by Justinn Overton | Feb 24, 2022 | Advocacy, Education, Fish Guide, Science, Swim Guide
Algae, harmful algal blooms (HABs), and nutrient loading have been a hot topic as more adverse nutrient outcomes occur in our region, so let’s dive into this issue of algae and nutrients a bit more. Caption: A diagram illustrating the process of eutrophication....
by Justinn Overton | Feb 22, 2022 | Advocacy, Lake Neely Henry, Pictures, Science, Swim Guide
Coosa Riverkeeper has been conducting additional bacteriological sampling along the entirety of Big Canoe Creek for the past few weeks to investigate the large number of high E.coli alerts we issued last summer. We wanted to share with you our findings and our next...
by Justinn Overton | Feb 7, 2022 | Advocacy, Lay Lake, Pictures, Science
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southern Environmental Law Center filed suit on behalf of Coosa Riverkeeper today in federal court against Newcastle Homes for consistently violating the Clean Water Act in Shelby County. In total, Coosa Riverkeeper has documented over 150...
by Justinn Overton | Feb 1, 2022 | Advocacy, Fish Guide, Lake Neely Henry, Pictures, Science, Wildlife
Gadsden, AL- Conservation and community groups sued the Water Works and Sewer Board of the city of Gadsden, Alabama today for neglecting its duty to maintain public sewers and not properly reporting on sewage pollution that it discharges, in violation of the Clean...
by Justinn Overton | Jan 18, 2022 | Advocacy, Lake Neely Henry, Pictures, Science
Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took critical steps to protect communities and clean water from toxic coal ash pollution by making it clear that utilities must deal with ash sitting in groundwater, groundwater contamination, and threats to...
