ARSN Annual Cooperators Meeting January 14 – 15, 2020 Camp Meadowbrook, Cullman, AL
January 21, 2020
On January 14-15, 2020, seventy-seven (77) members of the Alabama Rivers & Streams Network met to learn about new and existing projects and studies that focus address long-term habitat needs of Alabama’s imperiled species. This year’s meeting focused on restoration projects, regulatory updates and studies from:
- US Fish & Wildlife Service,
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management,
- The Nature Conservancy, Alabama,
- Geological Survey of Alabama,
- Westervelt Ecological Services,
- Alabama Forestry Association,
- Alabama Natural Heritage Program,
- Freshwater Land Trust,
- PowerSouth Energy Cooperative,
- Auburn University,
- Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources,
- University of West Alabama,
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve,
- Alabama Forestry Commission.
The meeting was hosted by the Alabama Forestry Association at Camp Meadowbrook in Cullman, Alabama. It was preceded by the inaugural meeting of the Black Warrior Waterdog and Flattened Musk Turtle Working Group. The Alabama Mollusk and Crayfish Working Group met following the meeting. It is coordinated by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Geological Survey of Alabama, Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Alabama Forestry Association and Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc.
The purpose of the annual meeting is to develop cooperative opportunities between those who study imperiled species and those who regulate or comply with the Endangered Species Act. This process benefits the state by directing limited dollars and research efforts to targeted restoration efforts inside priority watersheds. This watershed and community-based approach improves water resource conditions for Alabama’s communities and rare species simultaneously. If successful, substantial long-term cost savings are anticipated by improving water supply, water quality, and decreasing the regulatory burden that conservation can impose.
Check out the meeting agenda and each of presentations below:Document
