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REFERENCES

Wood, Karen G., From Tuscaloosa to Squaw Shoals : a history of Holt Lake,

Williams, James D., Fuller, Samuel L.H., and Grace, Randall. Effects of impoundments on freshwater mussels in the main channel of the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in western Alabama 

McClure, Nathaniel Dehass. A historical development and prediction of the future water quality in the Black Warrior river in the vicinity of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Willis, Kenneth D. The harnessing of the Black Warrior River 

Archaeology of the Moundville chiefdom / edited by Vernon James Knight, Jr. and Vincas P. Steponaitis.

Black Warrior River [videorecording] / producer, Dr. Doug Phillips

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Drainage areas for the upper Black Warrior River Basin, Alabama / prepared by the U. S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Alabama.

Rivers of Alabama. Illustrator: Jack B. Hood. Art ed.: E. L. Klein.

 

WEBSITES
One problem with utilizing websites as a source of information is that the website locations frequently change making links outdated or impossible to relocate. We apologize in advance for any missing links below.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
EPA – Surf your Watershed
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/state.cfm?statepostal=AL

Army Corps – Black Warrior Lakes
http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/op/rec/war-tom/
http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/bwtframe.htm

ECONOMY
Navigational Commerce
http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/op/tu/tusclnk3.htm#ala

PROTECTION ACTIVITIES
Alabama Water Watch – Black Warrior monitoring sites
http://www.auburn.edu/aww/watershedsites/warriorsites.htm 

HISTORY
Tascaluza’s battle with DeSoto at Mabila
http://www.webcom.com/sheppard/inset91.html

SPECIES
Plicate Rocksnail – final rule
http://endangered.fws.gov/r/fr98651.html

Flattened Musk Turtle – threatened
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/sternotherus/s._depressus$narrative.html
http://endangered.fws.gov/i/c/sac2t.html
http://daphne.fws.gov/pdf/FMT.pdf
http://www.pfmt.org/wildlife/endangered/flattened_musk.htm
http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1986/May/c_alturtle.html

second smallest turtle in the nation
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/bogturt.html 

RECREATION
Rickwood Caverns State Park
http://www.bham.net/rickwood/index.html  

Moundville
http://museums.ua.edu/moundville/home.html

USGS information on the Sipsey Fork (text and map)
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1173/circ1173a/chapter02.htm)
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1173/circ1173a/images/4.jpg

 

 

   

 

 

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