by Abby Swain | Sep 25, 2023 | Events, Lake Jordan, Lake Mitchell, Lake Neely Henry, Lakes, Lay Lake, Logan Martin Lake, Pictures, Swim Guide
Coal Ash Hearing There’s leaking Coal Ash Ponds here in AL; here’s what you need to know and what you can do about it: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a virtual public hearing on Alabama Power’s coal ash program, and we need you there to...
by Abby Swain | Aug 11, 2023 | Advocacy, Education, Fish Guide, Fishing, Lake Jordan, Lake Mitchell, Lake Neely Henry, Lakes, Lay Lake, Logan Martin Lake, Science, Uncategorized
NEW FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES ARE OUT: ARE THE FISH YOU CATCH SAFE TO EAT AND FEED TO YOUR FAMILIES? BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – Last month, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) released its annual fish consumption advisories, which highlight the state’s...
by Chad Hoffman | Oct 5, 2022 | Advocacy, Education, Lake Jordan, Lake Mitchell, Lake Neely Henry, Lakes, Lay Lake, Logan Martin Lake, Pictures, Science
The Problem: Too Many Nutrients When you hear the word pollution, what do you think about? Do you visualize people dumping their garbage and week-old food scraps into the river? Is it a discharge pipe, pumping suspiciously dark liquid into a stream of clear, untouched...
by Justinn Overton | May 16, 2022 | Lake Jordan, Lake Mitchell, Lake Neely Henry, Lakes, Lay Lake, Logan Martin Lake, Pictures, Science, Swim Guide
Swim Guide is back! And bigger than ever to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act! Learn about the Clean Water Act Coosa Riverkeeper is expanding their summer water quality monitoring program, Swim Guide. Every week from Memorial Day to mid-September,...
by Justinn Overton | Apr 19, 2022 | Advocacy, Education, Fishing, Lake Jordan, Lake Mitchell, Lake Neely Henry, Lakes, Lay Lake, Logan Martin Lake, Opinion, Pictures, Science
American Rivers today named the Coosa River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2022, highlighting the threat that industrial agricultural pollution poses to clean water, communities and local economies. Millions of tons of chicken feces from billions of...
by Justinn Overton | Nov 17, 2020 | Advocacy, Fish Guide, Fishing, Lake Jordan, Pictures, Science, Wildlife
On an unseasonably warm day in November, Coosa Riverkeeper joined Dr. Joseph Scanlan, a retired ophthalmologist, on Sofkahatchee Creek, a tributary to Lake Jordan winding its way across Elmore County. Equipped with boots and bottles, we waded into the creek and got to... 
