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Alabama Waterways Benefit from United Conservation Network

Conservation leaders met at the 2025 Alabama Rivers and Streams Network meeting to coordinate watershed restoration ideas and share project updates.

CONSERVE, Tribal Communities Work to Preserve Oklahoma Rivercane Ecosystems

A team from The University of Alabama and Alabama Water Institute’s CONSERVE research group recently spent a productive week working with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Their goal was to observe and understand native rivercane populations — a plant species that is important to the watersheds and cultural lifeways of…

AWI’s CONSERVE Research Group Awarded $250,000

The Alabama Water Institute’s Community-Oriented Nature-based Science for Ecosystem Restoration and Versatile Engineering, or CONSERVE, research group was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from the United States Army Corps of Engineers Engineering with Nature Program for its Acequia Science and Tribal Engagement Support project. The multi-year project will take place in Arizona and New Mexico,…

AWI Partners with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Youth Corps Program

The Alabama Water Institute recently became a member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Youth Corps Program. This program enables USFWS to fund work on public lands through student internships. AWI CONSERVE interns who complete a minimum of 640 hours of work benefitting public lands are eligible to receive a two-year Public Lands Corps…

AWI, Kentuck Art Center Partner for Tuscaloosa Waterways Exhibit

The Kentuck Art Center has partnered with the Alabama Water Institute to present “An Exploration of Tuscaloosa’s Waterways,” an art exhibition spanning Kentuck’s Museum, Teer and SoNo Galleries. The exhibition will remain open to the public until April 30. The exhibit features the work of 28 artists, as well as educational tools, such as an…

Pine Hills and Hickory Smoke: Ichuaway’s Living Laboratory at the Jones Center

Sometimes being a water researcher has unexpected opportunities and provides for unique travel experiences — such as dining with the ambassador from Spain or visiting an ancestral kiva in the Southwest. The invitation for me and my University of Alabama and Alabama Water Institute colleague Dr. Kate Brauman to visit the Jones Research Center in Baker County,…

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