Volunteers Track Gulf Coast River Health for Alabama Water Watch
Trained volunteers with Alabama Water Watch monitor water quality on Gulf Coast rivers in Mobile and Baldwin counties, supported by the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.
MBNEP Leads Landscape-Scale Efforts to Restore Streams, Shorelines Across Coastal Alabama
The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program has completed more than 25 stream restoration projects and four shoreline and marsh restoration projects across Mobile and Baldwin counties.
Army Corps Defends Mobile Bay Dredging as Baykeeper Raises Sediment Concerns
As the Army Corps of Engineers' annual Mobile Bay dredging project gets underway, Mobile Baykeeper is raising concerns about where the sediment ends up, even as the Corps defends the…
Coastal Alabama Lands $87 Million in Deepwater Horizon Money for Wetlands, Islands and Water Quality
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…
Ivey announces $41 million in GOMESA funding for Mobile, Baldwin County projects
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey joined state and local officials to announce how $41 million in Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) funding will be spent in Mobile and Baldwin…
Extreme Heat Triggers Widespread Fish Kills in Orange Beach Backwaters
A brutal summer heat wave left back-bay waters near Orange Beach starved of oxygen, killing schools of small fish from Cotton Bayou to Bear Point.
South Mobile County Weighs Sewer Expansion Against Risk to Portersville Bay
South Mobile County needs more sewer capacity, but a proposal to discharge treated wastewater into Portersville Bay, or to route new sewer lines down Dauphin Island Parkway or Bellingrath Road,…
Shelby Says Water War Talks Yielded Progress as Drought Grips the Southeast
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby said a Nov. 1 meeting with governors and federal officials eased the immediate threat to Alabama's downstream water supply, including cooling water for the Farley Nuclear…