Mobile and Baldwin County News
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has been awarded $7.1 million in oil spill restoration funds for a new project linking brood and sink oyster reefs, adding to…
The Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council is accepting project suggestions for RESTORE Act Direct Component and Spill Impact Component funding through Oct. 1, 2026, continuing a program that has funded…
Four coastal restoration projects across Mobile and Baldwin counties, including a major upgrade to the Dauphin Island Causeway, will share nearly $26 million in Deepwater Horizon settlement funding.
A Baldwin County land conservation project is in line to receive $28 million after being placed on the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council’s “Funded Priorities List,” money that state officials…
Six new coastal restoration projects worth $63 million, funded through fines paid by BP and Transocean, will fund land conservation and habitat work from Dauphin Island and Bayou La Batre…
Coastal advocates say BP oil spill settlement funds may be Alabama's only realistic chance to permanently protect remaining Mobile Bay marshland.
Fairhope trucked in roughly 3,000 tons of sand to repair severe erosion at Magnolia Beach on Mobile Bay, restoring a popular bayfront stretch.