BEN 2009 Events Calendar - April Update

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 athttp://www.alabamacleanair.com/testing.html

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

Camp Winnastaska Summer Teacher Workshops - http://www.winnteacher.org

Birmingham Canoe Club Workshops - http://www.birminghamcanoeclub.org/index_files/index1.html

April 11 - Bibb County E-Cycling by the Bibb County Youth Leadership Program & Technical Knock Out in Woodstock, Green Pond and Centreville - 9am to 3pm - Call 205-926-3117 or 205-585-7835/ http://www.technicalko.net

.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 14 - "Environmental Policy and the Problem of Justice" presented by Breena Holland, Lehigh University - 7:30pm at the Biology Auditorium, University of Alabama - http://www.as.ua.edu/public/programs/apsacc/index.html

April 17 - "Climate Change: Can Mathematics Help Clear the Air?" presented by Chris Jones, University of North Carolina - 1:00pm at Gordon Palmer Hall, University of Alabama

April 17-18 - STICKS Country Music Festival, Palmer Hill in Auburn - visithttp://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/ 39th Annual Earth Day Event at the Hays Nature Preserve - visit http://www.huntsvillepreserves.com or  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 18 - Whole Foods Electronic Recycling Event in Mountain Brook

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

April 20 - Electronic Recycling Event at the Jasper, Alabama Mall

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 - visithttp://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 - http://www.earthdaymobilebay.org

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 orhttp://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 15 - Spring Concert at Three Caves "An evening of hit music, stories & laughter under the stars" - 6:30pm Free shuttle leaves from Huntsville hospital - for detail contact the Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama at 

http://www.landtrust-hsv.org

May 16 - Friends of the Calera Library -"May Day Market  Rummage and Recycling Day

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, visithttp://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 detailshttp://www.alabamascenicrivertrail.com