Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of habitat restoration from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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.
Dredging for the Salt Aire Shoreline Restoration Project is underway near Fowl River through Nov. 30, with a 16-inch submerged pipeline, a dredge and support vessels in the water. Mobile…
A NOAA research team has planted propagated corals in the Gulf of Mexico's deep-water mesophotic zone, working to repair habitat still damaged 15 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program has deployed six new 3D-printed reef structures made from dredged sediment, building on a successful six-month pilot project.
Environmental preservation and remediation projects in Mobile and Baldwin counties have been awarded nearly $26 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, part of a…
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.
The Alabama Coastal Foundation's fourth annual Coastal Seafood Craze pairs Gulf Coast food tastings with a Mobile BayBears night at Hank Aaron Stadium.
The Alabama Wildlife Federation built the Upper Wreck Reef between Mullet Point and the mouth of Weeks Bay, a 1.25-acre underwater structure of recycled rubble finished in time for Memorial…
Mobile native and Emmy-winning underwater cinematographer Mike DeGruy was set to appear at the Saenger Theatre in March 2007 with footage from Antarctica, the Titanic and hydrothermal vents.