Rain barrels are available for purchase at many stores and online as well as sold inexpensively through environmental conservation organizat...
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Painting Your Barrel
Many options exist to get creative with your rain barrel. You may decide to paint your barrel, grow plants around ...
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The shorelines of lakes, ponds, and rivers are valuable to people and wildlife. However, the qualities that make them attractive to wildlife...
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Plants play an important role in rain garden function:
Provide wildlife habitat and seasonal aesthetic appeal § Take up nutrie...
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Stream Bank Erosion
As cities and neighborhoods become more developed, more impervious surfaces (concrete, asphalt, rooftops) are covering ...
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Rain gardens catch, filter, and hold stormwater. They are simple gardens designed in pocket-like depressions to capture rainwater fr...
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Roughly 46 percent of United States acreage is made up of grassland-pasture, rangeland, and cropland that produce an abundant supply of food...
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Water pollutants are substances or conditions that change the natural state of an aquatic ecosystem, leading to degradation. Alabama utilize...
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Alabama’s water resources are important for economic growth and sustainability and for quality of life. The rivers, lakes, and str...
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Water quality is a term used to describe the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water, usually with respect to its suitab...
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When a body of water is impaired and placed on the 303(d) list, it is the responsibility of the state environmental agencies and concerned s...
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Lakes and ponds can develop dense stands of aquatic vegetation that interfere with intended uses and destroy the natural beauty of the water...
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