The Official Blog of Alabama Water Watch
Dr. Clara Clothiaux, the “E. coli Lady,” Save Our Saugahatchee member, retired school teacher, and long-time dedicated AWW Volunteer Monitor has officially retired from water monitoring, during the week of her 85th birthday! We want to take a look back at Clara’s monitoring success stories and her amazing dedication to protecting Alabama’s waters!
On October 10th, AWW Staff – Sergio Ruiz Cordova, Rachel McGuire, and Sydney Smith – traveled to the beautiful Camp McDowell in Nauvoo, AL to conduct a Water Chemistry Monitoring workshop for Walker and Winston County students. We were amazed by how quickly the new youth monitors picked up the sampling techniques. These youth have a bright future ahead of them!
The Mullen Award for Monitor of the Year recognizes the volunteer monitors who submitted the most water data records in the past year. The 2018 Mullen Award winner is Janne Debes who submitted a total of 97 records (76 chemistry, 21 bacteria)!
The Alabama Water Watch Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding service and accomplishment related to the protection and restoration of watersheds through water monitoring. This year, we are honored to recognize Jean Ann Moon, the Director of the phenomenal Marshall County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, AWW Volunteer Trainer, and longtime AWW Volunteer Monitor.
The Department of Biosystems Engineering hosts the Junior Tigers Camp each year, which is an opportunity for high school students to learn about water contamination, how to take water samples, and ways we can mitigate harmful pollutants.
4-H Alabama Water Watch is excited to be involved in the Baldwin County Master Environmental Education (MEE) Program for the 2018-2019 school year. MEE is an outreach program that was created in 1995 by the Baldwin County Alabama Cooperative Extension Office. MEE provides training and support to volunteers who deliver environmental education lessons to schools and community groups.
Continue reading “Baldwin County Master Environmental Educators”
Each year AWW recognizes the Volunteer Trainer who has conducted the most workshops throughout the year with the AWW Trainer of the Year Award. This past year’s award recipient was Mimi Fearn who conducted 16 workshops in the previous year, bringing her overall total of workshops conducted to 62!
In mid-July, Legacy Partners in Environmental Education, Cahaba Environmental Center at Living River, and AWW teamed up to host a 3-day, Exploring Our Living Streams (EOLS) workshop to teach educators how to help students learn about watershed stewardship.
The EOLS workshop was held at the beautiful Cahaba Environmental Center on the Living River Retreat Center’s property.
Continue reading “Exploring Living River’s Streams – Workshop on the Cahaba!”
The AU Water Resources Center, along with the Donald E. Davis Arboretum, ACES Water Resources, the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, the AU Museum of Natural History and Risk Management and Safety teamed with Birmingham Water Works up to host 100 Birmingham area high school juniors and seniors in this year’s Young Water Ambassadors event at the Davis Arboretum.
