Tag: controlled burn

Smoke from a prescribed burn drifting over a coastal wetland

Prescribed Burn Near Oyster Bay Sends Smoke Over Gulf Shores

James Bullard, January 31, 2015

A planned wetland burn near Oyster Bay in Gulf Shores drew concerned calls from residents as smoke drifted over nearby subdivisions this weekend.

Baldwin County

Governor Candidate Urges Guard Tankers Be Used to Spray Dispersant on Gulf Slick; State Says No

James Bullard, May 1, 2010

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson called for mobilizing Alabama’s KC-135 refueling wing to drop chemical dispersant on the Gulf oil slick. A state general dismissed the idea in two words.