Barges loaded with limestone are traveling hundreds of miles down Alabama’s rivers to Cedar Point in southern Mobile County, where the rock will be spread across the bay bottom to give young oysters a place to grow.
Tag: shoreline erosion
Coverage of shoreline erosion from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Study Finds Mobile Bay Seawalls Harm Habitat and Raise Long-Term Costs
Researchers at the University of South Alabama found that the vertical seawalls lining much of Mobile Bay’s residential shoreline harm natural habitat and cost more to maintain than marsh.