Home > Waterkeepers®       Home    How To Listen    H2O Links    BLOG    Notification List ==~==~==~==~==~==    Water      Oceans      Seas      Great Lakes      Wetlands      Rivers          Waterkeepers®          American Rivers      Misc. - But Important    Earth          Pesticides      Earth's Tree News      Tropical Rain Forest    Vegetarian/Vegan    CAFOs    Climate History    Conferences    Energy    Nuclear Energy    Other Podcasts    Transportation    Turkish    Down in the Valley RSS FEED: Copy and Paste this feed: RSS FEED into your Aggregator Software to download New podcasts Automatically.    Waterkeepers®: Coast - River - Bay - Channel - Creek - Sound - Lake - Bayou - Delta - Canal - Inlet - Basin Waterkeepers® Aliance is a grassroots advocacy organization with 155 Waterkeeper® programs and growing. We are dedicated to preserving and protecting YOUR WATER from polluters. Join Waterkeeper® Aliance! North Carolina: - French Broad River - Neuse River       Neuse River Video       Hog Vigil - June 19-21, 2007   Other States: - Alabama: Black Warrior River - Pennsylvania: Lower Susquehanna River   Canada:   Black Warrior River Black Warrior Riverkeeper's® mission is to protect and restore the Black Warrior River and its tributaries. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to improving habitat, recreation, and public health throughout the largest river watershed fully contained within Alabama, America's leading state for freshwater biodiversity. Monitoring waterways, educating the public, and holding major polluters accountable has made us an important proponent of clean water in our patrol area, the entire Black Warrior River Watershed. Founded in 2001 by David Whiteside, our full-time employees include Nelson Brooke - Riverkeeper® (patrolman & spokesman) and Charles Scribner - Director of Development. We also benefit greatly from the services of in-house Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Mark Martin, and Legal Program Coordinator, John Kinney. Alabama's 2006 Watershed Organization of the Year, Black Warrior Riverkeeper® is governed by a board of directors and is a proud member of Waterkeeper® Alliance. Please call 205-458-0095 to report pollution (we investigate citizen tips) and to inquire about volunteering, donating, or events. Learn more at www.BlackWarriorRiver.org or email Info@BlackWarriorRiver.org ====>Click to hear "Black Warrior River Talk" On July 19, 2007, Joseph Puentes conducted a podcast interview with Charles Scribner, Director of Development for Black Warrior Riverkeeper®, a non-profit Alabama chapter of Waterkeeper® Alliance. The two discussed such topics as Black Warrior Riverkeeper's® history, staff, mission, fundraising, legal actions, events, and membership, as well as the diverse pollutants and negligent Alabama state agencies that plague the vital yet vulnerable Black Warrior River Watershed. Copyright © 2007 Black Warrior Riverkeeper®, All Rights Reserved. French Broad River The French Broad Riverkeeper®, Hartwell Carson, is charged with monitoring and enforcing environmental regulations along with educating and advocating the public and elected officials for cleanup and protection of our rivers. The French Broad Riverkeeper® works with RiverLink, an Asheville, NC based non-profit that is striving towards the economic and environmental revitalization of the French Broad River. Please view their movie about the river: For more information visit www.riverlink.org. ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ====>Right Click to Download "Muddy Water Watch" Making Progress a part of the "Progressive Voice of the Mountains" WPVM 103.5 Asheville interviewed Hartwell Carson the French Broad Riverkeeper® RiverLink.org. In the interview Carson explains what he does and how you can be part of the Muddy Water Watch program. ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ====>Right Click to Download "Robert F Kennedy, Jr." ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.'s reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions. Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time Magazine's "Heroes for the Planet" for his success helping Riverkeeper® lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The group's achievement helped spawn more than 150 Waterkeeper® organizations across the globe. Mr. Kennedy serves as Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper® and President of Waterkeeper® Alliance. He is also a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law's Environmental Litigation Clinic and is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio. Hog Vigil - June 19-21, 2007 Starting at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, June 19th, and running straight through until 6:00 PM on Thursday, June 21st, 2007 there will be a vigil held in downtown Raleigh at the Halifax Mall, which is in the middle of the legislative and other government buildings. Participating groups include: ALLIANCE FOR A RESPONSIBLE SWINE INDUSTRY, CONCERNED CITIZENS OF TILLERY, CAPE FEAR COASTKEEPER, CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH, CAPE HATTERAS COASTKEEPER, CAPE LOOKOUT COASTKEEPER, CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NORTH CAROLINA, BLACK WORKERS FOR JUSTICE, DUPLIN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROJECT, FRUIT OF LABOR, LOWER NEUSE RIVERKEEPER, NEUSE RIVER FOUNDATION, NEW RIVER FOUNDATION, NEW RIVERKEEPER, NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION, NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NETWORK, OPEN MINDED SENIORS, PAMLICO-TAR RIVER FOUNDATION, PAMLICO-TAR RIVERKEEPER, RURAL EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY HELP, SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER, NC COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, UPPER NEUSE RIVERKEEPER, WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE. ====>Right Click to Download "Individual Interviews" ====>Right Click to Download "Rick Dove" ====>Right Click to Download "Gary Grant" ====>Right Click to Download "Heather Jacobs" ====>Right Click to Download "Bishop Williams" ====>Right Click to Download "Rick Dove" ====>Right Click to Download "Dave McCracken" ====>Right Click to Download "Gary Grant" ====>Right Click to Download "Heather Jacobs" ====>Right Click to Download "Nat Baggett" ====>Right Click to Download "Rick Dove" Copyright © 2007 Individual Authors, All Rights Reserved. 51 HOUR CONTINUOUS VIGIL TO BE HELD AT NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED JUNE 20th 2007 The largest collation of environmental grass roots organizations ever assembled in North Carolina will conduct a Press Conference at 10:00 am on June 20th, 2007 at the Halifax Mall. The Halifax Mall is located between the two Legislative Office Buildings in Raleigh North Carolina. The Press Conference will announce the purpose of a 51 Hour Vigil that will be taking place throughout the day and night at the Halifax Mall between 3:00 pm Tuesday, June 19, 2007 and 6:00 pm Thursday, June 21, 2007. Representatives of community and environmental groups from across the state of North Carolina will be in the Halifax Mall for 51 straight hours, ONE HOUR for each day the members of the General Assembly are expected to be in session during 2007. The purpose of the vigil is to spotlight the issue of hog waste and the direct adverse impacts it is having on our rivers, streams, creeks, air AND PEOPLE. Educational materials and displays, including the airing of video documentaries, will be used to communicate these devastating impacts. Vigil participants will make frequent visits to members of the General Assembly. 2007 is the year the General Assembly must legislate a ban on new construction of lagoons and sprayfileds, set a "Date Certain" for completion of phase out of their use, commence their phase out and provide appropriate safe drinking water for citizens who have been impacted by groundwater pollution. The Bernard Allen Clean Water Bill will do just that. Hog waste issues must be fully resolved this year. The citizens of North Carolina are fed up with excuses and delays. For more information concerning this significant event call one of the following: Don Webb, Alliance for a Responsible Swine Industry 252 289 7373 Gary Grant, Concerned Citizens of Tillery - 252-826-3017 - cell: 252-578-4729 Devon Hall, REACH (Duplin County) 910 381 5652 Heather Jacobs, Pamlico/Tar Riverkeeper 252-402-5644 Larry Baldwin, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, 252 670 0389 Rick Dove, Waterkeeper Alliance 252 636 9238 Naeema Muhammad - NC Environmental Justice Network - 252-314-0703 Neuse River Foundation: Riverkeepers® The mission of the Neuse River Foundation is to be a viable agent for better water quality in the Neuse River through education, investigation, and public involvement. We support two RIVERKEEPER® Programs that are determined to halt present abuses, to help remedy past ones, and to ensure future protection of the River. An associated website with very Important information about the North Carolina Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Aliance can be found here: RiverLaw.us or NeuseRiver.com The Neuse River Foundation's RIVERKEEPER® FILM FESTIVAL RALEIGH, NC on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2006 ====>Click to hear "Paperhand Puppet Intervention" ====>Click to hear Neuse Riverkeepers: "Tour de Neuse" ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== A grassroots organization realized that environmental education directed at children can be more effective than political advocacy and started "River Lab" - a river basin environmental education program integrated into local schools. In the audio, producer Charles Clemmons talks about the documentary he created on the River Lab program. ====>Interview with Charles Clemmons, producer of "River Lab" Charles Clemmons & Wiltonwood Productions - A native of North Carolina, Charles Clemmons is founder and president of Wiltonwood Productions, a Connecticut-based film, video, and television production company. He has produced, directed, photographed, and edited documentary television programs broadcast on public television stations throughout the United States and was co-producer/director, co-writer, and co-cinematographer for Mystic Voices: The Story of the Pequot War, distributed for public television nationwide by American Public Television. For Mystic Voices, he was co-winner of Emmy® Awards for Best Writing and Best Documentary presented by the New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In addition, he was co-nominee for a best cinematography Emmy®. In addition to broadcast television, Charles has made a number of non-broadcast documentaries on the performing arts and artists and their art. ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== Program Schedule for November 11, 2006 4:00 PM - Festival passes will be available at the Museum of History. Festival Passes ($10) are available online or at the door. Seating is limited and we suggest you order your pass online and pick-up the at the door. Order passes online. With your Festival Pass, you can create your own film festival. Your pass allows you to move between venues as often as you like to see the films you want to see. 5:00 PM - Opening Event Crawdad's Conundrum, a live perfromance by the Paperhand Puppet Intervention. A delightful live performance of the story of a determined Crayfish who wants to help her friends when their habitat is threatened, (Tickets for puppet show only - $5) 5:30 - Parade of giant puppets on the plaza between the NC Museums of History and Sciences 6:30 to 10:00 PM - documentary and independent films screening in the theatres of the NC Museum of History and Natural Sciences. Schedule of Films and Times NC Museum of Sciences 6:30 Ride of the Mergansers, 11 min. 6:40 City of Mermaids, 20 min 7:00 Tasmanian Circumnavigation, 30 min. 7:30 Construction of San Francisco Bay Bridge, 17 min. 7:47 Christini's Feat 8:00 BREAK (Hotdogs on the Plaza or Coffee and pastry in Museum of History) 8:10 Soulmate, 10 min 8:20 Ripples of Light, 20 min. 8:40 Arctic Son, 75 min. (This film contains adult language) 9:50 The Wash 20 min. NC Museum of History 6:30 The Map, 30 min. 7:00 The Sacramento: River of Life, 57 min. 8:00 BREAK (Hotdogs on the Plaza or Coffee and pastry in Museum of History) 8:10 to 10 PM - SPECIAL PROGRAM with Dean Naujoks, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, filmmaker Charles Clemmons, ("River Lab"), and NC State students, Laurie Barnes, Jenny James and Roselyn Whitney, ("Too big for our Ditches."). The Neuse Riverkeepers will give a brief presentation on their roles and responsibilities as Riverkeepers. Afterwards, take a virtual tour down the Neuse River. This past spring, Larry Baldwin, the Lower Neuse Riverkeeper and Dean completed their 270 mile Tour de Neuse - a 3 week journey down the Neuse River. See rare and beautiful images of the Neuse River. Visit NeuseRiver.org for Tour de Neuse daily journals, pictures and maps. The Riverkeepers presentation will be followed by: 8:50 Too Big For Our Ditches (Q&A with filmmakers) 9:00 River Lab, (Q&A with filmmaker) 9:30 Program will close with "Building of the Meadowlands." Copyright © 2006, 2007 Neuse River Foundation Many thanks to American Rivers for producing this video: ====>Click to View "#8 Neuse River, North Carolina" Lower Susquehanna River: Pennsylvania Greetings from the Mighty Susquehanna! Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna (SOLS) & The Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper® are dedicated to improving the ecological health of the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed and the Chesapeake Bay. Current and future citizens of the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed deserve high water quality, wise and sustainable use of all aquatic resources, and preservation of aesthetic value of our waterways. Please visit their webpage: http://LowerSusquehannaRiverkeeper.org/ =====~=====~=====~====~===== "Impacts on the River" by Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper® Michael Helfrich ====>Click to hear "Impacts on the River" This is a brief intro to the main problems that are affecting us on the Lower Susquehanna River, and how these problems then affect the health of the Chesapeake Bay. A few solutions are offered, but some of the problems are much too complex to share in this brief intro. More information can be found at our website. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. See you on the Suskie! Copyright © 2007 Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper®, All Rights Reserved.   For further information contact: Joseph Puentes email: Clean@h2opodcast.com RSS FEED: http://h2opodcast.com/rss.xml WWW H2Opodcast.com Copyright © Joseph L. Puentes 2005-2012 Counter developed by website design company designer.