New Southern Exposure DVDs donated to all Jefferson County Library locations For Immediate Release: June 30, 2021 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 PINSON, […]
Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Approval of Destructive Coal Mine in Alabama Mays No. 5 Mine Pushing Threatened Flattened Musk Turtle Closer to Extinction For Immediate Release, June 16, 2021 Contact: Eva Dillard, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, (205) 458-0095, [email protected] Kristine Akland, Center for Biological Diversity, (406) 544-9863, [email protected] BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Two […]
UA Students Win Munson Foundation Grant for Black Warrior Riverkeeper Internship Bliss Carroll and Emily Gantt receive largest scholarship offered by UA’s APR department For Immediate Release: May 28, 2021 Contact: Charles Scribner, executive director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], 205-458-0095 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation has […]
Amabile Co. supporting Black Warrior Riverkeeper Amabile Co. provides beautiful sustainable products that create awareness, funds, and connections for local people to organizations focused on cleaning the waters they call home. They make a variety of attractive bracelets from recycled silver and ECONYL® regenerated nylon (made from rescued fishing nets […]
New Southern Exposure Films are Back at all Birmingham Public Library Locations BPL Receives Donation of 2020 and 2019 DVDs For Immediate Release: May 4, 2021 CONTACT: Roy L. Williams, Director of Public Relations, Birmingham Public Library, Phone: (205) 226-3746, cell (205) 568-0067, [email protected] BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Alabama Rivers Alliance and Black […]
New Ways to Join Waterkeepers Alabama in the Fight for Clean Water Waterkeepers Alabama, a coalition of Waterkeeper organizations protecting watersheds across Alabama, has launched its first social media channels. Anyone interested in promoting cleaner water throughout the state can now follow and interact with Waterkeepers Alabama on its new […]
AmeriCorps Week: Tribute to Cleanups By Katie Fagan, AmeriCorps Member, Black Warrior Riverkeeper This week is AmeriCorps Week, a time dedicated to highlighting the work of AmeriCorps members throughout the country. Black Warrior Riverkeeper hired me in September as its first AmeriCorps member and joined a large community of organizations, including […]
Wild & Scenic Film Festival Our partners at Alabama Rivers Alliance, Energy Alabama, Flint River Conservation Association, and Waterkeepers Alabama will proudly present the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Thursday, January 28th 6-8 PM! For the lineup of films, click here. To join the virtual event, register here.
New Cleanups Partnership with the City of Birmingham Black Warrior Riverkeeper is proud to announce our new partnership with the City of Birmingham to help clean streets where rain will otherwise carry litter into storm drains, then local creeks, and ultimately the Black Warrior River. Our AmeriCorps member, Katie Fagan, […]
Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s MLK Day of Service By Katie Fagan, AmeriCorps Member, Black Warrior Riverkeeper The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” In 1994, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day became a national day encouraging people […]