All Land Restoration

Our mission is to both study the turtle populations that inhabit urban aquatic habitats and increase the public awareness of Alabama’s turtle diversity. Anyone interested in science, turtle conservation, or exploring some of our natural areas is welcome to participate in our sampling weekends. Read more...

Help keep the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge beautiful and clean by participating in clean-ups, projects, trail maintenance, and more. Read more...

Help clean up Coosa River and Lay Lake with clean up events to remove litter, monitor water quality, improve fish habitat, and more. Read more...

The University of Montevallo Herpetological Society serves to unite students with a common love and respect for reptiles and amphibians. Members may participate in nature treks, educational programs, and local conservation efforts. Read more...

The Friends of Big Canoe Creek is a grass-roots organization formed in 2008 to coordinate efforts to preserve and protect the Big Canoe Creek watershed through community education and participation. In addition to its quarterly meetings, the group sponsors periodic educational, recreational and community-service activities such as guest speakers, films, rain barrel workshops, float trips, and creek cleanups. Read more...

Meet monthly on the 2nd Saturday of the month among five locations to help clean and restore the Locust Fork River in Blount County. Read more...

BBG’s plant conservation programs are multifaceted, with numerous opportunities for engaging the public and citizen volunteers. Aspects of our plant conservation programs, all of which are presented in an educational context for our volunteers, include: Field Work: population monitoring, seed and cutting collection, habitat management, invasive plant eradication; Greenhouse Work: propagation, potting, weeding, watering; Collections Work: a full range of Read more...

With over 150 teen volunteers, our zoo highly values the work that our 13-17 year olds contribute on a daily basis! Each teen volunteer begins their service with two full weeks of camp crew, assisting our educators during the summer and will be given the chance to enter our year-round program from there. There are numerous benefits to volunteering with Read more...

Work sites will span the mountain, from our Eastside Park property, to the Nature Center, to Ruffner Road. This is a great opportunity to get out and engage with your community, and maybe get your hands a little dirty in the process. Read more...

Our staff Riverkeeper (watershed patrolman and spokesman), Nelson Brooke, and executive director, Charles Scribner, give educational presentations to businesses, churches, civic organizations, schools, and other groups of all ages. This presentation — which can be delivered in-person or online — will introduce listeners to Black Warrior Riverkeeper and explain how the organization works hard to protect every citizen’s right to Read more...