The Official Blog of Alabama Water Watch
Its always a treat to be at the Wonderful, Wonderful Camp McDowell!
Sergio, Carolina, and Sydney headed back up to the beautiful Camp McDowell for a monitoring training part of the US Forest Service and Wild Alabama sponsored project to support monitoring on the National Forests of Alabama (NFALs).
Special thanks to Andrew Shea with Camp McDowell Staff for coordinating our workshop location, and for making coffee!
Continue reading “Bankhead National Forest Training Recap”
AWW Program Staffers Mona and Sydney, along with former AWW Director Dr. Bill Deutsch, had a great few days learning and exploring at the 2024 Environmental Education Association of Alabama Conference at Camp McDowell in Nauvoo, AL in mid-February.
The EEAA Conference is always a wonderful opportunity to get to know other environmental educators from all parts of Alabama. Educators who attend are classroom teachers, environmental center instructors, seasonal staff, Extension staff, volunteer organizations, and more.
Continue reading “AWW @ EEAA 2024”AWW at the 2024 Alabama Water Rally
By Sergio RuizCordova
Every March for the past 26 years, the Alabama Rivers Alliance holds the Alabama Water Rally to recognize and celebrate notable organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions toward protecting clean water and healthy rivers in Alabama.
AWW has been part of many of those events, conducting water monitoring certification training and celebrating the recognition of the River Heroes and other award winners who may also be AWW monitors. This year, as many others in the past, the Rally was held at the beautiful and unique Camp McDowell at the edge of the Bankhead National Forest in Winston County, Alabama.
Continue reading “AWW Gets Poetic at Water Rally”
Join us for the 2024 Alabama Water Watch Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 8 at the Kreher Preserve and Nature Center in Auburn, AL! Please refer to this page for details and updates.
Continue reading “2024 Alabama Water Watch Annual Meeting”AWW Staffer Sydney Zinner was joined by AWWesome Volunteer Trainers Hana Berres, Anne Krichten and new Trainer Intern Dr. Cindy Tant at the Birmingham Zoo for a series of Water Chemistry, Bacteriological, and Stream Biomonitoring Trainings.
Jera started with Alabama Water Watch and the AU Water Resources Center in February 2024 and will help with marketing and communications, event organizing, volunteer coordination, data processing, and more! She is a fantastic addition to AWW and the WRC as she is very enthusiastic about her work and brings a positive energy to everything she does!
We’d like to officially welcome Jera to the team and want you all to get to know her a little better through the Q&A below.
Alabama Water Watch, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, is excited to announce the next round of the water quality monitoring project in the National Forests in Alabama!
Continue reading “National Forest Water Monitoring Trainings”For the first time, Alabama Water Watch is seeking nominations from program participants and partners to recognize outstanding volunteers.
Nominations will be open through March 5th. Winners will be notified at the end of March and will be presented with their award at the 2024 AWW Annual Meeting in Auburn, AL on Saturday, June 8.
Continue reading “2024 AWW Volunteer Awards: Call For Nominations”
Attention 4-12 grade teachers throughout the state (in ALL COUNTIES!) who would like an opportunity to engage your students with citizen science and watershed stewardship! 4-H Alabama Water Watch is happy to announce the continuation and expansion of the Exploring Pathogen Pollution in Our Waters Project, which is supported by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bays and Watershed Education Training (BWET) Program.
Teachers can apply for a limited number of spots to participate in the required Professional Development Training that will prepare them to conduct bacteriological monitoring and other project activities with their students during the 2024-2025 school year. Review the description below of the Professional Development Training and how teachers implement the project with their students to decide if this project is a good fit for your classroom.