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TONS of good news as we turn 20 | 11/22/2021

Dear Black Warrior Riverkeeper supporters, Black Warrior Riverkeeper launched exactly 20 years and 2 months ago. Our website now features a continually updated timeline of our milestones since September 25, 2001: blackwarriorriver.org/timeline/. I cannot thank you enough for helping keep us afloat for two decades and propelling us to a whole […]

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Big Win for Watercress Darters | 11/18/2021

New Conservation Easement Protects Endangered Watercress Darter in Birmingham FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 18, 2021 Contact: Sally Sperling, 205-417-2777, [email protected] Freshwater Land Trust (FLT) has closed on a 26.1-acre conservation easement in the Powderly neighborhood in Birmingham, AL. The property is home to the watercress darter, a federally endangered and […]

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Mays Mine Supplemental NOI | 11/16/2021

Agencies Warned Alabama Coal Mine May Violate State and Federal Laws For Immediate Release: November 16, 2021  Contact: Nelson Brooke or Eva Dillard, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, (205) 458-0095, [email protected] or [email protected] Kristine Akland, Center for Biological Diversity, (406) 544-9863, [email protected] BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two conservation groups today notified state and […]

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Veterans Day 2021 | 11/10/2021

Brother of 9/11 Victim: “Honor Veterans Whose Sacrifices Help Keep Us Free” By Katie Holmes, AmeriCorps Member, Black Warrior Riverkeeper In partnership with AmeriCorps, Black Warrior Riverkeeper is honoring veterans on Veterans Day by publishing an interview with Black Warrior Riverkeeper board of directors member Roy Williams, whose brother lost his life […]

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Maxine 2 Notice of Intent to Sue | 10/28/2021

Black Warrior Riverkeeper Files Notice of Intent to Sue Drummond for Pumping Polluted Water ADEM Failed to Require a Necessary Clean Water Act Permit to Limit and Monitor Pollution For Immediate Release: October 28, 2021 Contact: Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095, [email protected] Birmingham, AL— Black Warrior Riverkeeper has filed […]

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