Save the date. The Cahaba River Society (CRS) will be holding their annual meeting on January 26, 5:30-8:00pm at the Social Venture-Woodlawn (5529 1st Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35212).
Last Spring, Alabama Water Watch (AWW) released an “infographic” that has been going viral within the environmental education community. Titled, Â America’s Amazon Alabama the Beautiful, the stunningly colorful poster reminds us why Alabama’s biodiversity is important nationally and globally.
Sponsored by the JSU Little River Canyon Center For every hiker, there are trails at the top of their bucket list. For example, in Alabama everyone has the Big Tree in the Sipsey Wilderness or the iconic Walls of Jericho on…
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of Alabama’s urban conservation program in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Birmingham was featured in the Huffington Post this weekend.
On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to Birmingham…. the Epiphany winter storm of 2017.
I am not Southern. I don’t, despite my frequent use of it online, say ya’ll. I don’t have any pearls, I don’t eat swine, and I’ve only ever been in a church to vote. When people ask if I’m from…
The Birmingham Zoo is going to have a very special visitor on Saturday, January 7th, between 11:00am to 1:30pm. The International Crane Foundation’s 7 foot tall Whooping Crane mascot “Hope” will be making an appearance.
According to JSU Little River Canyon Center’s Steve White the falls were at 1270 cfs yesterday morning! Big difference since October.
One of Alabama’s most cherished natural wonders, the Sipsey Wilderness, was established today, forty-two years ago, when President Gerald Ford signed the Eastern Wilderness Act into law on January 3rd, 1975.
Our friends at the JSU Little River Canyon Center held their first hike of 2017 within the Little River Canyon National Preserve on January 1st. It was a misty and chilly day, but up to 25 hikers started their year…
One of Alabama’s most beloved biologist and co-author of the book Turtles of Alabama is Mark Bailey from Andalusia, Alabama. Instead of ringing in 2017 the old fashioned way with fireworks and toasts of champagne, he posted a New Year’s…
It’s an epidemic. Travel around your neighborhood, for just five minutes, and you will find abandoned Christmas trees carelessly tossed out in the streets, alleys, and next to dumpsters with no intention to be picked up. In fact, sometimes you…
Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve, one of Birmingham’s natural and historical treasures, turns 40 this year.
In the bird world they are “rock stars” – the Bald Eagle and the Eurasian Eagle Owl. The public loves them and people want to see them up-close. Soon, bird lovers from all over the South and the country will…