What’s New at Cawaco
Summer 2010 Intern Project
Help us locate Community Gardens for an interactive map! See NEWS for more info.
Low Impact Development Workshop
View the Power Point Presentations from the Low Impact Development Workshop
sponsored by the Cahaba River Clean Water Partnership HERE
Little Shades Creek Rehabilitation Promotes Clean Water
Cahaba River CWP Facilitator Kellie Johnston
Press conference and tour at the Western Supermarket – Rocky Ridge Parking Lot, on Monday April 26th, at 10:30 a.m., located at 3350 Morgan Drive, Birmingham, AL 35216.
A stream bank restoration project to restore approximately 1,900 feet of Little Shades Creek has recently completed, reducing urban runoff sediment entering the Cahaba River. Many years of storm water runoff from the Ashley Woods Subdivision and surrounding area flows into Little Shades Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, which is identified on the States 303(d) list as being impaired due to sediment.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in 2005, stated that Little Shades Creek has major stream bank instabilities with “all of the unstable sites in the vicinity of highly urbanized areas with high percentages of impervious land cover in the form of roads, parking lots, and roofs.”
Partners on the project include Alabama Department of Environmental Management(ADEM) for 319 funding; Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) for project stone; City of Vestavia Hills; Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood for environmental engineering; North Carolina State University-Cooperative Extension System (ACES) for workshop training and technical assistance; North State Environmental for workshop instruction; Nature Conservancy for project match; Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council for grant management; Rep. Greg Canfield, Rep. Jack Williams, Senator Jabo Waggoner and the Cahaba River Clean Water Partnership for education.
David Carrington, Drayton Crosby, Mayor Zaragoza
What did Alabama Resource Conservation and Development Councils do in 2009?
Total Alabama Impact: $11,525,344 (Includes Federal, Local and Organization Matching Funds)
- 350,959 Citizens Served (of which, 96,742 are socially or economically disadvantaged)
- 85 Local businesses created or retained in rural communities
- 268 Jobs Created: Non-Farm Related
- 93 Business Benefiting from New Technology
- 19,789 People Benefiting from New Technology
- 1,901 Acres of Recreational Area Established, Improved or Retained
- 46 Recreational Facilities Established, Improved or Retained
- 11 Historic Site Preserved / Restored
- 40 Acres of Cultural / Heritage Resource Preserved / Restored (11 sites)
- 115 Communities Assisted – a service Provided or Improved
- 17 Service Provided or Improved: Rural Fire Protection
- 64 Service Provided or Improved: Healthcare
- 213,042 Acres of Fish and Wildlife habitat Protected or Improved (Non-Federal Land)
- 110 Segments of Rivers & Streams Improved or Restored
- 202,680 Feet of Shoreline Protected