February 11, 2003

#195

January 21, 2003

#194

1) PCB Waste Shipment Delayed
2) Governor Riley Names Lawley Conservation Commissioner
3) "Gateway to the Delta" Conference Center Unveiled
4) State Buying 20 Acres of Marsh Land On Dauphin Island
5) BEN Notes: Legacy Grant Program Announcement, Scenic Alabama's New
Updated Website, New Trails Group Organizing In Shoals, Derelict Crab Trap Cleanup Scheduled, Non-Motorized Facility Design Workshop, WaterQuest 2003 and Nonpoint Source Watershed Forum 2003

January 14, 2003

#193

1) Controversial PCB-Contaminated Military Equipment Coming To Alabama
2) Jefferson County First In Nation To Meet Environmental Standard
3) Land Trust of Huntsville Surpasses 3000 Acres
4) State Opens Alabama Quail Trail
5) BEN Notes: American Hiking Society Seeks Southeast Director, Discovering Our Heritage Educator Position, WaterQuest 2003 and Nonpoint Source Watershed Forum 2003, Legacy Environmental Partnership Conference 2003,  Smart Growth Seminar, Black Warrior Riverkeeper Website, Wilderness Society Southeast Office Hires New Director

January 3, 2003

#192

1) ADEM Honors 2002 Pollution Prevention Winners
2) Nature Conservancy Saves Pitcher Plant Habitat
3) "Environment" Makes Mobile Register's Top 10 List
4) Mobile Bay Watch Wins Pollution Monitoring Award
5) Alabama Power Recognized For Coosa River Cleanup
6) BEN Notes - Land Trust Seeks Development Director, New Black Warrior River Website, Ruffner Mtn. Announces 2003 Schedule, Alabama Coastal Foundation Cypress Tree Planting Project

December 5, 2002

#191

1. ADEM Sets Environmental Enforcement Record
2. New Brownfield Cleanup Program Making Progress
3. Groups File Suit to Halt Incinerator
4. Coalition Calls For Growth Moratorium In Upper Cahaba Watershed
5. BEN Notes - Alabama Power Foundation "Plant a Tree" Grants, ACF's Conservation Hall of Achievement, Mobile County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, AEC Annual Holiday Party, Alabama Citizens' Commission on Constitutional Reform Public Meeting, Mt. Laurel Winter Open House

November 11, 2002

#190

1) 60 Minutes Profiles Anniston PCB Problems
2) Forever Wild Celebrates 10th Anniversary
3) Little River Canyon Field School Secures $2 Million
4) BEN Notes : Agriculture/Environment Conference, Coosa Group of Sierra Club to Meet, Cahaba Group to Hold Socially Responsible Investing Meeting, Toyota Seeking Alabama Teachers

October 29, 2002

#189

1) Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge To Be Established
2) East Alabama EcoTourism: Pinhoti and Chief Ladiga Trails
3) Smart Growth America Ranks B'ham 23rd Most Sprawling Community
4) National Enviro Magazine Features Grassroots Activist Lynn Battle
5) Auburn University Finishes 3rd in Solar House Competition
6) BEN Notes: Mobile Bay Watch Job Opening, Alabama Urban Forestry Assoc. 18th Annual Convention & New Website, Alabama Garden Trail, LEAF Names New President

October 3, 2002

#188

1) President Bush to Replace Water Negotiators
2) Cahaba National Wildlife Refuge Becoming a Reality
3) Chattawah Open Land Trust Renamed Alabama Land Trust
4) Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Moves Into Limestone County
5) Anniston Featured In National Sierra Club Report
6) BEN Notes : ForestFest - A Bluegrass Celebration, Stream Restoration Workshop in Birmingham, New Book - "Paddling Alabama" , Real Goods - National Tour of Independent Homes

September 24, 2002

#187

1) Cahaba Supersewer to End, Decision Where To End Pending
2) Groups Sue TVA on Colbert Plant
3) Mobile Bay Watch To Hold INEOS Phenol Explosion In Mobile Public Meeting
4) Lowe's Home Improvement Joins TVA's Green Power Program
5) BEN Notes : Coastal Foundation To Hold Annual Meeting,
New Book: Discovering Alabama Wetlands, The 2nd Annual Tree Summit, www.911Environment.org Water Pollution Reporting Website, Valley Creek Cleanup This Weekend, BAS 38th Annual Fall Bird Count, Cahaba River Society's Cajun Feast
6) BEN Clarification

September 16, 2002

#186

1) Ozone Woes: Birmingham Area Violates Ozone Standard Again
2) Black Warrior-Cahaba Rivers Land Trust Wins Restoration Grant
3) Gov. Siegelman Backs Regional Wetlands Plan
4) BP Solar Energy On Display In Decatur
5) New Funding To Support Beach Mouse and Sea Turtles
6) BEN Notes: Coastal Cleanup Scheduled, ACF to Hold Annual Meeting,
Community Earth Charter Summit In Mobile, Cahaba River Society's Cajun
Feast, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival - "Blue Vinyl"

September 5, 2002

#185

1. State Parks To Spend $182 Million On Repairs
2. Attorney General Asked To Investigate Sewer Project
3. Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and the Environment
4. LCV Names Turnham Environmental Champion
5. BEN Notes: Water Resources Conference, American Rivers Report On Sprawl
and Water, NEMO Workshop Trainings, Alabama Wildflower Society's Next Meeting

August 13, 2002

#184

1) New Poll Looks at Agriculture vs. Environmental Issue
2) AEA Poll Looks At Chemical Weapons Incineration
3) Chicken Litter Disposal Becomes Issue In North Alabama
4) Rep. Bachus Secures LWCF Grant For Vestavia Hills
5) BEN Notes : Forest Service to Hold Public Meetings, Emissions Testing in
Birmingham, Okaaba Productions Launches New Film On Village Creek,
"...Moments in Time" A Land Trust of Huntsville Fundraiser

August 2, 2002

#183

1) State Secures 30 Year Lease On TVA Lands
2) Sierra Club Names Tuscaloosa Bypass "Wrong - Way" Project
3) Black Warrior-Cahaba Rivers Land Trust To Purchase 175 Acres
4) Ruffner Mountain Nature Center Included In Federal Appropriation
5) Tennessee River Swimmer Makes a Big Splash
6) BEN Notes: AWF Annual Award Winners, Point Clear Trail Work Begins, Return the Great Alabama Forest Campaign, Alabama Disabilities Action Coalition Candidates Forum

July 25, 2002

#182

1) Sen. Sessions Keeps New Wildlife Refuge Commitment
2) Gov. Siegelman Asks EPA To Drop PCB Consent Decree
3) Court Forces Cleanup of Over 2 Million Tires In One Dump
4) Shoals Clean Energy Program Slow To Enlist Participants
5) BEN Notes: Governor's First Annual GIS Symposium, Mobile River Basin Coalition Aquatic Workshop, AUFA Tree Roots Seminar, "...Moments in Time" A Land Trust of Huntsville Fundraiser

July 22, 2002

#181

1) Clean Air Ruling Could Mean Tougher Standards In B'ham
2) Group Removes "Beach Bum" Titled From Alabama
3) TVA Plant Accused Of Violations: Groups File Intent To Sue
4) Tons of Garbage Removed From Smith Lake
5) BEN Notes: Camp McDowell Job Opening, Cahaba Tunnel Public Hearing,
Legacy Environmental Media Resource Guide, Alabama Urban Forestry Association Website

July 10, 2002

#180

1) Rep. Callahan Introduces Fort Morgan/Fort Gaines National Park Study Bill
2) Mobile Tackles Smart Growth
3) Mercury Forum Releases Five Top Recommendations
4) Weeks Bay Reserve Foundation Adds 90+ Acres
5) ADEM Creates Brownfield Revolving Loan Program
6) BEN Notes : Southeastern Cave Conservancy Website, Lead Screenings Offered, Ruffner Mountain Celebrates 25th Anniversary, Alabama Power Foundation Tree Planting Grants, AEMC Commissioner R.D. Hicks

July 2, 2002

#179

1) Sen. Shelby Secures Conservation Funding
2) Wade Mountain Preserve Named American Heritage Park
3) Mobile Bay Watch Launches Mercury Study
4) Franklin County, Alabama: Another Community Dropping Recycling
5) Environmental Reporter Receives SELC Award
6) BEN Notes: Help Wanted - Job Openings Throughout Alabama, ADEM Seeking
Pollution Prevention Award Applications, Statewide NonGame Wildlife
Conference Set, Ruffner Mountain Celebrates 25th Anniversary, Celebrate the
Clean Water Act

May 28, 2002

#178

1) Sen. Sessions Announces White House Mercury Task Force
2) "Downstream Alabama" Impacted By Atlanta's Water Use
3) Alabama Toxic Release Inventory Information Released
4) Alabama Educator Wins 2002 Wetlands Award
5) BEN Notes : Camp McDowell Seeking Educators, Alabama Heritage Magazine
Features "The Mussels of Muscle Shoals", Wild Alabama Magazine Features
Auburn Coach Pat Dye, Candidates Forum on May 30th in Birmingham
6. Websites Featured in BEN #178

May 3, 2002

#177

1) Gov. Siegelman Announces Causeway/Bay Plan
2) Ozone Season Opens: Group Releases Survey Results
3) Rep. Cramer Expresses Outrage Over Dump Site
4) National LCV Endorses Turnham For House Race
5) Founding Nature Conservancy Director Leaving
6) BEN Notes: Nature Conservancy Director Job Announcement, NWF's Campus
Ecology Fellowship Program, New Website: Warrior Clean Water Initiative,
Mobile Bay Watch/Mobile BayKeeper 5th Annual Bay Bash, Moonlight Music at
Ruffner Mountain, World Championship Wild Game Cooking Competition, Nonpoint
Source Pollution and Watershed Workshop Scheduled
7) Websites Featured In BEN #177

April 24, 2002

#176

1) Sen. Shelby Issues Strong Statement At Capitol PCB Hearing
2) Alabama Tops Biodiversity List
3) Mobile Register: Poll Conducted on Environment and Black Bears
4) Jefferson County Makes Major Turkey Creek Purchase
5) BEN Notes: Mobile Bay National Estuary Program Stewardship Winners,
Audubon Mountain Workshop, Sierra Club's Support Small Farms Day, Jim Allison
Day/Bibb County Glades
6) Websites Featured in BEN #176

April 18, 2002

#175

1) Mobile Register: Mercury Contamination At Some Rigs On Par With Superfund
2) Shoals TVA Reservation/RSA Golf Course Project Relocated
3) Ozone Forecasting Begins April 15th In Mobile
4) ADEM Upgrades Lake and Stream Standards
5) Anniston Pollution Woes Featured In People and Newsweek Magazines
6) BEN Notes: Northern Gulf Coast Mercury Forum Scholarships, Earth Day at EastLake Park, Tree Planting and Ed Begley, Jr., 5th Annual Bay Bash to Feature "A Civil Action" Lawyer, Upper Cahaba Watershed Workshop Planned
7) Websites Featured in BEN #175

April 4, 2002

#174

1) New Harsher Air Quality Rules Sought
2) EPA, Firms Make Deal On Anniston PCB Case
3) State Government: Governor Creates GIS Council/Brownfield Legislation Passes
4) Alabama Coastal Foundation To Test Coastal Waters
5) BEN Notes - Livable Cities Conference, ADEM to Host Recycling Workshop, Mercury Forum Set
6) Websites Featured in BEN #174

March 13, 2002

#173

1) Sen. Shelby Asks EPA To Guarantee Pipeline Safety
2) Tuscaloosa Could Violate Proposed Air Standards
3) Mobile Bay Estuary Program Creates New Alliance
4) Alabama Ranked 2nd in Drinking Water Quality
5) New Water Resources and Solid Waste Legislation Introduced
6) BEN Notes: Ireland Wildlife Art Contest, AEC's 35th Annual Meeting, AEC
Names New Director, Wolf Bay's Trash & Treasure Sale
7) Websites Featured in BEN #173 

March 1, 2002

#172

1) TVA Says Yes "Conditionally" To RSA Proposal: Groups To Sue
2) Monsanto Found Liable In PCB Case
3) Decade-long Study Claims One Million Acres of New Forests In Alabama
4) New Legislation In The Alabama Statehouse
5) Alabama Wildlife Federation's Land Stewardship Biologist Assistance
6) BEN Notes: LEAF Seeking New President, Huntsville Botanical Gardens Seeking CEO, Wildflower Society Hosts Bibb County Glades Discoverer
7) Websites Featured in BEN #172

February 21, 2002

#171

1) Alabama Delegation Grades Poorly On LCV Environmental Scorecard
2) Senator Richard Shelby Calling For Gulf Mercury Answers
3) Congressional Panel Investigating Anniston Pollution To Hold Hearing
4) Land Trust of Huntsville Ends 2001 With 243 Additional Acres
5) BEN Notes: TVA Reservoir Operations Study, Wolf Bay Watershed Group To Meet, State Arbor Day Event To Be Held In Montevallo, Mt. Laurel Organic Farm Camp, National Geographic's Smart Growth Website
6) Websites Featured In BEN #171

February 12, 2002

#170

1) Attorney General Pryor Issues Opinion On Campaign Sign Litter
2) Anniston Lead Testing Findings Released
3) Hurricane Creek Spill Investigated
4) Forever Wild Decides Not To Move Forward On Jefferson Reserve
5) BEN Notes : SELC Deep South Office Seeking Director, Black Warrior-Cahaba
Rivers Land Trust Seeking Land Specialist, Legacy Releases New Enviro.
Directory, Cahaba River Society's CLEAN Program, "Reclaiming the Dream"
Alabama Transit Policy, Opponents To Shoals RSA Golf Course Launch Website
6.) Websites Featured in BEN #170

February 3, 2002

#169

1) Governor Vows To Sue Over Incinerator Safety
2) B'ham News: ADEM Funding Far Below Neighboring States
3) WildLaw Files 60 Notice Against TVA/RSA Proposal
4) More Enviro Legislation: Bills Introduced Last Month
5) BEN Notes : Camp Cosby Outdoor Enviro. Education Position, Environmental
Education Association of Alabama 2002 Conference, Legacy Earth Day/Month
Grants, Wild Alabama's New Magazine
6.) Websites Featured in BEN #169

January 26, 2002

#168

1) Mobile Sewer Suit Settled
2) Vessel Dumping Bill Passes Alabama Legislature
3) Shoals Curbside Recycling In Trouble
4) New RSA Golf Course Proposal In Shoals To Face Impact Study
5) BEN Notes : Mississippi Audubon Seeking Executive Director, Legacy
Conference Scheduled, Program on Alabama Hummingbird Program Honored

January 19, 2002

#167

1) ADEM Director Reviews 2001 Accomplishments
2) Forever Wild Land Purchases Top 80,000 Acres
3) Alabama Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Anniston Incinerator
4) Sen. Shelby Endorses Nuclear Power
5) Coastal Cleanup Numbers
6) BEN Notes: RPC Seeking Greenway Planner, Scenic Alabama Seeking Executive Director, Wendy Allen Named Black Warrior-Cahaba Rivers Land Trust Director, Alabama Museum of Natural History Programs, Campaign Signs Editorial
7) Websites Featured In BEN #167

January 12, 2002

#166

1) Senator Richard Shelby Seeks Hearing On EPA's Handling of PCB Case
2) Georgia and Alabama Extend Water Talks
3) Environmental Bills Introduced This Week
4) Alabama Coastal Birding Trail a Reality
5) Governor's Environmental Commission Chair Seeking Comments On Water Use Plans
6) BEN Notes: Help Wanted - TNC Seeks Fire Management/Stewardship Technician, Gulf Guardian Award Applications Due, Governor's Smart Growth and Brownfield Redevelopment Conference Scheduled, Water Quest 2002 Registration, Physical Fitness Town Hall Meetings
7) Websites Featured in BEN #166

January 4, 2002

#165

1) Mobile Register Identifies Gulf Mercury Sources
2) Washington Post Profiles Monsanto PCB Problem in Anniston
3) WildLaw and Wild Alabama Featured in "Timber Harvesting" Magazine
4) Birmingham City Council Votes to Support Upper Cahaba River Study
5) Accident Released 1 Million Gallons of Sewage Into Black Warrior River
6) BEN Notes: EnviroLink Handbook Southeast Released, Christmas Tree
Recycling, WaterQuest 2002, Landowner's Guide to Longleaf Pine Forest, Guide to Sex, Frogs and Audiotape
7) Websites Featured In this issue (BEN #165)

December 20, 2001

1) Governor's Amendment Protects Forever Wild Funding
2) Mobile County Launches $1.2 Million Air Study
3) ADEM Funding Needs and Increases Outlined
4) WRATT Program Performs 1000th Assessment
5) North Alabama Birding Trail Gaining Momentum
6) BEN Notes : SAFC Job Opportunity, Holiday Bird Counts, Recycling Mini-Grant Program Introduced

December 11, 2001

1) Forever Wild Protects An Additional 1400 Acres in Delta
2) Weeks Bay Reserve Foundation Purchases 49 Acres
3) AEMC Chair Richard Thigpen Steps Down
4) Water War Congressional Hearing Set For Next Week
5) Sen. Shelby Places Safety Amendment On Chemical Weapons Incinerator
6) BEN Notes : Check out U.S. Postal Stamps Promoting Longleaf Pine Forests, AEC to Hold New Chapter Meeting and Holiday Party, Celebrate Mobile Bay Watch's Bay Splash 2, Read the Draft Southern Forest Resource Assessment Online, Alabama Coastal Foundation's Cypress Tree Planting Project

November 30, 2001

1) Littering Law Enforcement Lax In Alabama
2) Vermilion Darter Added To Endangered Species List
3) New Study: Urban Sprawl May Reduce Southern Forests
4) City Of Montgomery To Conduct Study On The "Capital City" Plume
5) Clean-Up Of Weldon Creek In Tuscaloosa County Called "A Model"
6) Nature Conservancy Launches New Website And Honors Elmer Harris
7) BEN Notes : Oceana Seeking Ocean Activist Recruiter, Beth Maynor Young To Hold Open House Event

November 28, 2001

1) Incineration Opponents Offer Alternative Plan
2) New Alarming Mercury Tests Performed By the Mobile Register
3) Water Compact Negotiations Pushed Back
4) New Air Quality Problems In Birmingham
5) National Recycling Economic Information Released
6) BEN Notes : Celebrate Wildlife Refuges, Clean Water Act 30th Anniversary Website, AEC Recycling Center Benefit, Nature Conservancy Work Day, Coastal Kids Quiz, Christmas Shopping At Red Rain

October 31, 2001

1) Ozone Pollution Significantly Down In 2001
2) Vulcan Materials and Samford Establish Environmental Center
3) Dept. of Conservation Launches Alabama Rivers Discovery Expedition
4) "Dream Team" Joins PCB Case In Anniston
5) Alabama's Secures Second Brownfield Agreement in Opelika
6) BEN Notes : Celebrate National Unity, Hope, and Healing at a Park, Meet William Bartram in Birmingham, Ruffner Mountain Fall Events, Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Calendar of Events, Audubon Teaches Birding

October 21, 2001

1) Cahaba River National Wildlife Purchase Approved
2) Alabama To Receive Increase in Land and Water Funds
3) ADEM Fines Top $2 Million
4) Mobile Register Calls For Quick Action on Mercury
5) BEN Notes : Forever Wild's Wehle Nature Center Schedule, Cool Communities, Smith Lake's "State of the Lake Address", Jim Hightower to Speak at Tennessee Clean Water Conference

October 10, 2001

1) AEMC Adopts Emergency Solid Waste Management Plan Rule
2) Mobile Register: Sewage Overflow Total 3.4 Million Gallons in Mobile Area
3) ADEM Announces 2001 Pollution Prevention Awards
4) BEN Notes : Regional Greenways Position Open, Earth Creation "Alabama Dirt Shirt Sale", Southern Environmental Center's 3rd Annual EcoFest, Native Plant Conference in Birmingham, Ruffner Mountain's Haunted Mountain

September 27, 2001

1) Forever Wild Approves Plan To Purchase 34,000 Acres
2) Gulf State Park Bond Passes Alabama Legislature
3) Special Session Provides Opportunity To Fund Environmental Programs
4) Governor Siegelman Announces Conservation Celebration Expo 2002
5) Alabama Historical Commission To Feature Smart Growth Speaker
6) Cahaba River Society Car Tags Available
7) BEN Notes : AWF Seeking Development Director, Regional Greenways Conference Planned, The North Alabama Preservation Coalition, AEC to Hold Soil Watch Workshop, Birmingham Audubon To Hold 37th Annual Bird Count

August 31, 2001

1) Birmingham Fails Ozone Standards
2) Special Session Environmental Legislation
3) Alabama's First Brownfield Project Since Passage of New Law
4) AWF's Governor's Conservation Award Winners
5) BEN Notes : NWF's Campus Ecology Fellowship Program, "The Cliffs of Hurricane Creek," CoosaAid 2001, Flint River Clean-Up, CRS Cahaba Cajun Feast, Ruffner Mountain's Fall Festival 2001, Moon Over Three Caves Dance, Return of the Natives, The Green Earth Journal Website, It's a Boy!

August 17, 2001

1) Lack of ADEM Funding Results in Reduction of Monitoring and Enforcement
2) Watch Out Illegal Dumpers: Trash Cam is Here
3) Johnnie Cochran Speaks to 5000 People About PCB Fight in Anniston
4) Governor Siegelman Calls for Gulf State Park Overhaul
5) GAO Report: Alabama Not Prepared For Chemical Weapons Incinerator Getting Political
6) BEN Notes: Governor Appointments to ADEM Commission, Forest Legacy Needs Public Involvement, Cahaba River Society's CLEAN Program, Mobile Bay Watch/Mobile BayKeeper to Host Symposium on Water Compacts

August 10, 2001

1) Governor Siegelman Calls For More Mercury Testing
2) Mobile Register Mercury Poll
3) Newspapers Profile Alabama's Consumption Habits
4) New Alabama Environmental Websites
5) BEN Notes: Getting Political: AlaLeavs, State Wetlands Workshop, Coastal Cleanup Scheduled, Forest Legacy Public Discussions

August 1, 2001

1) Birmingham Walks Ozone "Tightrope"
2) Major Regional Forest Service Lawsuit Filed
3) WRATT Awarded Grant to Reduce Mercury Pollution
4) Swimming the Tennessee River to Raise Pollution Awareness
5) New Land Trust in East Alabama
6) Jefferson County Getting Tough On Dumpers
7) BEN Notes: Ruffner Mountain "Fishes of Alabama", Lung Association's
Emissions Testing Schedule, Northeast Alabama Environmental Conference, SEC's
Urban Eco-Tour, AEC's New Director

July 15, 2001

1) Alabama's Drinking Water Rated "Safe"
2) Groups Protest Colonial Pipeline Proposal
3) Sen. Sessions Adds Additional Money Toward Cahaba Refuge
4) BEN Notes: Job Opening at Camp McDowell, Alabama Canoe Trails Initiative,
Alabama's Dismals Featured On Discovery Channel, Times Daily Outdoor Writer
Honored, Mid-Year BEN Appeal

July 3, 2001

1) Gov. Siegelman Saves Rare Maritime Forest Habitat
2) Rep. Bachus Sponsors Conservation Tax Incentives Act
3) Sen. Shelby Secures Funding For Cahaba River Wildlife Refuge and Enviro Education
4) BEN Notes: Renewable Energy Info Online, Gopher Tortoise Program Praised, Fort Morgan Public Meeting Scheduled, American Lung Association Launches Emissions Testing

June 29, 2001

1) Support Building for CARA in Alabama
2) Perry County Dedicates Recreational Park and Nature Preserve
3) Judson College Group Finds Endangered Butterfly
4) State Enviros Profiled in E Magazine
5) Little River Canyon Field School Launches Capital Campaign
6) BEN Notes: Kids-MD.com Tackles Lead Poisoning, Land Trust of Huntsville Cave Tours, EnviroLink Handbook Southeast Debuts in September, Land Steward Job Opening

June 20, 2001

1) President Bush To Highlight Environment During Bama Visit
2) Sierra Club Plans Protest Of Bush Visit
3) Montgomery Escapes Superfund Listing
4) Rare Mussels To Be Re-Introduced Into The Tennessee River
5) First Federal Conservation Bank For The Gopher Tortoise Created
6) BEN Notes: Land Steward Job Opening, Restoring the American Chestnut Tree, New Public Health/Drinking Water Website

June 10, 2001

1) Ads Attack Cahaba River Society: B'ham News Calls On Authors To Come Forward
2) ADEM's Budget Reduced Again
3) Brownfield Bill Survives Session
4) ADEM and Health Department Launch Beach Monitoring Program
5) BEN Notes: TVA Releases Outdoor Resource Book, Ruffner Mountain Announces Innovative Grant, Discovering Alabama Announces Summer Schedule, Mott Foundation Seeking Southeast Program Officer, Birmingham Zoo Blues and Barbecue

May 25, 2001

1) Mobile Register Polls Alabamians On National Energy Policy
2) Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan Preservation Issues Examined
3) Mobile Area Cited for High Lead Poisoning Rates
4) JSU Professor Expands Water Testing Program
5) BEN Notes: Teacher Workshops Offered, Wanted: Scenic Byways, Alabama Water Watch Annual Meeting, Free Fishing Day In Alabama, Alabama Power's "Centsable Switch" Program, Prairie Specialist to Speak, SEC Offering EcoTours

May 17, 2001

1) Mobile River Basin and Cahaba River's Fragile Ecosystem Profiled
2) Two Rivers Added to Fish Advisory List
3) Clean Air "Top Concern" According to Poll
4) Gov. Siegelman Asks Bush's Help With Incinerator
5) BEN Notes: Nominations Needed for AWF's Governor Awards, SELC Receives National Award, Faulkner State Community College Lunchtime Lectures, Transitions

May 4, 2001

1) Alabama Counties Receive "F" From Lung Association Ozone Report
2) Ozone Season Begins This Week
3) Fort Morgan Study Looks At Coastal Development
4) Environmental Planners Plan Use of $7 Million In Coastal Impact Monies
5) BEN Notes - Job Openings, UAB Clean Air Conference, Black Warrior River Basin, Tensaw Delta EcoTours, Locust Fork River Cleanup, LEAF Canoe-a-thon, Birds of the Ecoscape at Birmingham Southern College

April 27, 2001

1) Governor Siegelman Calls For Safety Measures At Weapons Incinerator
2) Citizen Groups Ask EPA to Withdraw ADEM's Hazardous Waste Authority
3) Vessel Sewage Dumping Bill Passes House
4) Several New Enviro Bills Introduced
5) BEN Notes: Scenic Alabama Job Opening, Sierra Club's Jim Price Honored, 5th Annual Stewardship Awards Announced, Legacy Summer Workshops Scheduled, Talladega Mountains Bluegrass Festival, Mobile Bay Delta Presentation

April 20, 2001

1) Natural Gas Companies and Nature Conservancy Join Forces to Save Savanna
2) Alabama Wildlife Federation Named National Affiliate of the Year
3) Gov. Don Siegelman to Lead Auntie Litter's 10th Annual Earth Day Parade
4) Alabama Senate Passes Clean Indoor Air Act
5) New Environmental Justice Scorecard Available
6) BEN Notes: Job Openings, NEP Announce Public Hearings, Wehle Nature Center Schedule, Earth Day Events Reminder, "A Bird In Hand" APT Special, New Gopher Tortoise Website, Paddle Splash 2001

April 6, 2001

1) Nature Conservancy of Alabama Launches Now & Forever Alabama Campaign
2) Alabama Power Gives $1 Million to Nature Conservancy Campaign
3) Clean Air Proponents Launch "Clean Up Southern Company" Campaign
4) Acordis (formerly Courtaulds) One of Alabama's Largest Polluters Goes Bankrupt
5) ADEM Fines Anniston Foundry the Maximum
6) ESPN To Purchase Montgomery-owned B.A.S.S.
7) The Anniston Star PCB Debate
8) BEN Notes: Birmingham Botanical Gardens "Wonder of Wetlands", RiverVision Communications, Eco Book Club

March 29, 2001

1) Ten Commandments For a Good Transportation System
2) Alabama River Traffic Slows To a Trickle
3) Black Bear Protection Bill Passes Alabama House
4) Plan For Mobile Bay Watershed To Be Revealed
5) Cars and Asthma Attacks "Linked" According to CDC Report
6) BEN Notes: The Southern Environmental Center's 2nd Annual Livable Cities Conference, Alabama Rivers Alliance To Hold ACT Water Meeting, "River Song"

March 21, 2001

1) Alabama Legislative Environmental Update
2) Study: Alabama Littered With 20 Million Scrap Tires
3) Wild Turkey Comeback: An Alabama Success Story
4) Dauphin Island Sea Lab's New "BayMobile" and "DockWatch" Programs
5) BEN Notes - Steve Trash Magic Show Slated For Birmingham, Weeks Bay
Foundation Announces Photo Contest, Audubon's BIRDATHON, Trees To Be Needs
Volunteers

March 12, 2001

1) Supreme Court Rules Against the State of Alabama in Clean Air Case
2) Environmental Legal Actions Abound
3) Environmental Education in Alabama: Why it Works
4) 120,000 Pounds of Household Hazardous Waste Collected in 4 Hours
5) BEN Notes: In Memory of Tom McGehee, The Turning Point Roadshow, Alabama Ornithological Society's "A Birder's Guide to Alabama" Special Offer, Alabama Environmental Council's Annual Meeting

March 2, 2001

1) Governor Siegelman Announces Support of Initiatives
2) Green Scissors Report Identifies 2 Alabama Projects For Cutting Block
3) USA Today Features Sprawl: Check Out How Alabama Cities Rank
4) Anniston Star Profiles the Region's PCB Legacy
5) BEN Notes - Earth Creations T-Shirt Sale, Huntsville Green Power Update

February 22, 2001

1) City of Gardendale Plans 6000 Acres Public Park
2) Flurry of Environmental Bills Hit the Alabama Legislature
3) Sen. Sessions and Rep. Cramer Endorse Nuclear Power
4) Jackson County Legislator Says "No" to Georgia On Tennessee River Water
5) BEN Notes - New Wildlflower Website, Project R.O.S.E. "Run for the Roses" Fundraiser, E.O. Wilson to Speak At Auburn, Job Openings at Ruffner Mountain and Weeks Bay, Sustainability and Christianity Conference At Birmingham Southern College

February 6, 2001

1) ADEM Makes the Case For Additional Funding
2) Drought Ignites Increase In Wildfires Statewide
3) Governor's Environmental Commission To Focus On Withdrawals and Education
4) Alabama Rivers Alliance Settles Clean Water Lawsuit
5) Alabama's Non-Point Source Program Honors Pollution Prevention Efforts
6) BEN Notes - ACEI Chair Pete Conroy Honored, New Environmental Websites, Legacy Seeking Educational Programs Director, Alabamian Anchors New National Geographic Show, Friends of Hurricane Creek To Hold Cleanup and Chili Cook-Off, Alabama Watershed Leadership Conference.

January 29, 2001

1) Pre-Filed Bills: Brownfields and Enviro Justice Legislation Introduced
2) Environmental Health Summit Releases Startling Alabama Statistics
3) Rep. Spencer Bachus Honored By Cahaba River Society
4) Alabama's Deer Population Explosion
5) Alabama's Leading Hummingbird Advocates Featured On National TV
6) BEN Notes: Little River Canyon Field School Announces New Schedule, Ireland Youth Wildlife Contest, Whitewater Races On the Locust Fork River, American Lung Association of Alabama's Golf Card Available, Governor's Environmental Commission Report To Be On the Web

January 20, 2001

1) Alabama Senator Richard Shelby Named to Energy & Natural Resources
2) ADEM Pollution Prevention Awards 2000
3) American Lung Association's State of the Air 2000 Statistics
4) Dauphin Island Sea Lab Honored As Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center
5) National Wetlands Status and Trends Report
6) BEN Notes - Discovering Alabama Series/Videos, Ruffner Mountain February Programs, Bankhead Trail Trust Celebration, Environmental Education Association of Alabama Slates Conference

January 12, 2001

1) Forever Wild Preserves Additional 1933 Acres In the Delta
2) New Federal Roadless Policy Protects 13,000 Acres In Alabama
3) Christmas Tree Recycling in Alabama: A Decade of Success
4) How Much Does It Cost To Pick Up Alabama's Litter?
5) Civil Rights Group To Study Landfills and Illegal Dumping
6) BEN Notes: Children's Environmental Summit, Ducks Unlimited Honors Tuck
Stone, New Forestry Group and Website

December 31, 2000

1) Conservation
2) State & Local Government
3) Waste/Pollution/Environmental Justice
4) Environmental Community
5) Environmental Reports/Surveys

December 19, 2000

1) Florida Rejects Plan: Water War Talks Collapse
2) Huntsville Times Tackles Sprawl
3) Alabama's Editorial Boards Call For Smart Growth
4) Mobile Sewer Overflows Since Thanksgiving: 650,000 Gallons of Sewage
5) City of Huntsville Commits to Green Power Switch Program
6) Court Ruling Places Chemical Weapons Incinerator Permit in Jeopardy
7) BEN Notes: TNC Seeking Aquatics Expert, Tennessee Clean Water Network

December 8, 2000

1) Governor's Environmental Commission Puts Forth 60 Action Items
2) ADEM Could Face Severe Budget Problem in 2001
3) Lowndes County Landfill Stopped Because State Lacks Plan
4) WildLaw Files Notice to Protect the Vermillion Darter
5) BEN Notes : TVA Receives Wildlife Recognition, Project ROSE Website,
Sierra Club Honors Green Champions, AEC Seeking Newspaper Recyclers, BEN
Fundraising Appeal Results

November 29, 2000

1) Southern Pine Beetle Epidemic has Destroyed More Than 900,000 Trees in Bama
2) New Study Ranks Alabama 49th Among Green Indicators
3) Birmingham News Water Use Series Warns of Water Shortages
4) Governor Siegelman Opens Hunting and Fishing Trail for People with Disabilities
5) Water War Mediator Chosen, Talks Continue
6) Project CATE: An Exciting New Environmental Curriculum
7) BEN Notes: Camp McDowell Job Openings and BEN Fundraising Appeal

November 14, 2000

1) Enviro Hero David Brower
2) BEN Spotlight: Alabama's Nongame Wildlife Program
3) BEN Special Report: Nongame Wildlife Funding In Decline
4) ADEM Assesses $1.8 Million in Fines for FY 2000
5) BEN Notes - Nature Conservancy Staff Additions, Ruffner Mountain Receives Women's Fund Grant, BEN Fundraising Appeal Update

November 3, 2000

1) Presidential Websites on George W's, Al's and Ralph's Green Positions
2) ALALEAV's Alabama Judicial Endorsements
3) Sen. Jeff Sessions Helps Secure $20 Million in Coastal Enviro. Assistance
4) Alabama to Receive $3.5 Million For LWCF
5) Groups Petition to List Cerulean Warbler as Threatened Species In Alabama
6) BEN Notes: Job Openings at Alabama Rivers Alliance and Nature Conservancy, Let's Try This Again: Southern Rivers Portfolio Available Online, "Lost World In Alabama Rocks" A Great New Alabama Book, AEC Recycling Center News, Nature Center Open House in Mobile, BEN Fundraising Update

October 27, 2000

1) Alabama Congressional Delegation Receives Poor Marks From LCV
2) Black Bear Killed by Poacher In North Mobile County
3) Alabama Announces Creation of Statewide Bass Trail
4) Mobile to Hold Household Hazardous Waste Cleanup Day
5) BEN Notes - Southern Rivers Portfolio Available Online, Cahaba River
Society Honored, In Memory of Patrick Clancy, BEN Fundraising Update

October 20, 2000

1) Developer Sentenced For Wetlands Violations In Baldwin County
2) Alabama Cities Top U.S. In Deaths From Dirty Air According to Study
3) Alabama's Community Fishing Program: A National Model
4) Young America Outdoors: A Nationally Syndicated Enviro Program From Bama
5) BEN Notes - Tree Summit to Launch New Movement, Help Protect Shades Creek, Clean Water Action Plan Website, Support BEN Groups

October 13, 2000

1) Cahaba Wildlife Refuge Clears Congress
2) Birmingham Secures $1.2 Million Lead Grant
3) Decatur Fails to Meet New EPA Ozone Air Standards
4) National Women's Health Magazine Ranks Huntsville Water "Worst"
5) BEN Notes: Solar Home Tour, Children's Environmental Health Conference,
Rallies For Constitutional Reform, Critical Mass Takes Hold In Tuscaloosa,
Alabama's Next Natural Wonder "Mobile Tensaw Delta"

October 5, 2000

1) Gov. Siegelman's Address to the Commission on Environmental Initiatives
2) Alabama Commission on Environmental Initiatives Remaining Public Hearings
3) Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge To Receive $1.5 Million
4) ADEM Receives Grant to Help Restore Wetlands
5) BEN Notes: Programs at the B'ham Botanical Gardens, "WRATTS Wanted", Tensaw Point EcoTour Company, Blount County Groundwater Festival, Smith Lake Cleanup, Don't Forget EcoFest 2000

September 29, 2000

1) Asthma Rates In Alabama Soar: Clean Air Urged
2) Ruffner Mountain Receives $100,000 Grant From TPL
3) Birmingham Area Cities Declare Water Emergency
4) Rare Alabama Sturgeon Dies In Captivity
5) U.S. Geological Survey Launches New Water Quality Website
6) Alabama's Sustainable Forestry Initiative Provides Support
7) BEN Notes: Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama to Hold Forums, Moon
Over Three Caves Event, Mercedes Drive For Excellence, Earth Creations
Warehouse Sale, Audubon Teaches Birding, AWF Wild Game Cook-Off

September 20, 2000

1) Governor's Environmental Task Force Public Hearings Scheduled
2) Sen. Sessions Joins 63 Senators Calling For CARA Vote
3) Sierra Club Releases Sprawl Report In Alabama
4) ADEM Announces Pollution Prevention Awards Program
5) Division of Wildlife Seeking Public Input Statewide
6) A Unique Partnership Between A National Magazine and Bama Enviro Group
7) BEN Notes: Cahaba Group Outdoor Gear Sale, Regional Matters Conference,
Trees For Alabama to Hold First Tree Summit, Utilizing Earth's 911 in Alabama
for Environmental Education, Join BAS's 36th Annual Bird Count

September 8, 2000

1) More Than 200 Citizens Express Outrage Over Huntsville Port/Refuge Issue
2) ADEM & EPA Enter Into Agreement Over Coastal Monitoring
3) New Website Highlights Alabama Environmental Eyesores
4) Dauphin Island Sea Lab Receives Much Needed $100,000 Grant
5) TVA Blowing In The Wind (Really)
6) BEN Notes: CRS Cajun Feast, Ruffner Fall Festival and Employment Opportunities, Outdoors Woman Adventure Workshop, Dugger Mountain Wilderness Vision Meeting, Friends of Terrapin Creek Festival, Public Lands Meeting in
Florence, Sierra Club Compares Gore & Bush

August 31, 2000

1) New Huntsville Port Could Harm Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
2) Senator Jeff Sessions Concerned About CARA Passage
3) Governor's Enviro Task Force to Hold Public Meetings
4) "Save the Cahaba" Car Tags Now Available
5) U of A Students Help Stop Purchase Of Rainforest Lumber
6) BEN Notes

August 24, 2000

1) Mobile Register Poll: Ozone Health Effects Concern Citizens
2) Macon County Mega Dump Withdrawn
3) New School in Munford To Be Model "Forest Environment School"
4) Alabama's 13th Annual Coastal Cleanup: An Alabama Success Story
5) F&W Service Announces Plan To Create Longleaf Wildlife Refuge
6) BEN Notes

August 13, 2000

1) Sea Turtle "Baby Boom" Predicted On the Coast
2) Hog Hearing In Montgomery Draws Dozens of Activists
3) Longleaf Pine Finds Allies In Alabama
4) Cathedral Caverns To Begin Regular Tours
5) Alabama Wildlife Federation Honors Top Conservationists
6) BEN Notes

August 8, 2000

1) Alabama Supreme Court Reverses $52 Million Water Pollution Case
2) EPA Finds High Levels Of Lead In Anniston
3) Nearly $75 Million Coming To Alabama If CARA Passes: The Breakdown
4) Governor Siegelman Commits Alabama To Forest Legacy Program
5) Employment Opportunities: Nature Conservancy and Legacy
6) BEN Notes

July 31, 2000

1) Governor's Commission on Environmental Initiatives Named
2) 10,000 Ton-a-Day Landfill Proposed In Macon County
3) Landfills In Alabama: Do We Have Too Much Capacity?
4) Water War Talks Extended
5) Governor Issues Executive Order to Improve Water Quality

July 24, 2000

1) National Monument Designation Receiving Editorial Support
2) Senator Richard Shelby Declares Opposition to CARA
3) Sierra Club Sues Forest Service Over Wildlife Concerns
4) Environmental Groups File Suit Against EPA Over Water Standards
5) Welcome to Birmingham! An Environmental Dry Cleaner
6) Check Out the Green Scene on Radio and on the Web

July 14, 2000

1) Bon Secour Wildlife Refuge Gets Boost From Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions
2) Community Foundation Awards Nearly $100,000 To Assist Conservation Efforts
3) BP Amoco Dedicates Wetlands Project In Decatur
4) Discovering Alabama's Doug Phillips Given Leadership Award
5) Pepper Place Farmers Market Offers Fresh Organic Fruits and Vegetables
6) Basic Water Quality Training Course Set for July 22nd
7) "Traveling the Trace" The Times Daily Explores A Southern Treasure

July 6, 2000

1) ADEM Assesses $1.2 Million In Fines During First 8 Months
2) Poll: Public Overwhelmingly Supports CARA Legislation
3) Cahaba National Wildlife Refuge Bill Passes First Hurdle
4) Mark Your Calendar: Celebrate Southern Rivers on July 20th

June 23, 2000

1) Our Green is Our Gold National Monument Campaign Picking Up Steam
2) Changes Needed: Anniston Star Publishes Critical ADEM Editorial Series
3) Land Trust of Huntsville & North Alabama Secures Another Land Donation
4) Mercedes-Benz To Bring International Environmental Event to Alabama
5) Free Auto Emissions Testing Scheduled in B'ham Metro Area
6) Former Alabamian Nominated for Budweiser Outdoorsman of the Year
7) Learn Nature Photography: Attend the AWF Photography Seminar
8) National Forests Roadless Public Hearing Scheduled this Week

June 16, 2000

1) Alabama Environmental Issues Featured in Two National Magazines
2) State and Local Agencies Are Getting Serious About Environmental Protection
3) Cleburne County Dedicates a Canoe Trail
4) Wolf Bay Watershed Watch Launches New Website
5) Weeks Bay Millennium Photography Contest Opens This Month
6) Alabama River Alliance Seeking Development Director
7) Birmingham News Hires New Environmental Reporter
8) Forever Wild Board Meeting Set For June 22

June 7, 2000

1) Governor Siegelman Announces Study to Open the Causeway
2) Congressman Riley Calls For Hearings On Tooele Leaks
3) Al. Public Land Association Saves Wildlife Area in Northwest Alabama
4) Bibb County Citizens For Wildflowers to Hold Workshop
5) Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Releases Summer Outdoor Schedule
6) Rising from the Smoke and Ashes: The Alabama River Alliance

June 1, 2000

1) State Senator Jeff Enfinger Secures Land Trust Grant & Donates Land
2) BP Amoco Announces Cleaner Gas For Birmingham
3) ADEM Releases 1997-1999 Environmental Summary
4) Nature Conservancy & SAFC Job Opportunities

May 21, 2000

1) Dauphin Island Sea Lab State Appropriation Slashed
2) Legislature Finds Money For Mobile Air Pollution Study
3) City of Florence Commits to Preserve and Forever Wild
4) Attention Needed: TVA Regional Resource Stewardship Council
5) Ecotourism and Smart Growth Conference in Jacksonville
6) Nature Conservancy's John Sawhill Passes Away After Coma

May 12, 2000

1) Parks and Wildlife Funding Bill (CARA) Passes Overwhelmingly in Congress
2) State Parks and Scenic Byway Bills Pass the Alabama Legislature
3) Alabama Industries Released 147.9 Million Pounds of Toxics in 1998
4) Upcoming Events and an Announcement

May 5, 2000

1) State Parks, Criminal Dumping and Scenic Byway Legislation Still Alive
2) Important LWCF Vote Occurring In Congress Early Next Week
3) Move Over Central Park in New York City, Birmingham Has Ruffner Mountain
4) Alabama Sturgeon Listed After Much Debate and Controversy
5) Jeff Martin Hired As New Environmental Political Chief
6) News and Events Across Alabama: Conservation Easement Seminar in Mobile, Bike Day in Birmingham, Friends of Locust Fork Celebration, Camp McDowell Raptor Run and AWW Newsletter

April 27, 2000

1) Governor Siegelman Creates Environmental Task Force By Executive Order
2) Alabama-Georgia Water War Deadline Extended
3) Land Trust of Huntsville & North Alabama Announces the Madison Campaign
4) Nature Conservancy Buys Cahaba River Land in Perry County
5) Dumpers Beware in Jefferson County
6) Emissions Testing Bill Falls One Vote Shy
7) Update On the April Fire
8) Pass the Paddle Comes to Alabama

April 18, 2000

1) Champion International Forestry BMP Doubles State's Rules
2) Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Being Drawn Up
3) Governor Proposes ADEM Reform
4) Springtime Forestry Advice From the Huntsville Times and a Great Website
5) Couple of Events to Mark on Your Calendar

April 11, 2000

1) Governor Siegelman Proposes Interim Agreement to Water War
2) ACT River Basin Declared Endangered
3) Red Hills Salamander to Become State's Top Amphibian
4) More Alabama Enviro. Legislation Introduced
5) TVERC Renamed Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
6) Green Job Openings in Alabama & D.C.
7) Livable Cities and Clean Air Conference Coming to Birmingham

April 5, 2000

1) New Mobile Register Poll: Government Not Focused Enough On Enviro Issues
2) Longleaf Forest Habitat In Mobile Endangered By Proposed Road
3) Joining Forces: New Clean Air Coalition Forms
4) Robert KennedyJr. Headlines Mobile Bay Bash
5) Say You Want a Revolution? Join Alabama's Constitutional Rally

March 29, 2000

1) House Members of State Ag Committee Call for Strong Hog Rules
2) TVA "Green Power Switch" Becoming a Reality
3) Landmark Park: A Southeast Alabama Treasure
4) Job Openings at the Cahaba River Society and B'ham Botanical Gardens
5) Have a "Green Tie Affair" On April 15th

March 21, 2000

1) Nature Conservancy Releases Species Study: Alabama Ranked 2nd in Extinctions
2) If Water War Talks Fail... Who Wins? The Lawyers
3) Finally! New Water Quality Standards for Lakes
4) Alabama Sturgeon/Endangered Species Act Debated on "For the Record"
5) Free Tree Seedlings Available
6) Green Job Opportunities Throughout the Southeast

March 14, 2000

1) Toxic Plume Could Endanger Montgomery Riverfront Development
2) Scenic Byways "Alabama the Beautiful" Legislation Introduced
3) More "Green" Bills In Alabama
4) Celebrate Wilderness In Anniston March 31 -April 1
5) Get the Lead Out of Alabama! A Public Conference
6) Job Openings at Camp McDowell

March 5, 2000

1) Governor's ADEM Budget Request Sharply Less Than Agency's Proposal
2) Dauphin Island Sea Lab Takes a Hit From the Budget Ax
3) Bills, Bills, Bills - A Sampling of Green Legislation Introduced this Session
4) Scientists Issue Warning About Destructive Invasive Plants in Alabama
5) Explosion of Traffic Congestion Predicted for Mobile County
6) Learn About the BUGS Campaign in Birmingham
7) Celebrate Creation Day at Your Church in April

February 24, 2000

1) State Parks Win Historic State Supreme Court Ruling
2) Vehicle Emission Testing Bill Passes First Legislative Hurdle
3) Feds Unveil Plan To Save the Alabama Sturgeon
4) It's Unanimous! : Entire Alabama Delegation Sponsoring LWCF/Wildlife Bill
5) Report: PIRG's Release "Poisoning Our Water" National Study
6) Dugger Mountain Wilderness Dedication Celebration Scheduled
7) Mobile Bay Watch Takes Out Full Page Ad In Business Alabama
8) Vulcan Trails Cleanup Date is Set

February 11, 2000

1) Correction to the February 7th BEN
2) League of Conservation Voters Scorecard Released: Bama Scores Are Dismal
3) Green Power in North Alabama? TVA's Exciting New Program
4) Coosa River Basin Clean Water Partnership Meetings Announced
5) Free Alabama Natural Wonders Lesson Plans Available
6) New Geological Survey Brochure on Groundwater Available Online

February 7, 2000

1) Bill Prohibits Destructive ATV's in Alabama's Creek and River Beds
2) Cutting Wasteful and Eco-Harmful Spending: Alabama Delegation's Poor Record
3) Coal Mining Drastically Shrinking in Alabama
4) Mobile's Mayor Dow Takes Strong Stand For Wetlands Protection
5) Ducks Staying Away From North Alabama
6) Alabama Rivers Alliance To Hold Statewide Watershed Leadership Conference
7) Bug Lovers Unite! Southeast Insect Symposium To Be Held In February
8) Wild Alabama Magazine On Newsstands Across Alabama
9) ALALEAV's Seeking Executive Director

January 31, 2000

1) New Coalition Aims to Remake the Causeway Between Mobile and Baldwin
2) 46 Alabama Groups Send Clinton Pro-LWCF Message
3) Leeds Lead Superfund Cleanup to Produce 190,000 Tons of Waste
4) Governor's Committee Selects Top Community Millennium Trails
5) ADEM Expands North Alabama Office With Feds Help
6) State Parks and Hunting Fees, Conservation's Top Priorities
7) Gulf of Mexico Symposium To Include Alabamian E.O. Wilson
8) Youth Wildlife Art Contest Announced

January 24, 2000

1) Georgia-Pacific Makes Large Donation to the Nature Conservancy
2) Conservation Department & APT Launches "Outdoor Alabama" TV Series
3) Greenprints 2000: The Real Super Bowl in Atlanta
4) More Green Power News: TVERC Looking for Green Power Organizer
5) A Website Article on "How to Save Energy, Money and Clean Air"
6) New Sierra Club Group Founded in Northeast Alabama
7) All Students!! Please Read This Announcement About Green Corps
8) Forever Wild Board Meeting Scheduled

January 16, 2000

1) Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama: Preserving Land and Growing
2) Jefferson County Winning the War On Illegal Dumps
3) Little River Canyon Field School Unveils Year 2000 Programs
4) Geological Survey of Alabama Introduces New Educational Webpages
5) Ruffner Mountain and Alabama Water Watch Events

January 12, 2000

1) Mobile Register Poll: Do Not Lease State Park Lands to Developers
2) Corky Pugh Named New Alabama Wildlife Chief
3) Decatur Holds Successful ChemiCollection Day
4) Environmental Stewardship: Religious Communities Unite on the Environment
5) EDF Chooses This Century's Wildlife Winners and Losers

January 5, 2000

1) Ozone Solutions? ADEM Steps Forward With Draft Plan
2) Water War Talks Extended 120 Days
3) Recycle the Spirit! Recycle Your Christmas Tree at Bruno's
4) Statewide Alabama Asthma Summit to be Held
5) Auburn's Weaver Lecture Series: Tree Rings and Forests Ecosystems
6) New Enviro Websites

December 19, 1999

1) EPA: Alabama Ozone Plan No Good
2) Direct Action Creates Green State Employee Support Group
3) The Conscious Consumer: Alabamian Starts New Consumer/Enviro Website
4) Join Alabama's New Stream Team
5) Enviro Newspaper Editorials from Across Alabama
6) BEN Tidbits: Job Openings and a Straw House

December 11, 1999

1) Urban Sprawl: Alabama Ranks 13th In Rural Land Lost to Development
2) Water War Negotiators Call for 120 Day Extension
3) Triennial Review Water Quality Comments Sought
4) Websites Identify Free Flowing Rivers, and Local Ordinances to Protect Them
5) American Lung Association of Alabama (ALAA) Job Opening
6) Zogby Poll: Republicans Prefer Green GOP Candidates

December 7, 1999

1) The Mobile Register's "Alabama's Delta Wilderness Calendar"
2) The Costs of Cleaning Up Alabama's Power Plants
3) TVA Moving Forward on Green Power
4) Alabama Animal Census: How Many Hogs Live in Your Community?
5) Found!! New Alabama Environmental Websites to Bookmark
6) News You Can Use: NWF's Small Grants, Roadless Area Website

November 26, 1999

1) Mississippi Triples Alabama in Environmental Protection Spending
2) Alabama State Legislature Passes Anti-Hog Factory Bill
3) Homeless Shelter Fire Claims Life As Family Flees Lead Poisoning Hazards
4) LWCF Money Available For FY 2000: Check Out Alabama's Share
5) Holiday Tip: How to Stop the Unwanted Holiday Catalog Rush
6) Job Opening: Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama Marketing
Position

November 19, 1999

1) ADEM's Budget Woes: 20% Decrease since 1991
2) "Georgia to Alabama : What Reservoirs?"
3) Citizens Wanted: Wild Alabama Maps Out Forest Service Plan Strategy
4) Alabama Priest Receives Prestigious Environmental Honor
5) The Endangered Billboard: City of Madison Bans Billboards
6) Environmental Job Openings Across the State

November 11, 1999

1) Justice Department Takes Action Against Southern Company and TVA
2) Newspapers Praise Congress for Dugger Mountain Designation
3) Birding Notes: New Coastal Birding Trail Book Available
4) Help Wanted: Environmental Positions Available
5) Cahaba River Publishing's Open House Begins Next Week
6) What is Your Ecological FootPrint?

November 3, 1999

1) BREAKING NEWS: Congress Passes Dugger Mountain Wilderness Bill
2) New York Times Pro-LWCF Ad Includes Gov. Siegelman and Jimmy Buffett
3) Nature Conservancy Receives Land Donation
4) Pinhoti Trail Honored at Millennium Trail White House Ceremony
5) Enviro. Tidbits : New Rivers Position Opening, Madison Discusses Growth

October 27, 1999

1) Forever Wild Update: Seven Years After the 1992 Election
2) Jefferson County Ozone Action Poll/Survey Released
3) B'ham News "Outdoor Heritage At Risk" Special
4) Enviro. Editorials Across the State
5) Green Events Across Alabama: Bankhead Natural Wonder Dedication and State
of Smith Lake Meeting

October 19, 1999

1) Water War Heats Up As Deadline Nears: Citizen Groups Want Action
2) Clinton's Forest Order Potentially Protects 55,000 Acres in Bama
3) Mobile Bay Watch Joins National Water Keeper Alliance
4) Awards and Transitions - Sea Lab's George Crozier Honored, Changes at the Alabama Environmental Council, New Chair at the Alabama Environmental
Management Commission

October 13, 1999

1) Water War Victim: Weiss Lake Crappie Capital of the World
2) Fish Advisories Available On the Internet
3) Birmingham News Editorial: "Poor Air, Poor Health"
4) Introducing Ruffner Mountain's New Director
5) Environmental Tidbits: Birmingham Southern's "Gendered Environments" Locust Fork River Survey, Earth Science Week Proclaimed, New ! Earth Day 2000 Website

October 6, 1999

1) Ozone Pollution Sends 3000 Alabamians to the ER According to Study
2) Sierra Club Study: Alabama Not Addressing Sprawl
3) Check Out the New BEN Website
4) Alabama Outdoor Columnist Mike Bolton Calls For Action on LWCF
5) Important Conference Announced On the Future of Hunting and Fishing in Bama
6) Enviro. Tidbits - Special TREASURED Forest Speaker, Children Calling for Special Recognition of Red Hill Salamander, Camp McDowell Enviro Position Open, WildLaw Essay Contest Announced

September 28, 1999

1) Gov. Siegelman Endorses Land Water Conservation Fund
2) LWCF - How It Has Touched the Lives Of All Alabamians
3) Nature Conservancy/Forever Wild Praised By the B'ham News
4) Jefferson County: Winning the War Against Dumps
5) Drought and Wildfires: A Danger to North Alabama Forests
6) Enviro. Tidbits: Legacy Director Leaving/New Position Open, Fort Morgan Bird Banding Program, AWF's Wild Game Cook-Off

September 22, 1999

1. Alabama's Worst Case Scenarios: Potential Toxic Accidents on the Web
2. Montgomery Advertiser Hog Factory Editorial
3. ALDOT Looking Into Mass Transit
4. Forest Service Introduces a Fall Color Hotline
5. Events Throughout Alabama : EcoFest, Forever Wild Meeting, TREASURED Forest Conference, "Gendered Environments", BirdFest 99, TREASURED Forest Conference, AWF Event, Ruffner Mountain Schedule, Sipsey Swamp Tour

September 13, 1999

1) Drummond: State's Coal Nearly Gone
2) Agricultural Pesticide Cleanup A Success
3) Bicycle Parking? Becoming a Reality in Birmingham
4) New Book On Hummingbirds by an Alabama Author
5) New Website on Fish Advisories
6) Mark Your Calendars - Activities This Week

September 6, 1999

1) State of Alabama's Beaches - Nature Lost
2) Outside Magazine Profiles the Bankhead & Talladega Forests
3) 12th Annual Coastal Cleanup Planned
4) Additional Websites (AlaLeavs & Geological Survey)
5) Alabama Environmental Authors
6) Another Environmentalist is Born!

August 28, 1999

1) New Forever Wild Board Member Chosen
2) B'ham News Enviro Reporter Changing Positions
3) How Does Alabama Compare Regionally In "Number" of Endangered Species?
4) Want Forestry News/Info? Here are Some Useful Alabama Forestry Websites
5) BellSouth Honored By The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
6) ZPG Releases Kid Friendly Report: Surprising Alabama Results
7) 2000 Citizens Rally Against Pipeline in Gurley, Alabama

August 22, 1999

1) 33 Scientists Call For Listing the Alabama Sturgeon
2) Mobile Bay NEP Releases "Our Water, Our Future"
3) EPA Seeking Lead Right to Know Comments
4) What's a TMDL? Learn About TMDL Program in Alabama
5) Environmental Positions Open and Other Tidbits

August 15, 1999

1) Madison County Violates Ozone Clean Air Standards
2) Alabama State Parks In Desperate Need of Repairs
3) AEC Recycling Center Closes Temporarily After 27 Years
4) Magazines Profile Bama's Environmental Community
5) Little River/Ruffner Mountain Activities
6) Environmental Education Job Openings
7) Special BEN Notes

August 9, 1999

1) Gov. Siegelman Attends Water War Talks In Montgomery
2) Tri-State Conservation Coalition Created
3) Mobile Doctors Report Increased Air Pollution Cases
4) Public Comments Needed For Southern Forests Study
5) EDF Internet "Scorecard" on CAFO's
6) Various Enviro. Activities Across Alabama
7) Newspaper Op-Eds Around Alabama
8) BEN Note - Wildflowers

August 3, 1999

1) Sen. Sessions Sponsors Pro-Parks Amendment
2) Dugger Mountain Wilderness Bill Introduced
3) City of Daphne Saves Its Last Undeveloped Waterfront
4) "Lost In Ozone" A B'ham News Editorial
5) SouthWings - Alabama's Environmental Air Force
6) Forever Wild to Hold Special Public Hearing in Fairhope

July 31, 1999

1) BEN "Special" Legacy's Comprehensive Enviro. Poll
2) Alabama National Forest Comments/Meetings
3) More Jefferson/Shelby County Vehicle Inspections
4) Land Trust of Huntsville's Cave-a-Thon

July 23, 1999

1) Nature Conservancy Gives $1 Million To Delta Purchase
2) Mobile Bay Watch Files Suit Over Sewage Violations
2) Pinhoti Trail Named State's Millennium Legacy Trail
4) Poll: Strong Support for Land Water Conservation Fund
5) Wildlife Center Seeking Interns
6) Two Adult Bears and a Cub Found In Mobile County

July 18, 1999

1) Congress Passes LWCF Amendment Without Alabama
2) University of South Alabama Receives $2 Mil For Estuary
3) Mobile Mayor Commits to Air Study
4) Sen. Shelby Introduces "Timberland/Estate Tax" Bill
5) Green Buildings/Development Workshop Planned
6) World Population Tops 6 Billion

July 13, 1999

1) Poll: Strong Support For Sturgeon Listing & ESA
2) B'ham News Editorial On Forever Wild
3) Bald Eagles Back In Alabama
4) New Brochure on the Bankhead Heritage Trail
5) Website Describes Electricity in Alabama
6) AWF Announces Governor's Awards

July 9, 1999

1) Alabama Legacy Millennium Trails Announced
2) Free Auto Emissions Testing Offered in B'ham Metro
3) Upclose: Mobile Register Examines the Sturgeon Issue
4) Excerpt: Huntsville Times Bald Eagle Editiorial
5) Environmental Library Website: Check Out the Bama Site
6) The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space

July 2, 1999

1) Forever Wild Purchases Large Sipsey Swamp Tract
2) Water War Talks Accelerating
3) Jefferson County's "Dump" Hotline - A Success
4) Enviro Notes Across the State : New Websites, River Walk Exhibit, New
Enviro. Advocacy Group Formed, New CLEPP Office, New Scenic Alabama Director

June 28 , 1999

1) Mobile Register Releases Toxic Release Info
2) Website Maps Forever Wild Delta Purchase
3) Alabama's Roads to Reefs Program Takes Off
4) Care About Bama Birds? Learn Audubon's WatchList
5) Profile: A Grassroots Republican Environmental Movement
6) Ruffner Mountain Seeking a New Director and Naturalist
7) Alabama Sturgeon Debate and Comments

June 17, 1999

1) 1999 Alabama Legislative Session Ends - Progress Report
2) Smart Growth In Alabama? Learn How
3) Uranium Enrichment Plan Scrapped In Anniston
4) Mobile "Docs" Issue Statements On Mobile's Air
5) Alabama Black Bear Alliance Announces New Website
6) Enviro Editorials Across Alabama
7) Next Forever Wild Board Meeting Fast Approaching

June 14, 1999

1) Alabama Water Watch Report - Impressive Progress
2) Tensaw River Receives Greater Protection
3) TVA Watershed Groups Forming
4) Clean Water Network Opens New Website
5) Alabama Rivers Alliance Seeking Watershed Specialist
6) Terrapin Creek Festival Opens June 19th

June 3, 1999

1) Millenium Trails Project: Nominations Needed
2) State Parks Funding Mechanism Nears Passage
3) What is AML Funding? And Why Should Bama Care
4) Alabama Heritage Magazine Enviro. Stories
5) Brief Announcements: Bicycle Day, Sierra Club etc...

May 29, 1999

1) Rep. Bob Riley Plans To Introduce Wilderness Bill
2) Mobile Bay Watch Secures Air Health Study
3) Nature Conservancy's Contribution To The Delta Deal
4) Region 2020 Announces Environmental Plans
5) Mobile Register Reporters Win Award for Delta Series
6) Enviro. Announcements: Land Trust News, Shades Creek Cleanup, Waterwatch
Picnic and Nature Conservancy Job Opening

May 28, 1999

1) Gov. Announces 47,000 + Acre Mobile Delta Purchase
2) ADEM Commission Appointments Rejected By Senate
3) New State Wildflower To Be Designated
4) Enviro. Editorials Across the State
5) Nature Conservancy Paint Rock/Annual Meeting News
6) American Lung Association Job Openings

May 22, 1999

1) Alabama Senate Passes Pro-LWCF Resolution
2) ABC Evening News Exposes Tenn-Tom Boondoggle
3) Land Trust of Huntsville Given 240 Acres
4) Huntsville Times Produces "Smart Growth Series"
5) National Fishing Week/State Parks Video/Outdoor Alabama
6) Sierra Club Benefit in Birmingham
7) Scrap Tire Bill Needs One Last Push

May 18, 1999

1) Scrap Tire Bill Nears Passage - Help Needed
2) Clean Air Bill Stalled By Alabama House
3) Directory of Alabama Rivers and Watershed Guardians
4) AWF Seeking Land Stewardship Biologist
5) Environmental Tidbits Across the State

May 13, 1999

1) Mobile Register Ozone Poll Produces Surprises
2) Sen. Shelby Hammered On Sturgeon Rider
3) TVA Announces Green Power Institute for the Shoals
4) Mobile Bay Watch Files Notice to Fix Sewer System
5) Bibb County Glades Profiled in Southern Living Mag.
6) Alabama Enviro - Job Openings
7) WildZine - New Internet Magazine from Alabama

May 6, 1999

1) Alabama Environmental Legislative Update
2) Birmingham Childhood Lead Workshop Draws Attention
3) Southern Environmental Center's "Triple Play"
4) State Briefs: Vestavia Nature Trail/Post Office Fight- Flint River
Clean-Up - Coastal Conservation - Locust Fork River Festival - Calling of
the Tribes
5) Follow the Money - Alabama's Congressional Delegation

April 30, 1999

1) Assorted "Green Bills" in the Statehouse
2) Wilderness Bill Clears House Committee
3) AWF : Cook-Offs to Governor Awards
4) Regional Forest Study Announced - Applauded By Groups
5) Don't Forget to "Bookmark" These Websites

April 24, 1999

1) Nuclear Waste To Travel Through Heart of Alabama
2) TVA Approves New Shoreline Plan
3) Alabama Taps New Water War Negotiator
4) Profile: New Ala. Waterways Guide, Websites etc..
5) ADEM Moving State Office Next Week
6) Vehicle Inspection Bill Passes Committee
7) Mott Freshwater Program Job Opening

April 19, 1999

1) Pro-Environmental Legislation Moving This Week
2) A Special Place: Forever Wild's Wehle Nature Center
3) Newspaper Enviro Stories Accross Alabama
4) Legacy Grant Deadlines Fast Approaching
5) Beth Young's "River Walk" in Anniston
6) Alabama Rivers Alliance's Grassroots Directory
7) Governor Puts On a "Green Tie"

April 14, 1999

1) Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin "Endangered"
2) Vehicle Emission Testing Poll Shows Strong Support
3) State Senator Smitherman Introduces 5 Enviro Bills
4) Poll: Recycling and Trash Cleanups Very Popular
5) More Events Added to April-June Calendar
6) Environmental Reporter Leaving

April 8, 1999

1) Gov. Siegelman Fails Clean Air Report Card
2) AL. State Senate Enviro. Committee Chairs Announced
3) Mobile Rapidly Losing Green Space
4) Alabama Water War Negotiator Shuffle?
5) Water in Alabama Study Released

April 6, 1999

1) Outdoor Writer Mike Bolton Hands Out Enviro. Grades
2) Alabamian E.O. Wilson To Be Honored In Tuscaloosa
3) "The Future of Alabama Woodlands" Featuring Wilson
4) Little River Canyon NP Comments Extended
5) Check Out "Weeks Bay Day"
6. Profile: Sierra Club's Inner City Outings Program

March 30, 1999

1) Wild Alabama Honored By Outside Magazine
2) Take the B'Ham Post-Herald Clean Air Poll
3) Endangered Species $$ Facts and New Website
4) Profile: Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
5) Worlds Apart Launches New Catalog on the Net

March 26, 1999

1) Little River Canyon NP Comments Needed
2) Community Foundation Supports the Environment
3) Alabama Sturgeon Up For Listing Again
4) Baldwin County Cracks Down on Garbage
5) House Committee Passes Transit Bill

March 20, 1999

1) Exclusive! Alabama Launches New Political Enviro Group
2) Alabama Congressional Members Support LWCF
3) Upcoming: B'ham Post - Herald Clean Air Special
4) Audubon Mountain Workshop Set For 22nd Year
5) Profile: SELC's Deep South Office

March 16, 1999

1) Nature Conservancy of Alabama Turns 10 Years Old
2) Mobile Delta Land Bids Rejected
3) Going After Dumpers In Jefferson County
4) Cahaba River Management Plan Needs Volunteers
5) Southface Energy Institute - Looking For Bama Projects

March 9, 1999

1) EPA Wants Additional Ala. Waterways Cleaned Up
2) Health Care Without Harm - Al. Medical Waste Incinerators
3) Dauphin Island Sea Lab's - "Estuarium"
4) Calendar Time! Upcoming Events This Spring

March 5, 1999

1) WildLaw Appeals ADEM's New CAFO Rules
2) Alabamian Wins National Solar Car Race
3) Southern Environmental Center Honored
4) Nature Conservancy Newest Preserve
5) What Is LWCF? Learn About This Important Campaign

February 28, 1999

1) Sierra Club Hires Lobbyist For '99 Session
2) 370,000 Acres of Timberland Up for Sale?
3) Mobile Bay Estuary Plan Almost Complete
4) ABBA - A 70's Swedish Band or Ala. Black Bears?
5) Learn More About Alabama's Natural Resources - the Geological Survey of
Alabama
6) February BEN Back Copies Offer

February 23, 1999

1) Anniston Could Be In Line For $2 Billion Uranium Plant
2) Ozone Highlighted In the Mobile Register
3) Lead "The Hidden Danger" Some Shocking Figures
4) No Till Gardening: A Creative Enviro Garden
5) Explore the Northern Gulf Coast With Dr. George Folkerts

February 20, 1999

1) ADEM Drafts 3 Bills - Enviros Not Invited to Review
2) Spotlight: WRATT - A Successful Alabama Program
3) ADEM Website - A Must For Green Activists
4) B'ham Area Chamber to Push For Cleaner Air
5) AEC Selects New Executive Director

February 15, 1999

1) U. S. Forest Service Ceases Timber Cutting in Alabama
2) Plans to Reduce Air Pollution Will Include Power Plants
3) New Gas In B'ham: How about Adjacent Counties?
4) Alabama Environmental Council Annual Meeting Announced
5) Tips On Becoming More Energy Efficient

February 12, 1999

1) Alabama Green Funding Lags Behind Neighbors
2) New American Lung Association Poll About Clean Air
3) Green Scissors Report Takes Aim At Pork
4) Learn All About Your Alabama Legislators (New Website)
5) Alabama Wildlife Federation's Youth Art Contest
6) Top Nature Conservancy Job Open In Mississippi

February 9, 1999

1) Forever Wild Acquires 2 More Pieces of Land
2) Forever Wild Land Purchases 1993-1999
3) ADEM Commission Meets Next Tuesday With Diverse Agenda
4) Earth Day 2000 Gearing Up
5) Interesting Stats From Aububon's Flicker Flashes

February 3, 1999

1) Alabamians Want Clean Water According to Poll
2) Siegelman Invites Buffett to Canoe the Cahaba
3) Study: Alabama Not Confronting Mercury Pollution
4) EPA Hammers Redstone Arsenal with Fine
5) Alabama Gas Tank Compliance is Slow
6) Camp McDowell Environmental Scholarship Fund

January 29, 1999

1) Alabama Enviro. Receives Presidential Appointment
2) Former Conservation Commish. Named Lt. Gov. Chief
3) Spotlight: The Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama
4) An Alabama Enviro. Magician? Check Out Steve Trash
5) Where Can One "Buy" 100% Recycled Paper In Bama
6) Legacy Statewide Conference Set for February
7) Forever Wild Manual Available

January 24, 1999

1) Sen. Sessions Proposes Major Land Protection Initiative
2) Wildlaw Files 3 Lawsuits Against Babbitt
3) TVA to Hold Lake Hearings
4) Alabama's Coastline Disappearing According to Study
5) Upcoming Conferences Important to Alabama Activists
6) Forever Wild Board Meeting Set - Friday Feb. 5th

January 20, 1999

1) Governor Picks Riley Smith to Head Conservation
2) Forestry and Farm Groups Map Out Legislative Plans
3) Environmental Protection Ranks High in Poll
4) Mobile and Huntsville May Face Ozone Problems

January 17, 1999

1) Alabama's Newest National Wildlife Refuge a Reality
2) Alabama State Park Funding Dealt a Blow
3) New Clinton Land Plan Good for Alabama
4) Demos Control Alabama Senate /Enviro Chairs
5) "Poop Counter" In North Carolina Demonstrates Hog Problem

January 12, 1999

1) Sierra Club Releases ADEM Reform Platform
2) Public Employees for the Environment - Check Out PEER
3) Follow the Money - Center for Responsive Politics
4) Important Conferences and Meetings Upcoming
5) Send the KKK a Non-Violent Message On Saturday

January 7, 1999

1) Kimberly - Clark to Sell 529,000 Acres In the South
2) Montgomery Advertiser Calls for ADEM Changes
3) Alabama Wildlife Federation Releases Wildlife Book
4) Enviro - "E" Postcards Raises Money for WWF

January 4, 1999

1) Happy New Year!!! Today's World Population Is
5,958,428,430
2) Alabama Water Watch's 1998 Annual Report
3) New Wildlife Refuge In Alabama Being Planned
4) Emelle Landfill In Decline

December 19, 1998

1) Mobile Register to Publish Ground-breaking 36 Page Special On
Mobile-Tensaw Delta - "A Wilderness Despite Us"
2) County Commission Assoc. to Propose Enviro Legislation
3) ADEM Asks For Major Budget Increases
4) Only 36% Gas Stations Known to Meet New Tougher Anti-Pollution Standards
5) Audubon Starts Christmas Bird Count Statewide

December 12, 1998

1. Wildlaw Offering $5,000 Reward to Apprehend Arsonist
2. Facts About Alabama's Eco Significance - Stats You Can Use
3. Chief Ladiga Trail Celebrates New Addition and $200,000
4. Green Map System - Connecting Cities With Eco-Resources
5. Ruffner Mountain 1000 Acres!! Please Help

December 9, 1998

1. Arson Blamed for Cheaha Wilderness Fire
2. State Senator Butler : Make ADEM a Cabinet Position
3. State Rep. Fuller: Will Reintroduce ADEM Reform
4. Mobile Estuary Program Lobbyist Resigns
5. Another BEN Website Change

December 8, 1998

1. Forever Wild Renames Coldwater Tract To Ghee Nature Preserve Tract
2. ADEM Records 1.85 Million in Fines and Penalties
3. Black Warrior-Cahaba River Land Trust Program
4. Jimmy Buffett Supports Alabama's Environment
5. Cahaba River Society ED. Program Seeks New Director
6. Another Website to Add to Your List - Alabama Outdoors

November 24, 1998

1) Correction and Addition to Website Special
2) Forever Wild Board Meeting Date Changed
3) Pat Dye for Conservation Commissioner?
4) TVA Announces Shoreline Management Proposal
5) Coalition Confronts Sprawl in Mobile
6) Student Environmental Conference In Tuscaloosa
7) National Audubon Society Celebrates 100 Years

November 19, 1998

1) Charles Kelley Retiring From Game & Fish
2) Lt. Gov. -Elect Windom To Organize State Senate
3) No Prison for Turkey Creek
4) Landowners Win $50 Mil. Lake Martin Pollution Suit
5) Wildlines - Information Arm of the Biodiversity Network

November 11, 1998

1. Alabama Enviros Score Clean Water Victory in Courts
2. AEC Staff Member Featured in New Book About Forests
3. Forever Wild Purchases Pinhoti Trail Tract
4. Beth Maynor Young Photography Show Opens

November 7, 1998

1. Sierra Club Endorsed Candidates Win
2. Alabama Election Surprises and Outcomes
3. BARTA Loses at Polls and with McNair
4. Six Alabama Freshwater Snails Listed Under ESA
5. Important Upcoming Alabama Forest Service Meetings
6. Must Read: US News Article on Clean Water
7. Scientists Issue Global Warming Warning

Green Election Special 1998
November 1, 1998

1) Sierra Club Endoresments
2) Referendum Endorsements
3) Huntsville Times Enviro. Gubernatorial Interviews
4) An Important Non-Enviro Related Amendment

October 31, 1998

1) Forever Wild Program Praised By Bama Newspapers
2) Changes in ADEM Leadership
3) Mobile Ozone Problems Increasing
4) Diverse Alliance Formed for Mass Transit
5) New Resource!! National Enviro Data Index
6) "Worlds Apart" Exciting New Socially Responsible Store

October 24, 1998

1) Common Cause's Public Integrity Report Card
2) Alabama Wildflower Group - Looking for Coordinators
3) Anniston Star Stands Up for the Environment
4) Little River Field School Sign Up
5) Important Dates this Week

October 20, 1998

1) TVA's Non-Power Budget Saved - and Nearly Doubled
2) Paper Mill Looking at Northwest Alabama Site
3) ADEM's Gives Stronger Status to Part of the Tensaw
4) New Article on "Pulp Mills and Public Schools"
5) ADEM Sets Gold Mine Hearing in Piedmont
6) Alabama Rivers Alliance Job Opening
7) Alabama Voter Registration Deadline

October 17, 1998

Alabama Congressional Delegation's National Environmental Scorecard Record -
Dismal

October 13, 1998

1) Locate Your Favorite Watershed on the Web
2) AEC's Next Natural Wonder
3) Eco-Fashion Show in Birmingham
4) What's in the State Parks Bond Referendum?
5) GREEN"S New Biodiversity Regional Coordinator

October 10, 1998

1) Alabama Chapter of the Sierra Club Endorsements
2) Georges Hammers Dunes and Oyster Beds
3) Is TVA Non-Power Funding Alive?
4) Cahaba Shiner Found in the Black Warrior

October 5, 1998

1) Mobile County Ranks12th In Toxic Spills
2) President's Former Scientific Advisor Coming to B'ham
3) New EPA Calls On Industry Air Pollution Reductions
4) Lt. Governor's Race - Follow the Money $$$
5) Want to Cleanup Governement? Common Cause's Website

October 2, 1998

1) TVA's Federal Budget Zeroed Out - "The Consequences"
2) Forever Wild Purchases Coldwater Mtn.
3) Ground Level Ozone Air Pollution Models
4) Rally for Public Transit In Birmingham
5) Hurricane Georges Causes Seafood Industry Problems
6) Alabama Rivers Alliance Action Alerts

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