Friends of the Locust Fork Canoe Outing

The Friends of the Locust Fork environmental group is sponsoring a canoe outing Saturday, June 6.

Paddle easy shoals of the Locust Fork’s Section 6 beginning at 9 a.m. on Highway 13 to Blaylock Bridge. There’s no whitewater on this stretch, which takes about five hours to float.

Basic paddling experience is required. Bring canoe, life jacket, water, and lunch. A limited number of FLFR canoes/kayaks are available.
Meet at the Jack’s Hamburgers in Locust Fork Highway 79 at 9 a.m.

For more info, call Sam Howell: (c)205-706-4376 or (h)205-681-4751 or sam@flfr.org .

East Lake Family Fishing Rodeo

The 12th Annual Family Fishing Rodeo at East Lake Park
will be Saturday, June 6, from 7 a.m. – 1 p.m.

There will be tons of fish, prizes and other activities, all Free!

Bring your own favorite bait and reel. Maximum of two lines in the water per person. Family Fishing Rodeo encourages catch and release practices.

Contact info:
Stanley Blake Robinson
Public Relations Coordinator
Birmingham Park & Recreation Board
Office: 205-254-2391 or 205-254-2699

Black Warrior Riverkeeper will have an info/merch table at the rodeo. Come say hello and enjoy this great fishing event!

Lake Tuscaloosa Cleanup
The City of Tuscaloosa Water Department’s Lakes Division is holding a “Clean Our Lake Day Saturday, June 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Area residents, organizations, and businesses are encouraged to join city crews in picking up trash and litter on and around Lake Tuscaloosa. Participants will be provided with collection bags, t-shirts and refreshments available at Binion Creek Boat Landing & Rock Quarry Boat Landing where volunteers will be on site to assist citizens with disposing of the collected debris from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m.

City recycling trailers will also be at Binion Creek Boat Landing and Rock Quarry Boat Landing to accept common recyclables such as plastic bottles and aluminum cans that are collected at the clean-up. There will also be barges available to drop off collected debris with identifying banners on them located on Lake Tuscaloosa near Hwy. 69 bridge and the mouth of Carrolls Creek.

Although our focus will be on the litter affecting Lake Tuscaloosa there will also be identified containers at both Lake Nicol and Harris Lake Boat Landings. Our lakes are some of Tuscaloosa’s most rare and precious resources. Please help keep them beautiful by donating your time, Saturday, June 6th at the 2009 Clean Our Lakes Day.

For more information contact Tuscaloosa 311 or call Scott Sanderford at (205) 349-0279.

Don’t forget to check this Web site calendar for these and many other events going on in the basin throughout the year.

Nelson Brooke
Riverkeeper/Executive Director
Black Warrior Riverkeeper
(205) 458-0095 [tel]
(205) 458-0094 [fax]

http://www.blackwarriorriver.org

Tags: East Lake Family Fishing Rodeo, Friends of the Locust Fork Canoe Outing, Lake Tuscaloosa Cleanup

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