by Chad Hoffman | Dec 19, 2022 | Advocacy, Fish Guide, Fishing, Science
With our 2022 Creel Survey now underway, we wanted to share our most recent survey analysis. This analysis was done using combined data from our 2020 & 2021 creel surveys, specifically of anglers who eat fish from the Coosa. To quantify this subgroup, that’s about...
by Chad Hoffman | Oct 14, 2022 | Advocacy, Education, Fish Guide, Fishing, Lakes
Did you know that Coosa Riverkeeper hosts a statewide toll-free hotline for fish consumption advisories? Even better, the hotline has now been updated to include the advisories in Spanish! The Alabama Department of Public Health, the state agency in charge of...
by Fish Guide Coordinator | Mar 18, 2022 | Advocacy, Education, Events, Fish Guide, Lake Neely Henry
Join us at The Pitman Theatre for a Southern Exposure film screening on March 31st, 2022 from 6 to 8 pm! This event is free to the public and will be fun for the whole family! Showing will be five awesome environmental short films from both 2020 and 2021. Each film...
by Fish Guide Coordinator | 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 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 Fish Guide Coordinator | Dec 7, 2021 | Advocacy, Fish Guide, Fishing, Lakes, Science
ONLY 24% OF ANGLERS ACTUALLY KNOW SPECIFICS ABOUT FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES And 44% of anglers did not know that eating contaminated fish could negatively impact their health. Learn More 477 Creel Survey responses gathered from Coosa Anglers from 2020-2021....
