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Thank you to Board President Pam Baugh who shared

Thank you to Board President Pam Baugh who shared this poem for today.

“Wonder works. It works to teach us, inspire us

“Wonder works. It works to teach us, inspire us and motivate us. And it works to bring us together.

One of the Society’s goals from the start was to make the river’s wonders and joys accessible to all the people of the region – not just the privileged few who owned land along it. No one has done more than Dr. Randy Haddock to achieve that goal.”

-Cahaba River Society Founder Don Elder

If you have already given during this season of charity and service, thank you so much! Your support lifts us up and helps us stay strong.

If not, now is your chance to make a difference for the Cahaba, and to thank Dr. Randy Haddock for 30 years of commitment to saving your river and drinking water!

Please visit www.cahabariversociety.org and donate today!

This has been a tough year for all of us. While we

This has been a tough year for all of us. While we’re not past the rapids yet, hope is on the horizon.

Your Cahaba River Society team stayed the course, and with the added strengths from how we’ve creatively adapted to this emergency, we are ready for even greater impact in 2021. Especially once we can bring people together again to celebrate, restore and enjoy the Cahaba!

During this challenging time, clean water and nature access, available equitably to all people, has never been more important for healthy families and communities.

Thank you to all who have shown support during this crazy year, and best wishes from our Cahaba family to yours for a healthy and peaceful holiday.

During this season of friends and family, many of

During this season of friends and family, many of us are coping with loss and uncertainty. We are holding you in our hearts, and hope that you find ways to share connection and caring. May the beautiful natural places that surround you bring you respite, comfort and peace.

From our Cahaba River Society family to Yours.

Cahaba River Society is hiring!

Cahaba River Society is hiring!

Will you join the movement to save the Cahaba on #

Will you join the movement to save the Cahaba on #GivingTuesday?

In a recent OpEd for the @latimes @brraines writes,

“Two centuries ago, Alabama was first recognized as a land of natural wonders, a place to see things that existed nowhere else.

Remarkably, after generations of indifference and environmental assault, we still hold in our hands one of the nation’s great wildernesses. But the clock is ticking and the loss of species is mounting. The question is, what shall we do with what remains? It is ours to save. Or to lose.”

-Ben Raines

Read the whole thing at the link in our bio.

Thanks to everyone who supported #FryDown2020. You

Thanks to everyone who supported #FryDown2020. Your support made this year's virtual event our most successful Fry-Down ever. 👏

Our beloved Field Director, Dr. Randy Haddock, is

Our beloved Field Director, Dr. Randy Haddock, is retiring at the end of November.

Randy is known as one of the South’s premiere river ecologists and biodiversity protectors, and has devoted 30 years to this one extraordinary river. He began as a volunteer paddling guide when CRS first formed and has been Field Director since 1991.

While we can’t imagine Randy not being part of our daily team, we’re also deeply grateful for all the good he’s done for the River. He’s spearheaded cleanup of all kinds of pollution - sewage, chicken waste, nutrients, sediment – and restoration of river habitat.

Randy has patiently built trust with leaders in government and development, through listening, sharing river science, and collaborating, towards transforming urban growth to better protect the Cahaba.

Knowing that people take care of places they feel connected to, Randy has inspired generations of river advocates through recreation, education, and volunteerism. On a River trip with Randy you might sip Cahaba lily nectar, laugh as he acts out the odd ways mussels lure fish to nurture their young, spend a satisfying, muddy day digging out invasive taro, or find a broken sewer line that he makes sure gets fixed fast.

People from civic, government, and industry realms know this river’s value and want to save it, because Randy has won them over with respect, shared vision for a healthy Cahaba, and lots of river fun.

And if you want to spend time on the Cahaba with Randy, don’t fret - after “retirement” he plans to keep sharing his River love as a CRS consultant and Science Director Emeritus, still bringing folks on canoe trips, restoring habitat, and educating our next generation of River protectors and scientists!

Thanks to everyone who supported our partners at B

Thanks to everyone who supported our partners at Black Belt Citizens Fighting For Health and Justice in their Spring and Summer 2020 Drinking Water Donations for the people of Uniontown. We hope you are willing and able to participate in the next round of water deliveries November 12.

Please feel free to drop off bottled water at All Saints Church in Homewood on November 12 from 10 am - 12 pm. The truck will leave Birmingham for Uniontown Thursday November 12 at 12 pm.

Address: All Saints Church, 110 W Hawthorne Rd, Birmingham, 35209

Round 1: Over 100 cases of water and 450 recycling bags were donated and delivered to Uniontown from events organized by Cahaba River Society and Birmingham Coca-Cola Bottling Company in May (this pic).

Round 2: Over 750 cases of water were donated and delivered to Uniontown from events organized and led by All Saints Church and AlaBev in July

Round 3: NOVEMBER 12

Yesterday our staff tried a technique for eradicat

Yesterday our staff tried a technique for eradicating invasive privet using flames at a Freshwater Land Trust property along the Cahaba. We hope this approach will cause the above ground parts to conduct toxins generated by treatment to the roots, weakening the plant. Damage to the above ground parts of the plant both starve the plant of energy and allow infections by pathogens such as bacteria and fungi. These cause death to the whole plant.

Thank to to doctoral candidate Jimmy Stiles who inspired this approach to privet control.

Cahaba Current: Scary News about Threats to Your R

Cahaba Current: Scary News about Threats to Your River 👻

The people of Clay and water protection groups across 3 watersheds are asking for information and public input on a major limestone quarry proposal by Vulcan Materials. The quarry could impact Butler Mountain, one of Jefferson County’s highest peaks, and surrounding areas that are headwaters for sensitive and biologically rich streams - Turkey Creek, the Cahaba River, and Big Canoe Creek.

Find out more about what you can do to help us protect the Cahaba at the link in our bio.

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