Preserving the Cahaba River

What a great project. The Cahaba River features 150 free-flowing miles (without a dam), more than any other river in Alabama.

From http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily...02/cahaba.shtml:
 
The Cahaba is one of the continent's most biologically diverse rivers. It is home to 135 known species of fish, 40 mussels and a multitude of snails, plants and other creatures.
So far, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has purchased 2,997 acres within the 3,500-acre boundary of the refuge. The agency more recently agreed to add 340 acres if the landowner is willing to sell. (...)
Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, has been the refuge's primary champion in Congress. He wants the refuge to get much bigger.
"There is a potential of 30,000 acres that we want to authorize that is the most biologically diverse," he said. "It's a 15-mile stretch of the river where all the endangered species are found."
Bachus said he sold his congressional committee on the refuge simply by showing members a video of the river. "I didn't have to say a lot," Bachus said. "People were just blown away."

Once again, a picture - or in this case, a video - says more than a thousand words.

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