View this post on Instagram A post shared by Red Mountain Park (@redmountainpark) Leave it to Bham to give you a new adventure to conquer this Valentine’s Season. Head over to Red Mountain to take this leap with your special…
Recently, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and Black Warrior Riverkeeper formed a partnership to donate 2015 and 2016 “Southern Exposure” DVDs to the Jefferson County Library Cooperative. “Southern Exposure” is a series of documentary shorts on various Alabama environmental…
In 2016, the Birmingham Zoo set attendance records. In 2017, there will be a new reason to visit our first class zoo. Soon, the zoo will welcome a highly anticipated addition, Khan – a 3 Y.O. Jaguar – will be…
Sponsored Below is a press release about a very special fundraiser from our friends at the JSU Little River Canyon Center. Â If you love jazz, gourmet food and nature this is a can’t miss event!
Alabama’s eight Waterkeeper groups have notified the Alabama Department of Environmental Management that seven sewer plant permits statewide will not be in compliance of the new water quality rules for E. coli that take effect on Friday, February 3rd.
Sponsored Need to build your February activities calendar? The JSU Little River Canyon Center has a diverse range of programs that include hiking the Pinhoti Trail and Little River Canyon, preparing for a rare solar eclipse, and listening to some…
Last night, Bham Now talked to Carlee Sanford, Executive Director at Ruffner Mountain about a post on Facebook by the popular nature center that was getting a great deal of attention on social media  about the Old Irondale Trailhead becoming inaccessible…
“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” ~ Wendell Berry Last Thursday, the…
Last Saturday in Homewood, nature lovers and people of all ages, got to meet their “friendly neighborhood salamanders” at The Friends of Shades Creek’s  13th Annual Salamander Festival. One of the most exciting exhibits at the festival was getting to…
Yesterday, Ruffner Mountain released their list of events for February and March. Make sure to bookmark their calendar and check on it regularly. New activities are continually being added and updated.
The Cahaba River Society (CRS) will be holding tomorrow night their annual meeting  (January 26, 5:30) at Rev Birmingham’s Social Venture in Historic Woodlawn. How did they do in 2016?  This week, Bham Now got a sneak peak of their…
The Birmingham Water Works Board deemed the drought to be so severe, that a stage 4 warning was set in place, creating surcharges for those residents who exceeded certain amounts of water usage… As of yesterday, surcharges do not apply!
For twenty years, the Freshwater Land Trust has become one of the most respected and successful land trust organizations in the South. Throughout the years, they have saved and protected special places in the Magic City; including restored industrial sites…
WOW! Photo taken this morning of Little River Falls by our good friend Steve White at the JSU Little River Canyon Center. According to the Weather Underground website 3.68 inches of rain fell on the Fort Payne area on Saturday and…
According to the National Park Service (NPS), visitation at the Little River Canyon National Preserve nearly doubled in 2016. Park visitation was over 462,703 in 2016 compared to 248,137 visitors in 2015.  The 86% jump in attendance occurred primarily because…