by Justinn Overton | Jul 10, 2019 | Fish Guide, Fishing, Science, Swim Guide
We are in our fifth summer of Swim Guide, which is a recreational bacteria monitoring program along popular swimming holes on the Coosa. Since we started, we have collected 1,465 water quality samples, issued 147 high E. coli alerts and reached over 1,000,000 river...
by Justinn Overton | Jul 1, 2019 | Events, Lake Jordan, Lake Mitchell, Lake Neely Henry, Lay Lake, Logan Martin Lake
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…on the river that is. Each year Alabamians hit the road to celebrate America’s birthday at their favorite place in the country, the Coosa. We hear that the fireworks this year will be BOOMIN’ so as you...
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...
