The stone in the water knows nothing of the hill, which lies parched in the sun. - African Proverb
Stream Restoration Workshop Scheduled for May 29, 2008
Join us for ‘Stream Restoration Construction’ workshop held in Jasper, Alabama May 29, 2008. Time: 9 a.m -4 p.m. Registration will begin at 8:30.The workshop will center on Town Creek Tributary, an urban stream in the City of Jasper bordering Maddox Middle School. This workshop will be conducted during construction of an urban stream restoration project at the School. Participants will learn about plan sheet development, construction specifications, permitting, and construction oversight while observing channel grading and structure installation. The workshop will be split between classroom and extensive field work. Instructors will emphasize urban stream conditions specific to the southeastern U.S. Workshop instructors have experience working on more than 40 stream assessments and restoration projects throughout the Southeast. Learn more or register online now at the CAWACO website!
Renew Our Rivers, Bankhead Lake Cleanup , May 31, 2008.
Birmingham, Alabama: Join us for the 5th annual Bankhead Lake Cleanup on Saturday,
May 31st, 2008, 8am - Noon at Buddy Vines Camp. Bankhead Lake, part of the Black Warrior River System, provides a valuable resource and many recreational opportunities for the region. The Renew Our Rivers Bankhead Lake Cleanup will coordinate and utilize the efforts of Alabama Power Company’s Renew Our Rivers program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ National Public Lands Day, and a dozen other local agencies, community groups and businesses for the cleanup.
Last year 93 volunteers removed 5.8 tons of trash and debris. Several weeks before the clean up a group of lake residents mark heavy trash items (i.e. propane tanks, refrigerators, and tires.) On the week of the clean up, Alabama Power, with a contingent of employee volunteers removed the heavy items that could not be removed by individual volunteers. At the Saturday event, volunteers removed additional heavy items, plastic bottles, and trash from sloughs.
For more information on how to participate in the Cleanup, call Kellie Johnston at (205) 264-8461 or Mark Meador at (205) 553-9373. Lunch and refreshments will be provided at noon for volunteers. Boats and related equipment useful for the cleanup are welcome.
Directions to Buddy Vines Camp
Go out I59/20 West towards Tuscaloosa.
Take exit #120 "Ensley Avenue 20th Street". Bear right at the bottom of the ramp which will become Highway 269 with the mile marker starting at "0".
Follow this road straight for 15 miles to the 15 mile marker. Just past the marker is an intersection with a BP station.
Turn left onto Short Creek Rd.
Follow to dead end.
Turn left onto Alliance Rd.
Go 1.2 miles to top of third hill and take a hard right onto "Buddy Vines Camp Rd".
Follow main road 2.7 miles to camp.
Water helped ancient man learn those first lessons about the rights of others and responsibility to a larger society. It became part of the moral and mental legacy parents passed on to their children. - M. Meyer
Water is the driver of nature. - Leoardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
Our mission: To enhance, restore, and protect water resources and the aquatic ecosystem
in the Black Warrior River Basin through basin-wide public / private partnerships.
