by Justinn Overton | Feb 3, 2020 | Fish Guide, Fishing, Lakes, Pictures, Wildlife
Fish Guide Coordinator Job DescriptionDownload Fish Guide is designed to engage and educate fishermen about current fish consumption advisories as determined by the Alabama Department of Public Health and offers a variety of information and resources to help folks...
by Justinn Overton | Jan 22, 2020 | Advocacy, Fishing, Lay Lake, Science, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Whew, what a start to the new year! Since 2020 began, our team has been hard at work advocating for the river and folks like you that love her. At the beginning of the month I attended an ADEM hosted public meeting regarding “beneficial use byproducts” aka...
by Justinn Overton | Dec 13, 2019 | Events, Fish Guide, Fishing, Lakes, Opinion, Science
Read Claire’s story about how UAB and Coosa Riverkeeper team up to educate students about the intersection of public health and water quality. Meet Claire. Claire is a Senior at UAB getting a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Global Health. She was a...
by Justinn Overton | Dec 10, 2019 | Advocacy, Fishing, Lakes, Pictures, Science, Videos, Wildlife
In 2010, a report by American Rivers listed the Coosa River in the top ten of Endangered Rivers in North America because the Coosa River is home to North America’s greatest modern extinction event. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, 36 aquatic...
by Justinn Overton | Nov 18, 2019 | Advocacy, Fish Guide, Fishing, Lakes, Logan Martin Lake
Logan Martin Lake is called the “Lake of a Thousand Coves.” This reservoir is densely populated with both full-time and seasonal residents! Logan Martin Stats 15, 263 acres 275 miles of shoreline 48.5 miles long Click here to dive into more info on Logan...
by Justinn Overton | Oct 30, 2019 | Advocacy, Fishing, Lake Jordan, Lake Mitchell, Lake Neely Henry, Lakes, Lay Lake, Logan Martin Lake, Science, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Each year, we dig through tons of data to see which facilities are responsible for releasing toxics into the Coosa River. This data is publicly available on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory database from 2017. Wait, what? How can...
