Check out our Winter 2018 Newsletter! In this Issue: Meet Our Program Manager Fishing Just Got Easier 2017: Year at a Glance + Financials “On Logan Martin Lake” – a poem by Tina Mozelle Braziel Thank you for taking the time to keep up with our work! Folks like you make our…
Meet Karli, our new Program Manager As the Program Manager, Karli is responsible for the successful implementation of the Swim Guide, Fish Guide, and Education and Outreach Initiatives. In 2017, Karli received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a Chemistry Concentration and a minor in Business Administration from…
Thank you for your support in 2017. Please take a moment to read over this year’s successes!
It’s mid-August and (we hope) it’s about as hot as it’s going to get this summer. The water temperatures are also getting near the warmest they’ll be. It’s that time of late summer where jumping in a 90° lake doesn’t exactly cool you off the same way a swim did…
Summer 2017 Newsletter >>>Click Here to Read!<<< In this Issue… 2017 Group of the Year New Fish Advisories Standards for Excellence Accreditation Swim Guide Reaching More Users 2017 Swim Guide Interns Learn about Swim Club Thank you for your continued support our work! Have questions? Want to volunteer? Email us at info@coosariver.org!
On Tuesday July 11th, a massive spill of up to 1,000,000 gallons of sewage occurred at the Oxford Tull C Allen Wastewater Treatment Plant adjacent to Choccolocco Creek. Coosa Riverkeeper is advising the public to avoid recreation in the middle section of Choccolocco Creek from Oxford towards Jackson Shoals until…
Coosa Riverkeeper collected bacteria samples on Tuesday, June 27th, from its 20 Swim Guide sites to assess the extent to which conditions have improved since Tropical Storm Cindy trigged 5 water quality alerts on the Coosa and 14 alerts on the Cahaba River. Over the weekend, one river-goer died in…
Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama proudly announces Coosa Riverkeeper is the latest the Standards for Excellence® Accredited Organization in Alabama “We’re the FIRST Waterkeeper Alliance member in the nation and ONLY environmental non-profit in Alabama to earn this national non-profit governance, management, and operations accreditation. It took us 2+ years to adopt policies, gather application…
Coosa Riverkeeper was named “2017 Group of the Year” by Alabama Rivers Alliance at Alabama Water Rally at Camp McDowell on March 18th. “We’re honored to receive this award! Thank you to Alabama Rivers Alliance for this recognition and to each of YOU for your support! Last year was an amazing year for…
It’s peak fishing season and that means its time for our newest shirt! This year, it’s the fourth in the series of game fish shirts from artist and Coosa Riverkeeper Board member Richie Gudzan of Paddle Out. This year we’ve got all three members of the Coosa’s black bass family…
