by Justinn Overton | May 11, 2020 | Fish Guide, Fishing, Pictures
Victoria grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she got to enjoy the swampy marshes of the Pascagoula and Escatawpa Rivers as well as the salty Mississippi Sound. As her family swears, she could swim before she could walk, and she later became a lifeguard and...
by Justinn Overton | Mar 18, 2020 | Advocacy, Lay Lake, Opinion, Pictures
Coosa Riverkeeper has been fighting a proposed privately developed tollbridge over Lay Lake at Perkins Landing since late 2019. We’ve attended and spoken at multiple commission meetings in Talladega and Shelby County as well as working with grassroots organizers to...
by Justinn Overton | Mar 4, 2020 | Advocacy, Events, Fish Guide, Fishing, Lakes, Opinion, Pictures, Science, Swim Guide
2020 has started with a bang! Dive into our Early 2020 Newsletter to read about our position on the proposed Coosa River Toll Bridge, learn about E.C.Gaston Steam Plant’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit hearing, get the skinny on how many...
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 | Dec 12, 2019 | Advocacy, Fish Guide, Opinion, Pictures, Swim Guide, Uncategorized
I was 8 years old when my family visited my grandmother’s house in Anniston. I was drawn to a creek nearby. It took my dad multiple times (in various tones) to convince me why I couldn’t get into the creek. He explained to me that the water was dirty and would make me...
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...