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 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 22, 2022 | Advocacy, Lake Neely Henry, Pictures, Science, Swim Guide
Coosa Riverkeeper has been conducting additional bacteriological sampling along the entirety of Big Canoe Creek for the past few weeks to investigate the large number of high E.coli alerts we issued last summer. We wanted to share with you our findings and our next...
by Chad Hoffman | Feb 18, 2022 | Education, Logan Martin Lake, Science, Swim Guide
Each year, Coosa Riverkeeper partners with universities around the state to provide service learning opportunities for students. Currently, we are partnered with a Talladega College Biology course, and 2 service-learning courses at UAB. This is a great way to combine...
by Justinn Overton | Feb 7, 2022 | Advocacy, Lay Lake, Pictures, Science
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southern Environmental Law Center filed suit on behalf of Coosa Riverkeeper today in federal court against Newcastle Homes for consistently violating the Clean Water Act in Shelby County. In total, Coosa Riverkeeper has documented over 150...
