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Black Warrior Riverkeeper

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Our mission is to protect and restore the Black Warrior River and its tributaries. We are a proud member of Waterkeeper Alliance.

Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s mission is to protect and restore the Black Warrior River and its tributaries. We are a citizen-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting clean water for the sake of public health, recreation, and wildlife habitat throughout our patrol area, the Black Warrior River watershed. This vital river basin is entirely contained within Alabama, America’s leading state for freshwater biodiversity. Patrolling waterways, educating the public, and holding polluters accountable has made us an important proponent of clean water throughout the basin. Our staff identifies and addresses pollution problems while increasing public awareness. Please contact us to report pollution and to inquire about volunteer projects, donations, educational presentations, or public events: [email protected]

The Black Warrior River drains parts of 17 Alabama counties. The area the river drains, its watershed, covers 6,276 square miles in Alabama and measures roughly 300 miles from top to bottom. The Black Warrior River watershed is home to over 1 million residents and contains 16,145.89 miles of mapped streams. Its headwaters consist of the Sipsey, Mulberry, and Locust Forks. Once these rivers merge west of Birmingham, the Black Warrior River proper forms the border of Jefferson and Walker counties. Near Tuscaloosa, the river flows out of the rocky Cumberland Plateau and enters the sandy East Gulf Coastal Plain, forming the border of Greene and Hale counties in the Black Belt. At Demopolis the Black Warrior flows into the Tombigbee River towards Mobile Bay.

11/05/2026

Such wonderful partners for the last 15 of our 25 years!

11/05/2026

We enjoyed working with Alabama Environmental Council, Birmingham City Council District 4 Councilor Brian Gunn, and Samford University Serve Day to remove 69.8 lbs of litter from Maclin Park in the watershed. Join our next events: https://blackwarriorriver.org/volunteer-newsletters/

11/04/2026

Grateful to Kristin Chapleau's students in UAB Honors Seminar 113 and UAB Office of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research for organizing a great event to inform about our 25 years and our November 14 cleanup with Birmingham City Council District 1 Councilor Clinton Woods: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/birmingham-litter-cleanup-tickets-2003088415372

11/02/2026

Our intern Haley Blomeley from The University of South Alabama's Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences enjoyed assisting our staff scientist, John Kinney, with Ambient Water Quality Monitoring. Learn more about this program sponsored by EBSCO Industries, Inc. and Drink Milo's: https://blackwarriorriver.org/ambient-water-monitoring/

11/02/2026

Thank you to Beta Theta Pi - Samford University for having our executive director speak tonight about his Waterkeeper career, which began while he was a undergrad in Beta Theta Pi. We appreciate the Samford University Alpha Mu chapter's growing involvement in our service events: https://blackwarriorriver.org/volunteer-newsletters/

11/01/2026

This autumn, we give thanks for 25 Years of Black Warrior Riverkeeper and over 16,000 pounds (and counting) of litter removed from the watershed in 2026!

Check out what's happening this month in the Black Warrior River watershed.

10/31/2026

We loved working with Freshwater Land Trust and volunteers to remove 304.8 lbs of litter from , a major tributary of the 's ! Learn more about our many collaborations with FLT by visiting our 25th Anniversary Timeline: https://blackwarriorriver.org/25th-anniversary-timeline/

10/30/2026

Patrolled the river's Warrior Pool with UAB School of Public Health intern Cierra. Sampled Hunt Refining Company's wastewater discharge into the river to assess compliance with their Clean Water Act permit.

10/29/2026

Quite an accolade for , one of our key partner institutions in the basin, !

Breaking news: UAB has accepted an invitation to join the Association of American Universities, securing UAB’s place among the most prominent and impactful institutions of higher education and research in the United States and Canada. UAB is the first and only AAU member in Alabama.

The AAU last added members in 2023 and, with the addition of UAB and Georgetown University this week, has 73 members on the edge of innovation, scholarship and solutions that contribute to scientific progress, economic development, security and well-being.

10/29/2026

Address

712 37th Street S
Birmingham, AL
35222

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+12054580095

Website

https://www.BlackWarriorRiver.org/

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