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  • Thank You 2023 Volunteers

    Thank You 2023 Volunteers 667 volunteers donated 3,329 service hours through Black Warrior Riverkeeper in 2023! According to The Independent Sector, the most recent estimated national dollar value of volunteer time is $31.80 per hour. Multiplied by $31.80, our volunteers’ 3,329 hours in 2023 represented a contribution of $105,862.20 to […]

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  • Support the SHOR Act

    Support the Safe and Healthy Recreation Act (HB14 / SB45) Conservation groups across Alabama are working together to ensure anglers are better informed about fish consumption advisories in our rivers, streams, creeks, and bays by supporting HB14 / SB45, the Safe and Healthy Outdoor Recreation Act (the SHOR Act), introduced […]

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  • MLK Day of Service 2024

    Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s MLK Day of Service 2024 By Mary Allen Murray, AmeriCorps Member, Black Warrior Riverkeeper “Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a […]

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  • How to Help Us Protect Your Water

    Dear Black Warrior Riverkeeper supporters, During this time of year when many organizations are asking for contributions, we are grateful to anyone who assists Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s continued success by choosing to make a donation. Still, we understand that many folks want to promote clean water but are not in […]

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  • Veterans Day 2023

    Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s Tribute to Veterans Day 2023 By Mary Allen Murray, AmeriCorps Member, Black Warrior Riverkeeper Black Warrior Riverkeeper hosted a cleanup on Veterans Day 2023 in Holt, Alabama, in the heart of Tuscaloosa County. In order to celebrate our veterans, the community came together, despite rainy conditions, and […]

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  • 2023 Report and Call to Action

    Dear Black Warrior Riverkeeper supporters, This has been a hectic year at Black Warrior Riverkeeper for a wonderful reason. We have been so productive in our fight for cleaner water that we are publishing positive updates more frequently than ever! Thanks to the support of members (donors and volunteers) like […]

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  • Mary Allen Murray joins our team

    Mary Allen Murray joins our team Welcome Mary Allen Murray, Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s new AmeriCorps member! From November 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, Mary Allen will help Katie Holmes and Charles Scribner expand Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s volunteer engagement, litter cleanups, and outreach across the Black Warrior River basin. You can reach her at [email protected] or by calling our office: 205-458-0095. […]

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  • An Interview with Tia’Dra Tucker

    An Interview with Tia’Dra Tucker, Birmingham City Council By Rosey White, AmeriCorps Member, Black Warrior Riverkeeper Collaboration with community leaders in the 17-county Black Warrior River watershed is crucial to the work we do, especially when it comes to our Volunteer Litter Cleanups. Tia’Dra Tucker is the Office Administrator for […]

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  • Southern Exposure in JCLC 2023

    New Southern Exposure DVDs donated to all 40 Jefferson County Library locations For Immediate Release: October 11, 2023 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 […]

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  • Tuscaloosa Sewage Intervention

    Tuscaloosa ignores chronic sewage spills, groups join state lawsuit For immediate release: October 2, 2023 Contact: Terah Boyd, SELC, 678-234-7990, [email protected] Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095, [email protected] John Wathen, Friends of Hurricane Creek, 205-310-3739, [email protected]  TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Friends of Hurricane Creek, represented by the Southern […]

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