) [email protected]. 251-433-4229 Charles Scribner, Executive Director (Black Warrior Riverkeeper) [email protected]. 205-458-0095 (Mobile, Ala.) – Two students from the University of Alabama, Chris […]

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  • Birmingham Votes to withdraw from SWMA

    Important Storm Water news and request by Nelson Brooke, Riverkeeper: On Tuesday the Birmingham City Council voted to withdraw from the Storm Water Management Authority (SWMA) http://www.swma.com/. The council has until October to decide whether or not to rejoin SWMA. It will cost the city more to go it alone […]

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