Parks and Preservation

Alabama Power is one of the largest land managers in the state, and we take pride in working to preserve wild places and provide quality recreation. Alabama Power played a key role in preserving the land that is now part of the Little River Canyon National Preserve in northeast Alabama, and in the creation of Horseshoe Bend National Military Park near Dadeville. We built and maintain more than 30 public boat launches and three day-use parks on Alabama Power lakes. We annually license more than 110,000 acres for hunting and we maintain two sites for use by hunters with disabilities, in Jackson and Randolph counties. We also protect one of the largest populations of endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers on private property in Alabama, near Lake Mitchell.

In fact, Alabama Power is involved in a wide variety of initiatives and partnerships designed to help protect or enhance natural habitats for wildlife, and preserve and nurture endangered species. For example, Alabama Power cosponsors Alabama Wild Power with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and local Soil and Water Conservation Districts. The program enhances habitat along transmission line corridors by providing food and shelter to attract wildlife. Other initiatives, in conjunction with Southern Company and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, are helping restore the state's diminished stands of Southern longleaf pines and expand quail habitat, among other goals.

Recycling

Alabama Power has an aggressive paper, metals and electronics recycling program and also participates in Christmas tree recycling, with the trees used to provide fish habitat in Alabama Power lakes. These initiatives help save landfill space. The company is active with the Alabama Recycling Coalition and the Southeast Recycling Development Council.