Meet CONSERVE's newest postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Hazhir Karimi. With global experience in GIS and geospatial science, he's lending his expertise to strengthen watershed and ecosystem health in Alabama.
The CONSERVE Research Group is building a native seed bank for Alabama through a new partnership with Atlanta Botanical Garden, Washburn Seeds and Agricultural Consulting, and the Alabama Native Seed Network. The effort aims to give restoration projects and private landowners a ready source of simple, effective native seed mixes for healthier watersheds across the…
A new research program is bringing three distinct projects to working landscapes across the Southeast, from aquifer modeling to on-farm rivercane restoration to mapping underground root systems to advance the science of natural erosion control and watershed protection.
Conservation leaders met at the 2025 Alabama Rivers and Streams Network meeting to coordinate watershed restoration ideas and share project updates.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
