Fall 2020 Newsletter

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Fall Newsletter

Issue 20:

Swim Guide Water Quality Averages
Fish Guide is Reelin’ in Good Info
Our 10th Anniversary
Update from Your Riverkeeper

Enjoy our Fall Newsletter to learn about the water quality averages from the 2020 Swim Guide program, read an update from our Staff Riverkeeper, and check out some early results from the creel survey from Victoria and our Fish Guide program.

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Watch the Southern Exposure Documentary about our Work to Protect Fishers & Their Families

Fishers throughout East Alabama depend on the mighty Coosa River for food, recreation and a family pastime that goes back generations. But do fishermen and women — and their families — have a right to know which fish are safe to consume? Not currently in Alabama, the River State. Coosa Riverkeeper and other advocates are working to give fishers across the entire state that right.

Are Coosa anglers adequately informed about fish consumption advisories?

With our 2022 Creel Survey now underway, we wanted to share our most recent survey analysis. This analysis was done using combined data from our 2020 & 2021 creel surveys, specifically of anglers who eat fish from the Coosa. To quantify this subgroup, that’s about...

Unprecedented Analysis Reveals PFAS Contamination in the Coosa River Shows Shocking Levels of Contamination

Today, Waterkeeper Alliance released a groundbreaking new analysis of American waterways that sounds the alarm on a PFAS pollution emergency. In a test of 114 waterways from across the country, 83% were found to contain at least one type of PFAS—dangerous per- and...

Now in Spanish – Toll-Free Fish Consumption Advisory Hotline

Did you know that Coosa Riverkeeper hosts a statewide toll-free hotline for fish consumption advisories? Even better, the hotline has now been updated to include the advisories in Spanish! The Alabama Department of Public Health, the state agency in charge of...