Our work spans the
state, focusing on
issues that affect
Alabamians every day.
Your membership or donation propels change for five primary priorities, providing research and realistic solutions that can make an immediate impact.
Clean Water
Alabama has an estimated 132,400 miles of rivers and streams. Picture these streams strung together end-to-end and stretching around the Earth more than five times! In Alabama, rivers are embedded in our culture and in our way of life. Our art and music depict rivers in a variety of ways from transporting goods to being baptized. Just about all of us grew up swimming or fishing in a nearby creek or finding friendship or true love along the banks of a river.
Conservation Alabama is committed to making sure that we have clean, safe, plentiful water for generations. The water that comes out of your tap should be safe to drink. The fish you catch should be safe to eat. When you jump out of the boat or off the dock, the water should be safe to swim in. And we need to ensure that our saltwater and freshwater fishing industries and the jobs that rely on them are healthy and strong.
LAND AND WILDLIFE
Our parks, natural areas, and wide open spaces are vital to the well-being of our communities. From small neighborhood parks to vast state parks and national wilderness areas, these spaces serve as a place where Alabamians can connect with nature and each other. We need to invest in our natural areas, ensuring that our family picnics, beach days, and camping trips remain possible for future generations.
The delicate balance of our environment and natural resources is something we should never take for granted. It impacts our health, it impacts tourism and economic development, and it impacts our bottom line.
Our freedom to hunt and fish depends on habitat. There is something special–even magical–about hunting and fishing in the range of landscapes available to us in Alabama. Responsible management of our lands and wildlife is critical to maintaining our way of life. These natural resources are an irreplaceable part of our economy, history, and culture and we should always keep a close eye on trying to better align our economic development and conservation goals.
Outdoor Recreation
Alabama has an embarrassment of riches in terms of outdoor recreation opportunities. Whether you like to hike, bike, boat, camp, cave, climb, hunt, fish, trap, shoot, track, paddle, RV, bird, or float down a river in an innertube with a cooler of beer, Alabama has world-class opportunities and amenities for any and all of it. Conservation Alabama works with elected officials and policymakers to boost the outdoor recreation industry, to use outdoor recreation as a means to recruit talent for our businesses, to boost the tourism industry, to improve public health, and to connect Alabamians with the amazing natural resources right outside our front doors.
AFFORDABLE, CLEAN ENERGY
Where our electricity comes from matters. How our electricity is generated matters. How our electricity gets from one place to another matters. For our health, for our economy, and for our wallets. Conservation Alabama believes that Alabamians deserve electricity that doesn’t dirty our air and water, that doesn’t make us sick, and that is the cheapest and most reliable that our money can buy. We think Alabamians understand right now–the bills are too damn high.
Conservation Alabama is working with partners, researchers, and policymakers to put forward ideas for electricity generation and delivery that can bring down the cost of our electric bills, recruit businesses to our state, stop harming our rivers and lakes, and stop polluting our air.
Civic Engagement
If you care about conservation? If clean water and access to open spaces and recreation are important to you and your family? If you think your power bill is too damn high? We need you to vote like you do. Voting is how we make our voices heard. We can’t make progress on these issues unless we build a community of conservation voters making their voices heard at the ballot box or at city council meetings or in the legislature.
Conservation Alabama registers voters who care about these issues, makes sure they know when to vote, where to go, and sometimes, who to vote for.
If you aren’t sure if your voter registration is up to date, you can check that here.