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Waterkeepers® Aliance is a grassroots advocacy organization with 155 Waterkeeper® programs and growing. We
are dedicated to preserving and protecting YOUR WATER from polluters. Join Waterkeeper® Aliance!
Black Warrior River
Black Warrior Riverkeeper's® mission is to protect and restore the Black
Warrior River and its tributaries. We are a non-profit organization
dedicated to improving habitat, recreation, and public health throughout
the largest river watershed fully contained within Alabama, America's
leading state for freshwater biodiversity. Monitoring waterways,
educating the public, and holding major polluters accountable has made
us an important proponent of clean water in our patrol area, the entire
Black Warrior River Watershed. Founded in 2001 by David Whiteside, our
full-time employees include Nelson Brooke - Riverkeeper® (patrolman &
spokesman) and Charles Scribner - Director of Development. We also benefit
greatly from the services of in-house Chief Prosecuting Attorney,
Mark
Martin, and Legal Program Coordinator, John Kinney. Alabama's 2006
Watershed Organization of the Year, Black Warrior Riverkeeper® is
governed by a board of directors and is a proud member
of Waterkeeper®
Alliance. Please call 205-458-0095 to report pollution (we investigate
citizen tips) and to inquire about volunteering, donating, or events.
Learn more at www.BlackWarriorRiver.org or email
Info@BlackWarriorRiver.org
====>Click to hear "Black Warrior River Talk"
On July 19, 2007, Joseph Puentes conducted a podcast interview with
Charles Scribner, Director of Development for Black Warrior Riverkeeper®,
a non-profit Alabama chapter of Waterkeeper® Alliance. The two discussed
such topics as Black Warrior Riverkeeper's® history, staff, mission,
fundraising, legal actions, events, and membership, as well as the
diverse pollutants and negligent Alabama state agencies that plague the
vital yet vulnerable Black Warrior River Watershed.
Copyright © 2007 Black Warrior Riverkeeper®, All Rights Reserved.
French Broad River
The French Broad Riverkeeper®, Hartwell Carson, is charged with
monitoring and enforcing environmental regulations along with educating
and advocating the public and elected officials for cleanup and
protection of our rivers. The French Broad Riverkeeper® works with
RiverLink, an Asheville, NC based non-profit that is striving towards
the economic and environmental revitalization
of the French Broad River. Please view their movie about the river: http://www.riverlink.org/movie.asp
For more information visit www.riverlink.org.
====>Click to hear "Robert F Kennedy, Jr."
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.'s reputation as a resolute defender of the
environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions. Mr. Kennedy
was named one of Time Magazine's "Heroes for the Planet" for his success
helping Riverkeeper® lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The
group's achievement helped spawn more than 150 Waterkeeper® organizations
across the globe.
Mr. Kennedy serves as Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense
Council, Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper® and
President of Waterkeeper® Alliance. He is also a Clinical Professor and
Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law's Environmental
Litigation Clinic and is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio.
Hog Vigil - June 19-21, 2007
Starting at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, June 19th, and running straight
through until 6:00 PM on Thursday, June 21st, 2007 there will be a vigil
held in downtown Raleigh at the Halifax Mall, which is in the middle
of the legislative and other government buildings.
Participating groups
include: ALLIANCE FOR A RESPONSIBLE SWINE INDUSTRY, CONCERNED CITIZENS
OF TILLERY, CAPE FEAR COASTKEEPER, CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH, CAPE HATTERAS
COASTKEEPER, CAPE LOOKOUT COASTKEEPER, CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NORTH
CAROLINA, BLACK WORKERS FOR JUSTICE, DUPLIN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS PROJECT, FRUIT OF LABOR, LOWER NEUSE RIVERKEEPER, NEUSE RIVER
FOUNDATION, NEW RIVER FOUNDATION, NEW RIVERKEEPER, NORTH CAROLINA
COASTAL FEDERATION, NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NETWORK, OPEN
MINDED SENIORS, PAMLICO-TAR RIVER FOUNDATION, PAMLICO-TAR RIVERKEEPER,
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY HELP, SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW CENTER, NC COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, UPPER NEUSE RIVERKEEPER, WATERKEEPER
ALLIANCE.
====>Click to hear "Individual Interviews"
====>Click to hear "Rick Dove"
====>Click to hear "Gary Grant"
====>Click to hear "Heather Jacobs"
====>Click to hear "Bishop Williams"
====>Click to hear "Rick Dove"
====>Click to hear "Dave McCracken"
====>Click to hear "Gary Grant"
====>Click to hear "Heather Jacobs"
====>Click to hear "Nat Baggett"
====>Click to hear "Rick Dove"
Copyright © 2007 Individual Authors, All Rights Reserved.
51 HOUR CONTINUOUS VIGIL TO BE HELD AT NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED
JUNE 20th 2007
The largest collation of environmental grass roots organizations ever
assembled in North Carolina will conduct a Press Conference at 10:00 am
on June 20th, 2007 at the Halifax Mall. The Halifax Mall is located
between the two Legislative Office Buildings in Raleigh North Carolina.
The Press Conference will announce the purpose of a 51 Hour Vigil that
will be taking place throughout the day and night at the Halifax Mall
between 3:00 pm Tuesday, June 19, 2007 and 6:00 pm Thursday, June 21,
2007.
Representatives of community and environmental groups from across the
state of North Carolina will be in the Halifax Mall for 51 straight
hours, ONE HOUR for each day the members of the General Assembly are
expected to be in session during 2007. The purpose of the vigil is to
spotlight the issue of hog waste and the direct adverse impacts it is
having on our rivers, streams, creeks, air AND PEOPLE. Educational
materials and displays, including the airing of video documentaries,
will be used to communicate these devastating impacts. Vigil
participants will make frequent visits to members of the General
Assembly.
2007 is the year the General Assembly must legislate a ban on new
construction of lagoons and sprayfileds, set a "Date Certain" for
completion of phase out of their use, commence their phase out and
provide appropriate safe drinking water for citizens who have been
impacted by groundwater pollution. The Bernard Allen Clean Water Bill
will do just that.
Hog waste issues must be fully resolved this year. The citizens of North Carolina are fed up with excuses and delays.
For more information concerning this significant event call one of the following:
Don Webb, Alliance for a Responsible Swine Industry 252 289 7373
Gary Grant, Concerned Citizens of Tillery - 252-826-3017 - cell: 252-578-4729
Devon Hall, REACH (Duplin County) 910 381 5652
Heather Jacobs, Pamlico/Tar Riverkeeper 252-402-5644
Larry Baldwin, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, 252 670 0389
Rick Dove, Waterkeeper Alliance 252 636 9238
Naeema Muhammad - NC Environmental Justice Network - 252-314-0703
Neuse River Foundation: Riverkeepers®
The mission of the Neuse River Foundation is to be a viable agent for better water quality in the Neuse River
through education, investigation, and public involvement. We support two RIVERKEEPER® Programs that are determined
to halt present abuses, to help remedy past ones, and to ensure future protection of the River.
An associated website with very Important information about the North Carolina Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Aliance can be found here: RiverLaw.us or NeuseRiver.com
The Neuse River Foundation's RIVERKEEPER® FILM FESTIVAL
RALEIGH, NC on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2006
====>Click to hear "Paperhand Puppet Intervention"
====>Click to hear Neuse Riverkeepers: "Tour de Neuse"
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A grassroots organization realized that environmental education directed
at children can be more effective than political advocacy and started
"River Lab" - a river basin environmental education program integrated
into local schools. In the audio, producer Charles Clemmons talks about
the documentary he created on the River Lab program.
====>Interview with Charles Clemmons, producer of "River Lab"
Charles Clemmons & Wiltonwood Productions -
A native of North Carolina, Charles Clemmons is founder and
president of Wiltonwood Productions, a Connecticut-based film, video,
and television production company. He has produced, directed,
photographed, and edited documentary television programs broadcast on
public television stations throughout the United States and was
co-producer/director, co-writer, and co-cinematographer for Mystic
Voices: The Story of the Pequot War, distributed for public television
nationwide by American Public Television. For Mystic Voices, he was
co-winner of Emmy® Awards for Best Writing and Best Documentary
presented by the New England chapter of the National Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences. In addition, he was co-nominee for a best
cinematography Emmy®. In addition to broadcast television, Charles has
made a number of non-broadcast documentaries on the performing arts and
artists and their art.
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Film summaries can be found here: Film Summaries
Program Schedule for November 11, 2006
4:00 PM - Festival passes will be available at the Museum of History.
Festival Passes ($10) are available online or at the door. Seating is limited and we suggest you order your pass online and pick-up the at the door. Order passes online.
With your Festival Pass, you can create your own film festival. Your pass allows you to move between venues as often as you like to see the films you want to see.
5:00 PM - Opening Event
Crawdad's Conundrum, a live perfromance by the Paperhand Puppet Intervention. A delightful live performance of the story of a determined Crayfish who wants to help her friends when their habitat is threatened, (Tickets for puppet show only - $5)
5:30 - Parade of giant puppets on the plaza between the NC Museums of History and Sciences
6:30 to 10:00 PM - documentary and independent films screening in the theatres of the NC Museum of History and Natural Sciences.
Schedule of Films and Times
NC Museum of Sciences
6:30 Ride of the Mergansers, 11 min.
6:40 City of Mermaids, 20 min
7:00 Tasmanian Circumnavigation, 30 min.
7:30 Construction of San Francisco Bay Bridge, 17 min.
7:47 Christini's Feat
8:00 BREAK
(Hotdogs on the Plaza or Coffee and pastry in Museum of History)
8:10 Soulmate, 10 min
8:20 Ripples of Light, 20 min.
8:40 Arctic Son, 75 min. (This film contains adult language)
9:50 The Wash 20 min.
NC Museum of History
6:30 The Map, 30 min.
7:00 The Sacramento: River of Life, 57 min.
8:00 BREAK
(Hotdogs on the Plaza or Coffee and pastry in Museum of History)
8:10 to 10 PM - SPECIAL PROGRAM with Dean Naujoks, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, filmmaker Charles Clemmons, ("River Lab"), and NC State students, Laurie Barnes, Jenny James and Roselyn Whitney, ("Too big for our Ditches.").
The Neuse Riverkeepers will give a brief presentation on their roles and responsibilities as Riverkeepers. Afterwards, take a virtual tour down the Neuse River. This past spring, Larry Baldwin, the Lower Neuse Riverkeeper and Dean completed their 270 mile Tour de Neuse - a 3 week journey down the Neuse River. See rare and beautiful images of the Neuse River. Visit NeuseRiver.org for Tour de Neuse daily journals, pictures and maps.
The Riverkeepers presentation will be followed by:
8:50 Too Big For Our Ditches (Q&A with filmmakers)
9:00 River Lab, (Q&A with filmmaker)
9:30 Program will close with "Building of the Meadowlands."
Copyright © 2006, 2007 Neuse River Foundation
Many thanks to American Rivers for producing this video:
====>Click to View "#8 Neuse River, North Carolina"
Peconic Estuary Ecosystem - River Head, Long Island, NY
Many thanks to the Lohas Channel for permission to link to valuable and information packed website.
Please visit their website to view many important videos. The goal of the Lohas
Channel: http://lohaschannel.com/ is to provide
visitors with a centralized resource for helping people to live a healthier life and to build a more
sustainable and just world.
Contact Information for The Peconic Baykeeper®
Peconic Baykeeper®
P.O. Box 893
Quogue , New York 11959
UNITED STATES
tel: 631.653.4804
www.peconicbaykeeper.org
Here are some of their videos related to Water Issues:
====>Click to hear "Kevin McAllister - Peconic Baykeeper® part 1"
====>Click to hear "Kevin McAllister - Peconic Baykeeper® part 2"
====>Click to hear "Mathew Atkinson, General Counsel of the Peconic Baykeeper®"
====>Click to hear "Molly Price, Program Coordinator of the Peconic Baykeeper®"
Copyright © 2006, 2007 Peconic Fox, Inc., All rights reserved.
The Georgian Bay, Ontario
The The Georgian Bay Association is a volunteer, not for
profit umbrella group representing 22 resident associations and 4,400
families on the eastern and northern shores of Georgian Bay and the
adjacent lakes and water bodies. The association was founded in 1916.
Please visit their webpage:
http://www.GeorgianBay.ca
Descriptions from their website of their work related to the Georgian Bay:
====>Click to hear the Interview of Mary Muter, Georgian Baykeeper®
In September the GBA's Mary Muter, Georgian Baykeeper® and chair of the Air and Water
Environment Committee, was interviewed by the CBC Radio One Ontario Morning radio program about the recent funding,
announced by the federal government, to start the Upper Great Lakes
Study. This 6 minute interview gives a good overview of the problems
that the GBA has been working hard to bring to the attention of of the
IJC and the US and Canadian governments.
Copyright © 2006, 2007 The Georgian Bay Association, All Rights Reserved.
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The Georgian Bay Association 89th Annual General Meeting Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
====>Click to hear The GBA AGM: Gord Miller - Keynote Address 54 minutes
Copyright © 2006, 2007 The Georgian Bay Association, All Rights Reserved.
The Grand (Churchill) River: Labrador
The Grand Riverkeeper, Labrador Inc. is a non-profit
organization.
Our goal is to preserve and protect the water quality and the
ecological integrity of the Grand (Churchill) River and its
estuaries for present and future users and for posterity
through actions of public awareness, monitoring, intervention
and habitat restoration.
Please visit their webpage:
http://GrandRiverKeeperLabrador.org
Please listen to the following audio from Newfoundland and Labrador This Week a CBC
Radio program. In this 03 February 2007 program you'll hear information related to the
Grand (Churchill) River. Please consider subscribing to the podcast via their RSS feed - http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/newfoundland.xml:
====>Click to hear Only the Churchill Segment on Newfoundland and Labrador This Week
====>Listen to ENTIRE 03 Feb Newfoundland and Labrador This Week program
Please read the following letter and insist that the situation concerning the Lower Churchill River Hydroelectric Generation Project
be thoroughly evaluated before proceeding:
http://grandriverkeeperlabrador.org/Documents%20Filed.html
Note the following related petition:
*************** INVITATION TO SIGN ***************
The Canadian Boreal region, stretching from Yukon across the continent to
Newfoundland, contains some of the world 's most intact forests and
wetlands. It represents both an unprecedented conservation opportunity and a
place at great risk as a frontier for extractive natural resource
industries. Already much of Canada's southern Boreal has been allocated for
resource development. It is increasingly clear that the window for
conserving the ecological integrity of the region is limited.
Recently over 100 Ph.D. scientists from Canada, the U.S., and throughout the
world signed the letter below to urge Canadian policy makers to recognize
the importance of the Boreal and their responsibility for its protection.
We invite scientists to sign the letter to show the Canadian government and
the world that the scientific community, as represented by hundreds of
scientists, recognizes the Boreal as one of our world's last great
conservation opportunities.
You can read the letter and add your name in support (scientists only
please) at http://www.borealbirds.org/petition/
Sincerely,
David Schindler, Professor, University of Alberta
Jeff Wells, Senior Scientist, Boreal Songbird Initiative
Matt Carlson, Science Coordinator, Canadian Boreal Initiative
Copyright © 2006, 2007 Grand Riverkeeper, Labrador, Inc., All Rights Reserved.
St. Clair Channel: Michigan
St. Clair Channelkeeper®
Doug Martz
38217 Cherry Lane
Harrison TWP, Michigan 48045
UNITED STATES
tel: 586.764.2443
email: channelkeeper@mindspring.com
The St. Clair Channelkeeper®
is a non-profit organization dedicated to conserving,
restoring and protecting the waters of the Lake Huron-Lake Erie connecting channel,
including the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River. The St. Clair
Channelkeeper supports legal actions to enforce U.S. and Canadian environmental laws
within the channel watershed and advocates policies and programs to restore and protect
the waterways of the Channel and its tributaries.
Copyright © 2006, 2007 Waterkeeper® Alliance, All Rights Reserved.
Narragansett Bay: Rhode Island
Narragansett BayKeeper® John Torgan
The BayKeeper® program is a national network of specialists with a
passion for defending the environment and a devotion to working in their
communities. Save The Bay's® John Torgan has been connected to
Narragansett Bay and its watershed his entire life. You can learn more
about John and his work, and become engaged in his efforts by logging on
to The BayKeeper Blog.
Save The Bay® launched the Narragansett BayKeeper®
program in 1993 to add direct action, legal and regulatory watchdogging,
and pollution response to the organization's already strong advocacy
programs. Designed to be the
"eyes and ears" as well as the voice of
Narragansett Bay, the BayKeeper® program works to address environmental
problems by fielding calls and issues from members of the Bay community.
Usually working alongside our government agencies, and sometimes at odds
with them, our goal is to protect the Bay and its tributary rivers and
to restore water quality, habitat and ecological health to the system.
The BayKeeper® is a person, a program, and a boat.
The boat gets a lot of
attention, and people often associate the program with it. While a key
part of the program is a presence on the Bay, most of the work of
cleaning up the Bay is done in meetings, out in the communities, on the
telephone, and here behind the computer. We do get out on the Bay and
all over its shoreline throughout the year. Through images and the
written word, this blog will help bring you to the Bay and, we hope,
bring the Bay home to you.
Please visit their webpage:
http://www.savebay.org/
Audio from their website of their work related to the Narragansett Bay:
Hear It Now!
The BayKeeper® is one of many voices heard in the WPRO Radio News report, Bay Update: After the Fishkill, a five-part series that aired in July.
====>Click to hear Part 1
====>Click to hear Part 2
====>Click to hear Part 3
====>Click to hear Part 4
====>Click to hear Part 5
Copyright © 2006, 2007 Save The Bay®, Inc. of Providence, RI, All Rights Reserved.
Lower Susquehanna River: Pennsylvania
Greetings from the Mighty Susquehanna!
Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna (SOLS) & The Lower Susquehanna
Riverkeeper® are dedicated to improving the ecological health of the
Lower Susquehanna River Watershed and the Chesapeake Bay. Current and
future citizens of the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed deserve high
water quality, wise and sustainable use of all aquatic resources, and
preservation of aesthetic value of our waterways.
Please visit their webpage:
http://LowerSusquehannaRiverkeeper.org/
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"Impacts on the River" by Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper® Michael Helfrich
====>Click to hear "Impacts on the River"
This is a brief intro to the main problems that are affecting us on the
Lower Susquehanna River, and how these problems then affect the health
of the Chesapeake Bay. A few solutions are offered, but some of the
problems are much too complex to share in this brief intro. More
information can be found at our website. Feel free to contact us with
any questions or concerns. See you on the Suskie!
Copyright © 2007 Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper®, All Rights Reserved.
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