BEN 2009 Event Calendar (Updated)

Birdwatching in a Park

View of O'Neal Bridge, Tennessee River and Florence, Alabama

Below is the latest BEN 2009 Event Calendar.

Schedules - Visit these websites to access up to date calendar of events in your community:

Environmental Education Centers: Museums, Zoos and Gardens

Dauphin Island Sea Lab - http://www.disl.org

Friends of Locust Fork River -http://www.flfr.org

Weeks Bay Foundation - http://www.weeksbay.org/calendar.htm

Anniston Museum of Natural History - http://www.annistonmuseum.org/Programs_Events/index.html

Huntsville Botanical Garden - http://hsvbg.org/events.htm

Landmark Park in Dothan - http://www.landmarkpark.org

Birmingham Botanical Gardens - http://www.bbgardens.org

Auburn Forest Preserve - https://fp.auburn.edu/preserve/UpcomingEvents.htm

Montgomery Zoo - http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?page=972

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center - http://www.ruffnermountain.org

Dauphin Island Sea - http://www.disl.org

McWane Center - http://www.mcwane.org

Burrtitt in the Mountain - http://www.burrittonthemountain.com

Birmingham Zoo - http;//www.birminghamzoo.com

Alabama Museum of Natural History - http://amnh.ua.edu/events.html

Environmental Education Hikes, Outings, Tours, Clean-ups, Tree Plantings

Wild South - http://www.wildsouth.org

CAWACO - http://www.cawaco.org

Freshwater Land Trust - http://www.freshwaterlandtrust.org

Fresh Air Family - http://www.freshairfamily.org

Jones Valley Urban Farm - http://www.jvuf.org

Central Alabama Grotto - http://centralalabamagrotto.com/dotnetnuke

Alabama Chapter of the Sierra Club - http://alabama.sierraclub.org

Alabama Hiking Trail Society - http://www.hikealabama.org

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama - http://www.landtrust-hsv.org

Shoals Earth Month - http://www.shoalsearthday.com

Alabama Power's Renew Our Rivers - http://www.alabamapower.com/lakes/schedule.asp

JSU Field Schools Schedule - http://epic.jsu.edu/lrcfs/fieldschool_event_calendar.pdf

Birmingham Audubon Society - http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/BAS11-04/Calendar.pdf

Alabama Wildlife Federation/Alabama Nature Center - http://www.alabamawildlife.org

Alabama Coastal Foundation - http://www.joinacf.org

Alabama Wildlife Center - http://www.awrc.org

Camps/Environmental Education Centers

Camp McDowell - http://www.campmcdowell.com/cmec/index.htm

Coastal Wonders - Environmental Education Programs at Beckwith - http://www.coastalwonders.org

Camp ASCCA -http://www.theenvironmentalcenter.org/

YMCA Camp Cosby - http://www.campcosby.org/oc_overview.htm

Sumatanga Camp and Conference -http://www.sumatanga.org/env-education.php

The Water Course - http://www.alabamapower.com/watercourse/home.asp

Southern Environmental Center - http://www.myecoscapes.com

Special Fundraisers

Ducks Unlimited - http://www.ducks.org/states/31/events/index.html

Alabama Wildlife Federation (Wild Game Cook-Offs) - http://www.alabamawildlife.org/eventscalendar

State & Federal Events and Tours

Department of Conservation's Special Programs - http://www.outdooralabama.com/Programs/

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Tours - http://www.fws.gov/bonsecour/wintertours.html

Television Schedule

Discovering Alabama - http://www.aptv.org/Schedule/nolaschedule.asp?NOLA1=DSAL

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February - June - Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama's Spring Burst Hikes - Visit http://www.landtrust-hsv.org/events for the schedule.

WRATT Emission's Testing Schedule - The Waste Reduction the Technology Transfer Foundation has released their 2009 auto emissions testing schedule in jefferson and Shelby counties. Check out the schedule at http://www.alabamacleanair.com/testing.html

Shoals Environmental Alliance Spring Nature Outings Schedule - Last week, The Shoals Environmental Alliance has released their 2009 Spring Nature Outings Schedule. Visit their website at http://shoalsenvironalliance.netfirms.com for details.

March 25-26 - Southeast Land Trust Alliance Conference - The 2009 Southeast Land Trust Conference - Auburn University's Dixon Conference in Auburn, Alabama. Check out the conference schedule and details at http://www.lta.org (visit "events" on the webpage)

March 27 - Mobile Baykeeper Private Screening/Benefit - Mobile Baykeeper will be presenting Grand Canyon Adventure: RIver at Risk on the big screen on March 27, 2009 from 7-9 PM at the IMAX Gulf Exploreum. The evening will begin with a reception and followed by a brief presentation by the Mobile Baykeeper and the film. Tickets are $20. There will be refreshments provided by Budweiser-Busch Distributing of Mobile and Mobile Popcorn. Seating is limited and only advance sales tickets will be accepted. Call Mobile Baykeeper at 251-433-8197 for details or visit http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org

March 28 - Montgomery Tree Committee - The Montgomery Tree Committee will be holding the Spring Cypress Pond Walkabout, May 28th, 10:00 AM. Meet at the end of the Communications Parkway and wear boots! For details call 334-834-4848.

March 28 - Final race of the Alabama Cup "Locust Fork Classic" - King's Bend, Cleveland, Alabama, 9-5 - 205-706-4376 - sam@flfr.org

March 28-April 9 -Hummingbird Spring Banding at Fort Morgan State Historical Park, Fort Morgan, Alabama -Hours are from dawn until mid-afternoon - Contact Bob and Martha Sargent at 205-681-2888 or Rubythroat@aol.com - Visit http://www.hummingbirdsplus.org

April 2- 13th Annual Green Tie Affair - The Alabama Environmental Council will be holding their 13th Annual Green Tie Affair on April 2nd, 6:30pm at the Flower Stems Loft, 213 Richard Arrington Blvd. South in Birmingham, Alabama. Tickets are $50. For event details visit - http://www.aeconline.org

April 2 - Sibyl Goes Green - The Sibyl temple Foundation in partnership with the Vestavia Hills Garden Club will be holding "Sibyl Goes Green" a day of eco-living to benefit the Sibyl Temple Foundation. The event is scheduled for April 2nd, 9:30a, to 4:00pm at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. National eco-living expert Laura Turner Seydel will on hand. For complete details visit http://www.sibylgoesgreen.com

April 3 - Darwin Bicentennial Symposium with E.O Wilson - The Association of Southeastern Biologists will be holding a symposium on April 3rd, 1:00pm to 5:00pm titled Natural Selection in Past, Present and Future - The Darwin Bicentennial Symposium and Tributes to E. O. Wilson. The event will be held at the Birmingham Civic Center. Dr. E. O. Wilson is scheduled to speak. For additional info, visit http://www.asb.appstate.edu/meeting.php The Friday afternoon symposium is open to the public. There will be a $40 charge at the door.

April 4 - Black Warrior Riverkeeper Benefit - The Locust Fork Band will be playing a charity concert for the Black Warrior Riverkeeper at Bottletree Cafe in Birmingham on Saturday, April 4th, 3-6 PM. For details call 205-458-0095.

April 4-5 - Paddle Alabama - Thomasville, Alabama - http://www.alabamascenicrivertrail.com

April 8 - Nobel Prize Winner Susan Solomon - "The Ireland Lecture - A World of Climate Change Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - 5:30pm at the Alys Stephens Center on the UAB campus

April 14- "Road Kills on Battleship Parkway and the new Alabama Red-bellied Turtle Fence" presented by Dr. David Nelson, University of South Alabama 7:30 at 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center

April 17-18 - STICKS Country Music Festival, Palmer Hill in Auburn - visit http://www.conservationalabama.org for details.

April 18 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab's Discovery Day - Discovery Day 2009 will celebrated at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab this spring on April 18th, 10am-2pm . For details visit http://www.disl.org and hit the "What's New" banner link.

April 18 - Flint River Conservation Association Earth Day at the Hays Nature Preserve - visit http://www.flintriverconservation.org

April 18 - Lowndes Citizens United for Action Earth Day - in the Haynesville Town Square - 10am to 2pm - for details contact barbara@wildlaw.org

April 19 - Earth Fest - Tuscaloosa's Annual Earth Day Event on the University of Alabama campus - http://bama.ua.edu/~UAEC/

April 18 - Grow Alabama's Earth Day on the Farm - Blount County - For details, visit http://www.growalabama.com/events.shtml

April 19 - Party for the Planet Earth Day Celebration at the Birmingham Zoo - visit http://www.birminghamzoo.com

April 21-22 - Earth Day Safari at the Montgomery Zoo - http://www.montgomeryzoo.com

April 19 - Earthbound's Earthfest - to benefit the Black Warrior Riverkeeper - from 1:00pm to Sundown at the Bessie Estelle Park near the UAB campus - call 205-458-0095 for details

April 22 - 18th Annual Auntie Litter Parade and Celebration - Birmingham - http://www.auntielitter.org

April 23 - Earth Day at Samford University - visit http://www.samford.edu/earthday/

April 25 - Earth Day Mobile Bay 2009 - 19th Annual Mobile Bay Earth Day - 10:00am to 7:00pm - Fairhope Pier Park, Fairhope, Alabama.

April 25 - Shoals Earth Day and Earth Month - April 25th, 11:00 to 6:00 at Wilson Park in Florence, Alabama - Visit http://www.shoalsearthday.com or contact NancyMuseSea@aol.com or 256-767-2909.

April 25 - "A view from the Earth" 3rd Annual Earth Day Celebration in Collinsville, Alabama - visit http://www.dreamfieldproduction.net or call 256-844-8235

April 25 - Earth Day at Bellingrath Gardens in Mobile with Mobile Baykeeper - 9:00AM to 3:00PM - for details visit http://www.bellingrath.org/earth-day.html

April 25 - Wildlaw Presents Earth Day in Tuskegee National Forest at the Taska Recreation Center - 11am to 1pm - details, barbara@wildlaw.org or http://www.wildlaw.org

April 26 - Earth Day at the Gardens - 12th Annual Earth Day at the Gardens - Birmingham Botanical Gardens - http://www.bbgardens.org

April 28 - Coastal Kids Quiz in Daphne, Alabama - Contact the Alabama Coastal Foundation for details at 251-990-6002.

May 2- Outdoor Alabama Expo 2009 - The Department of Conservation will be holding the 2009 Outdoor Alabama Expo, 9:00 to 5:00 at Oak Mountain State Park.

May 2 - Learn to be an Oyster Gardener - The Mobile Bay Oyster Gardening Program will be holding Oyster Gardening workshops on April 18th - 10:00am, at the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitor Bureau in Orange Beach and May 2nd - 10:00am at the Auburn Shellfish Laboratory on Dauphin Island. Contact PJ Waters at 251-438-5690 for details and to reserve a seat.

May - June - Cahaba River Society will hold canoe trip each weekend to view the Cahaba lilies - contact them at http://www.cahabariversociety.org for details.

May 7-10 - 32nd Annual Audubon Mountain Workshop - Mentone, Alabama - http://www.birminghamaudubon.org

May 13-14 - 5th Annual State of Our Watershed Conference at the Betty Carol Graham technology Center, Central Alabama Community College, Alexander City, Alabama - for conference info, visit http://www.twp.auburn.edu

May 30 - Spring Hill Medical Grandman Triathlon - Event benefiting Mobile Baykeeper - Visit Mobile Baykeeper at http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org for details

May 30 - The Cahaba Lily Festival in West Blocton, Alabama - http://www.cahabalily.com

June 11-13 - Paddle Alabama at Coosa Weiss Lake - for details, visit http://www.alabamascenicrivertrail.com

June 23-25 and July 13-16 - Alabama Forestry Foundation's Teacher's Conservation Workshops - visit http://www.alaforestry.org

July 28-29 - Take Pride Statewide Conference 2009 - http://www.auntielitter.org/takepridestatewide.html

September 25-26 - Green Coast 2009 - Pensacola, Florida - 251-928-2309 - http://www.smartcoast.org

November 7-8 - Paddle Alabama at Claiborne Dam , Alabama River - for details http://www.alabamascenicrivertrail.com