Monthly Archives: March 2010

Explore the Cahaba Riverwalk

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Where: Grants Mill Road Bridge River­walk, Iron­dale, AL

What time: Pro­gram Time: 10:00AM-12:00PM.  

Direc­tions: Travel I-459N, then take exit 27 for Grants Mill Rd. Turn right at Grants Mill Rd. The Cahaba River­walk at Grants Mill Bridge will be on the left. 

The River­walk is a beau­ti­ful river­side nature trail located in Iron­dale at the Grants Mill canoe launch. Join mem­bers of the Fresh­wa­ter Land Trust, the Cahaba River Soci­ety, The Nature Con­ser­vancy, Alabama Rivers Alliance, and the City of Iron­dale as we learn about the unique plant life and aquatic life of this area, along with river edu­ca­tion. We will also take a short hike and chil­dren will be able to try to net some fish in the river. Bring a sack lunch and drink — we will pic­nic after the event.

Reg­is­tra­tion: Please reg­is­ter at events@freshairfamily.org or call (205) 401‑0245 (205) 401‑0245.

Five Mile Creek Volunteer Day in Roebuck

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On Sat­ur­day, March 19th, begin­ning at 9am, vol­un­teers will plant shrubs and wild­flow­ers, pick up trash, and remove inva­sive plants along Five Mile Creek in Roe­buck. In addi­tion, the instal­la­tion of a new Five Mile Creek Green­way sign will be installed. Reg­is­tra­tion begins at 8am, and work will begin at 9am and last until 12pm. A hot dog lunch will be served to volunteers.

LOCATION: In Roe­buck at the park­ing lot of Alabama Power’s new (open­ing March 21) East Jef­fer­son busi­ness office and appli­ance cen­ter at 9820 Park­way East across from Sonic restaurant.

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CHILDREN WELCOME!  WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHES & STURDY SHOES. Bring light tools (rakes, shov­els) and work gloves if you have them.

 The Five Mile Creek vol­un­teer events are a project of the Five Mile Creek Green­way Part­ner­ship and the Alabama Power Ser­vice Orga­ni­za­tion. The events help restore Five Mile Creek and raise aware­ness about the ongo­ing devel­op­ment of the 28-mile Five Mile Creek Green­way. Learn more at www.fivemilecreekpartnership.org

Partners Visit Village Creek

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The heavy rains yes­ter­day did not dampen the enthu­si­asm of our local, state, and fed­eral part­ners who came to see our efforts to revi­tal­ize Vil­lage Creek! It was a great day. We started in Ens­ley, and then we trav­eled upstream to the Nor­wood com­mu­nity. Then, over a great bar­beque lunch at McWane, the part­ners’ learned about the new Green­wood Park along Vil­lage Creek. After lunch, we vis­ited Roe­buck Springs where Dr. Mike How­ell gave every­one an update on the water­cress darter. The day ended at the East­ern Health Cen­ter. See the fol­low­ing link from the Birm­ing­ham News for some great (and wet) pho­tos: http://photos.al.com/4461/galleries/index.html

We really appre­ci­ate everyone’s enthu­si­asm, feed­back, and ideas on the Cham­pi­ons for Vil­lage Creek Greenway’s efforts along Vil­lage Creek. Keep ‘em coming!