by Justinn Overton | Aug 30, 2019 | Swim Guide, Uncategorized
I spent 18 years of my life avoiding the river that cut through my backyard, because word on the street was… it was gross. One of my biggest regrets in life is not asking anyone where the data was to back that accusation up. Before 2015, several families in the Coosa...
by Justinn Overton | Aug 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Some of y’all have probably noticed us talking about saving the skinny water, like our upcoming event Save the Skinny Water Paddle on Saturday, September 14th in Oxford. More information is available here and info on how to reserve your boat! Well when we say...
by Justinn Overton | Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Deep in the southeast, we’ve got some of the best fishing in the US. Based on the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, 683,000 anglers casted a line in Alabama’s waterways. From the 60 miles of shoreline that Alabama...
by Justinn Overton | Jun 27, 2019 | Logan Martin Lake, Pictures, Science, Swim Guide, Uncategorized
This summer, Coosa Riverkeeper’s staff and interns from Talladega College’s McNair Scholarship Program are conducting an intensive 5 week study on Choccolocco Creek. Together we are investigating the presence of bacteria on Choccolocco Creek and several of its...
by Justinn Overton | Jun 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
We’re excited to share our Summer 2019 Newsletter with you! In this Issue: – What’s In Your Cannonball?- A Little Dirt Does Hurt…- Coal Ash is Contaminating Your River (AGAIN)- Meet our New Riverkeeper – Algae & Water Quality We hope...
by Justinn Overton | Jun 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
A large number of our citizen complaints lately have come from concerned folks living next to areas that are being developed. Folks tend to think, “So what? it’s just a little dirt!” At construction sites dirt is carried away by rainwater and into the nearest...
