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Yellow-Coated Cars Mean Beautiful Spring Flowers
It’s that time of year again when trees and flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing and our cars are continuously draped with a yellow coat of pollen. Although pollen triggers…
20 Species Worth Saving – The Cave Salamander
The brilliant orange color with black spots from head to tail makes the cave salamander a memorable species. Typically found in limestone caves, around natural springs or around rocky outcrops,…
World Water Day
Today is an international observance day for water related issues. The United Nations General Assembly designated March 22 as World Water Day in 1993, and it has been held annually…
Good Water = Good Beer
Water is an essential part of beer — 90 percent to be exact. As local craft breweries have become more popular, local water quality has become ever more important. Water…
Irondale Riverwalk reopens for spring paddlers
The new and improved Irondale Riverwalk at Grants Mill Road was unveiled earlier this month and is now open to the public just in time for spring! This newly designed canoe…
20 Donors – The Howards
At the Freshwater Land Trust, we believe conservation work is more than preserving the natural environment—it’s about preserving a way of life. James and Olivia Howard believe that, too. In…
20 Species Worth Saving – The Vermillion Darter
At the Freshwater Land Trust, we work to not only save greenspaces, but also save the natural habitats located on or around those greenspaces. Since this is our 20th year…
Celebrating 20 Years in Conservation
In celebration of our 20th anniversary and the people, partners and places that have made our conservation work possible, the Freshwater Land Trust is excited to start off the next…
Double Oak Mountain Acquisition
Two miles of ridgeline on Double Oak Mountain preserved forever. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—For more than 60 years, Double Oak Mountain has represented a family’s legacy. Over the years, this family watched…
Meet Kaitlin Goins
Kaitlin Goins is returning after two years (and a lot of experience in between) to head up communications efforts for the Freshwater Land Trust. She interned with FWLT in the…
2016 Pheasant Hunt
We’re gearing up for our annual Pheasant Shoot at Westevelt Lodge on February 26th! Join us and other conservation-minded partners and friends for a fun day of bird hunting and…
REACH Birmingham
Poor nutrition, physical inactivity, poverty—these are all factors contributing to dangerous chronic diseases and the largest health disparities in underserved Birmingham communities. The Freshwater Land Trust is working to combat…
Conserving the Cahaba
JAMES & OLIVIA HOWARD DONATE CAHABA RIVER PROPERTY TO FRESHWATER LAND TRUST Preserving a Way of Life At the Freshwater Land trust, we believe conservation work is more than preserving…
Rotary Honored
Rotary Club of Birmingham Honored as Water Conservationist of the Year by AWF The celebration of the Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards continues! While the Freshwater Land Trust brought home the AWF Conservation Organization…
Land Aid 2015
The Freshwater Land Trust is excited to announce that their 7th annual Land Aid event will be held on Friday, July 31, at Avondale Brewery. The event will be headlined…
Conservation Awards
The Freshwater Land Trust was recently selected as the Conservation Organization of the Year for the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards! For more than 40 years, this award…
Partner Happenings
Father Nature Landscapes, one of our Corporate Partners for Conservation, recently revisited Turkey Creek for the final round of plantings on the newly formed streambank following our removal of Old Shadow Lake Dam.…
Donor Spotlight
BOB AND ANN TATE: MAKING A DIFFERENCE TODAY AND FOREVER Bob and Ann Tate have walked the woods of Alabama for as long as they can remember. Bob and Ann…