Wild Alabama
Legacy Trails Workdays in the Sipsey Wilderness with Wild Alabama
BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST - Wild Alabama invites volunteers to work on the repair and restoration of Sipsey Wilderness trails two Wednesdays, Jan. 15 and 29, and two Fridays, Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, this month.
You will get credit for volunteer service hours while doing something in nature with others participating for similar reasons.
Wild Alabama nature hikes
BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST - Wild Alabama will lead two nature hikes into the Sipsey Wilderness this month to view rock formations that are revealed when the leaves are off the trees The hikes will be Thursday, Jan. 16, and Thursday, Jan. 30.
Visit Wild Alabama's website to register for either hike; the number of participants is limited. After registering, you will receive details about location and times.
Wild Alabama's MLK Day of Service highway cleanup
BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST - Wild Alabama has planned a meaningful day of service for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, Monday, Jan. 20, in the Bankhead National Forest.
As part of the Partners Against a Littered State (PALS) Adopt-a-Mile program, Wild Alabama adopted a five-mile stretch of Highway 33.
Wild Alabama art exhibit brings hemlock conservation into focus
Part of the “Saving Alabama’s Hemlocks” exhibit now at the Little Rock Building in Double Springs.
Volunteer Wilderness Rangers' practice hike this Saturday
Tucker retiring as DSES principal to become Wild Alabama executive director
Heather Tucker, right, is retiring as Double Springs Elementary School principal and has accepted the position of executive director of Wild Alabama, replacing Maggie Johnston, left, who is retiring.
Biodiversity discovered at Natural Bridge Bioblitz
A male redspot darter, bright with breeding colors during spawning season, collected from Natural Bridge Park during the bioblitz.
Walker Area Foundation presents Wild Alabama $35,000 grant
From left, Walker Area Community Foundation President Paul Kennedy, Kim Waites, Wild Alabama Wilderness Stewardship Coordinator; Lindsay Madison, stewardship assistant; Brittany Seaborg, stewardship coordinator - Talladega National Forest, Maggie Johnston, Wild Alabama Executive Director and Janice Barrett, outreach and education coordinator. (Courtesy photo)
Walker Area Foundation spreads Christmas cheer through grants
The Arley Women’s Club will purchase a sensory dome for Hamner Park with funds granted from the Walker Area Community Foundation. Shown in the discovery cave at the park is Laura Ulz, chairwoman of the park committee. Standing from left are Terre Sutherland and Barbara Wills, president of the AWC.