Written By: Jera Dill, Amy Zvonar, Laura Cooley, Rachel McGuire and Sydney ZinnerOften considered the most famous major river in Alabama, the Cahaba River is entirely contained within the state of Alabama (Figure 1). This 194-mile-long tributary of the Alabama...
This article was written by Laura Cooley and originally appeared in the Alabama Municipal Journal, you can find the full article here. Alabama communities are creatively using local waterways to bring in recreation and tourism. Thinking ahead about protecting local...
Written By: Laura Cooley, Jera Dills, Rachel McGuire and Sydney Zinner The Alabama River is considered the heart river of the state. The Alabama is the state’s longest river, flowing for 315 miles and draining 22,800 square miles (11% of the state via 18 counties)....
WE SAT DOWN WITH JERA DILLS TO LEARN ABOUT HER BACKGROUND AND NEW ROLE WITH THE AUWRCJera Dills testing water quality with an Alabama Water Watch testing kitTell us about your background and current position. Current Position: My current role with AWW/AUWRC is...
Grant Funding Workshop Held in Auburn, September 22Alabama Watershed Stewards(AWS) held its first workshop on grant writing this fall. Responding to a need identified by AWS members, the grant funding workshop was intended to help small environmental groups, watershed...
Alabama Watershed Stewards Spring HappeningsAlabama Watershed Stewards(AWS) is an outreach program at the Auburn University Water Resources Center (AUWRC) intended to bring citizens, agencies, and city governments together in learning about water quality issues and...
by Rachel McGuireTHE AUBURN UNIVERSITY WATER RESOURCES CENTER (AUWRC) TEAM WISHES YOU A HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A LITTLE LOVE TO ONE OF OUR ALABAMA FRESHWATER TREASURES: DARTERS! Darters are a group of small, slender...