FRCA Meeting, June 17

Our next public meeting is Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 at 6:30 featuring Jennifer Schade, our WWF intern. Jennifer will be discussing the results her work over the past year. Please join us at 6:30 for a potluck dinner. The meeting starts at 7:00. Hope to see you there!

We meet at:

320 Fountain Circle S.W.
Huntsville, Alabama 35801

Flint River Cleanup a Success!

The river cleanup on June 7 featured 53 volunteers pulling trash from the river. It was a very successful day! Please plan to join us in September for our fall cleanup. We'll post the date here as soon as we know when it will be. Here are some pictures from the June 7 cleanup:

Getting all of the canoes and kayaks into the river:


Getting started:


Allison and her canoe partner recovering from tipping over:

Some of the resulting trash:

Slackwater Darter Field Day

In May a group of FRCA volunteers hit the upper reaches of the Flint River watershed to look for suitable habitat for Slackwater darters. To further assess the habitat, we took a seine net to try to net some species associated with Slackwater Darters. We found some interesting species.

Here are some pictures from the outing:

Looking for fish:
One of the catches:

Rainbow Darter (isn't it gorgeous?):


Another specimen: