Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge


	Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge

dorine

12-14-2007 11:03 AM

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alabama, cahaba river, rare species, plants, animals, rivers, environment

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64 rare & imperiled plant and animal species, 13 unique to this area.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ffffcc;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8ac813d0-4583-4084-8994-cd86e8b6330c/125FCB23-C98D-4E8D-BBA9-A20383F6E7F2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665" href="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fws.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.fws.gov/img/7DA5CC5C-B38E-4618-9E30-C868BF877C20" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665"><FONT size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Cahaba hosts the largest remaining stand of the imperiled and beautiful Cahaba lily</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665">Cahaba River NWR is one of nation's newest National Wildlife Refuges, the 540th in fact.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665">is home to five federally listed species including the Cahaba shiner, goldline darter, round rocksnail, and cylindrical lioplax snail.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665">The river currently supports 64 rare and imperiled plant and animal species, 13 of which are found nowhere else in the world.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665">The river has more fish species at 131 than any other river it's size in North America.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43665"><FONT size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The largest known stand of the imperiled shoals lily (known locally as the Cahaba lily) also occurs within the Refuge.  During summer months, this beautiful plant blooms and people come from across the region to view this magnificent display of nature.  There is even an annual Cahaba lily festival that draws thousands of visitors to the area the last Saturday in May. </FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/125FCB23-C98D-4E8D-BBA9-A20383F6E7F2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>