Two key participants in the development of the Trail are the Alabama Power Company, which has identified portages around five of their six dams and the US Army Corps of Engineers, which has locks and portages at their three dams. 

We also would like to express our extreme gratitude to the following people and organizations who believed in the Alabama Scenic River Trail Dream and opened the many doors that allowed it to become reality.

Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Alabama Power Company Foundation
Governor Bob Riley and Staff
Senator Jeff Sessions
Senator Richard Shelby
U. S. Congressman Jo Bonner
U. S. Congressman Spencer Bacchus
U. S. Congressman Artur Davis
U. S. Congressman Robert Aderholt
U. S. Congressman Mike Rogers
U. S. Congressman Terry Everett
State Senator Del Marsh
State Representative Lea Fite
State Representative Randy Wood
National Park Service, Dr. Jeff Duncan
State DCNR Commissioner Barnett Lawley
State ADECA Director Bill Johnson
Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce
Calhoun County Commission
DCNR State Lands Supervisor, Greg Lein
DCNR Alabama Wildlife and Freshwaters Fisheries, Doug Darr
Alabama Marine Patrol, Captain Billy Huffaker
Alabama Historical Commission
Coosa Alabama River Improvement Association
Alabama Association of Resource and Conservation Districts
Coosa Valley Resource and Conservation Council
Ala- Tom Resource and Conservation Council
CAWACO Resource and Conservation Council
Gulf Coast Resource and Conservation District
Mid-South Resource and Conservation Council
Resource, Conservation District Coordinators:
Norman Burton
Heidi Richards
Eddie May
Amy Bell
Charlie McAlpine
Resource Conservation, County Extension Coordinators:
Linda A. Starr - Cherokee County
Mary Lucile Jordan – Etowah County
David H. West – Calhoun County
Lee Ann Clark - St. Clair County
Wanda P. Jurrians - Talladega County
Ricky W. Colquitt - Shelby County
Roger C. Vines – Coosa County
Gay E. West – Chilton County
Carto-Craft Maps, Inc., Birmingham
Richard Grove, Professional Distance Paddler
Alabama Boy Scouts, Tim Cooper, Robert O. Jackson
Bama Backpaddlers, Fred Huey, President
Birmingham Canoe Club
Anniston Morning Rotary Club, original Sponsor
Anniston Rotary Club
Rotary 2007 South Alabama District Governor Robert Greer
Citizen Russell Ladd, Mobile
Montgomery Convention Center
Five Rivers Delta Resource Center, Hank Burch, Director
University of Alabama Center for Economic Development
American Canoe Association
Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
East Alabama Regional Planning Agency
Selma-Dallas County Tourism
Southern Trails / Coosa Outdoor Center/ Dirt Farm
Gordon Black, Cahaba Society, former ACA Safety Director
Coosa River Adventures
Trails of Legends Association
Kate Williams, and Board, Northern Forest Canoe Trail
Terrapin Outdoor Center
Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, Pres. Theresa Hulgan
Bay Springs Marina, Lake Weiss
Dr. Harvey Jackson, Dean, History Dept., Jacksonville State University
Attorney Marcus Reid, Historian, First Board of Forever Wild
Citizen Jo Dozier, Historian
Thornton Clark
Charlie Doster
Richard Thompson, River Trail Pilot
 Designer and author Jim Felder
Photographer Charles Seifried
Calhoun County Soil Conservation Office
Lower Coosa Basin Clean Water Partnership
The Opportunity Center, Anniston

We thank the following cities and the people who represent them who have provided letters of support for the Alabama Scenic River Trail

Mr. Phil Powell
Mayor, City of Centre
401 East Main Street
Centre, AL 35960

Mr. B. J. Meeks
Mayor, City of Childersburg
118 6th Avenue, S.W.
Childersburg, AL 35044

Mr. Billy Joe Driver
Mayor, City of Clanton
P. O. Box 580
Clanton, AL 35046

Mr. Timothy Kant
Mayor, City of Fairhope
P. O. Drawer 429
Fairhope, AL 36533

Mr. Billy Duke
Mayor, City of Gulf Shores
P. O. Box 299
Gulf Shores, AL 36547

Mr. Bobby Bright
Mayor, City of Montgomery
P. O. Box 1111
Montgomery, AL 36101

Mr. Jim Byard, Jr.
Mayor, City of Prattville
101 W. Main Street
Prattville, AL 36067

Terry John
Mayor, City of Rainbow City
3700 Rainbow Drive
Rainbow City, AL 35906

Mr. Rusty Jessup
Mayor, City of Riverside
P. O. Box 130
Riverside, AL 35135

Mr. James Perkins, Jr.
Mayor, City of Selma
P. O. Box 450
Selma, AL 36702
Mr. Wally Burns

Mayor, City of Southside
2255 Hwy 77
Southside, AL 35907

Ms. Jo Glenn
Mayor, City of Wetumpka
P. O. Box 1180
Wetumpka, AL 36092

Ms. Ann H. Farish
Mayor, City of Monroeville
City Hall
Monroeville, AL,

Mr. Joseph Roberson
Mayor, Town of Ohatchee
P. O. Box 645
Ohatchee, AL 36271

Mr. James Dunn
Chairman, Calhoun County Commission
1702 Noble Street
Anniston. AL 36201

Joe Hunt
Chairman, Clarke County Commission
P. O. Box 548
Grove Hill, AL 36451

Mr. Wendell Byrd
Chairman, Conecuh County Commission
P. O. Box 347
Evergreen, AL 36401

Mr. Todd J. Adams
Chairman, Coosa County Commission
P. O. Box 10
Rockford, AL 35136-0010

Mr. Kimbrough L. Ballard
Chairman, Dallas County Commission
P. O. Box 987
Selma, AL 36702-0987

Mr. Joe Faulk
Chairman, Elmore County Commission
100 Commerce Street, Room 207
Wetumpka, AL 36092

Mr. Greg Norris
Chairman, Monroe County Commission
P. O. Box 8
Monroeville, AL 36461

Mr. Todd Strange
Chairman, Montgomery County Commission
P. O. Box 1667
Montgomery, AL 36102-1667

Mr. Stanley D. Batemon
Chairman, St. Clair County Commission
P. O. Box 397
Ashville, AL 35953

Mr. David Manzie
Chairman, Wilcox County Commission
P. O. Box 488
Camden, Al 36726-0488