Issue 10: Fall 2007
Patrol Notes
2
Legal Docket
3
McWane Case and the
Clean Water Act
4
Riverkeeper Patrols
Help EPA’s Raid of
Metalplate Galvanizing
4
New Riverkeeper
Merchandise List
5
Board Roster Updated
During First Annual
Membership Meeting
6
Board Member Bio:
James Lowery
6
Donation Form &
“About Us”
7
Acknowledgements
8
New Patrol Boat
1
DID YOU KNOW?
With thousands of
spotted bass per
river mile, the Black
Warrior River’s
free-flowing Locust
Fork is the best
all-around fly-fishing
river among the
Black Warrior’s
three major forks
(Sipsey, Mulberry
and Locust),
surpassing its very
scenic & biodiverse
fork counterparts in
both quality and
quantity of fishing.
IN THIS ISSUE
RIVERKEEPER®
Black Warrior RIVERKEEPER® Adds Boat to Patrol Program
On November 14, 2007, our
Riverkeeper, Nelson Brooke, picked
up Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s new
patrol boat from SeaArk Boats in
Monticello, Arkansas. Honda Marine
then picked up the boat at our office
and returned it on November 30 with a
new 90 HP, four-stroke motor we
purchased at a discounted price.
Riverkeeper appreciates very
much the generous support of several
members who helped fund this
important purchase, supplementing
grants from the Bankhead Foundation,
the Community Foundation of Greater
Birmingham, the Lintilhac Foundation
and the Rotary Club of Birmingham.
We are confident the boat will greatly
enhance our patrol program.
In fact, this particular purchase was encouraged by none other than Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman of
Waterkeeper Alliance, who collaborated with David Whiteside and Honda Marine to negotiate the discounted
price. According to Kennedy, "Honda Marine has been a world leader in developing and deploying clean, quiet
four-stroke technology in its outboard en