Alabama will receive $87 million in RESTORE Act funding for coastal projects, including 100 acres of new wetland in upper Mobile Bay and replenishment of Dauphin Island’s West End and Grand Batture Island.
Tag: coastal restoration
Coverage of coastal restoration from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
Byrne Points to Gulf Energy Revenue as Funding Source for I-10 Bridge
Rep. Bradley Byrne says Gulf oil and gas revenue sharing could help pay for the proposed I-10 Bridge and Bayway expansion in Mobile.
Baldwin County
Five Years Later, Mobile Bay Still Feels the Weight of the BP Oil Spill
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, coastal Alabama scientists and residents reflect on how the oil spill changed Mobile Bay’s waters.
Baldwin County
Alabama Coastal Foundation Hiring Outreach Coordinator, Recruiting Water Festival Volunteers
The Alabama Coastal Foundation is hiring an outreach coordinator and seeking volunteers for its Mobile and Baldwin County Water Festivals.
Mobile County
Mobile Volunteers Built Oyster Reef for Coastal Restoration in 2011
A 2011 WKRG report covered volunteers building an oyster reef in Mobile as part of a coastal restoration effort.
Dauphin Island
Mobile Lawyer, Dauphin Island Fix at Center of Spill Response
As the BP oil spill fouled the Gulf, Mobile native Rick Kuykendall emerged as a leading claims attorney while BP agreed to fund a $15 million closing of Katrina Cut to shield Dauphin Island.
Baldwin County
Mobile Lawyer Leads Oil Spill Claims Fight as Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe
Class action attorney Rick Kuykendall, a Mobile native, drew national notice for his work on Deepwater Horizon claims, as federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation and BP agreed to fund the closing of Katrina Cut.