Alabama Power is preparing to begin the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) process to obtain a new operating license for the R.L. Harris Project (FERC No. 2628). This process involves a multi-year evaluation of the environmental, operational and economic resource...
Alabama Power is preparing to begin the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission process to update its Shoreline Management Plan for the Warrior River Project-Smith Development (FERC No. 2165). This process involves an evaluation of the current Shoreline Management Plan to ensure...
Alabama Power has set tentative dates this fall for water-level drawdowns on Lay, Mitchell, Jordan/Bouldin and Neely Henry lakes, located on the Coosa River. Drawdowns give residents and contractors better lakebed access for permitted construction projects on the four lakes....
Longleaf pine forests once stretched across the Southeast, spanning more than 90 million acres from Virginia to Texas. Today, the U.S. Forest Service estimates only 4.3 million acres of longleaf pine forests remain, and many of those strands are in...
The Renew Our Rivers Lake Mitchell cleanup is Saturday, March 24. Volunteers should report at 8 a.m. to the Higgins Ferry boat launch for a safety briefing. The cleanup will end at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch for the volunteers....
There was some dancing amid the raindrops, but the hundreds of volunteers who braved threatening skies near Valley Creek in Jefferson County on Saturday made a real dent in removing trash and debris from around the urban waterway. The annual...