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...
by Jake Lasseter | Dec 29, 2021 | Advocacy, Lay Lake, Science, Swim Guide
Meet the North Fork of Yellowleaf Creek! With its headwaters along Highway 41, this Coosa River skinny water flows to Columbiana–where it meets its South Fork at the confluence of Yellowleaf Creek. The North Fork of Yellowleaf Creek flows nearby our office, and...
by Justinn Overton | 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....
by Justinn Overton | Nov 18, 2021 | Advocacy, Lake Neely Henry, Opinion, Pictures, Science, Swim Guide
GADSDEN, Ala.— Conservation and community groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the city of Gadsden, Alabama for years of Clean Water Act violations by the city’s wastewater-treatment system. The city’s failure to properly maintain its system...
by Justinn Overton | Oct 8, 2021 | Fish Guide, Fishing, Lakes, Science, Swim Guide
For the past year, we have been slowly working on our new Coosa Riverkeeper website. Our goal for our new website is to make it easier for folks like you to navigate it so you can dive head first into the many resources that we have available. Some new features in...
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...
