Mobile Baykeeper will present its smart growth policy recommendations at a community meeting Thursday evening in Fairhope, following a year of listening sessions across Baldwin County.
Tag: water quality
Coverage of water quality from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
Little Lagoon Preservation Society to Unveil Water Quality Modeling Work at Gulf Shores Meeting
University of South Alabama researchers will present new flow and water quality modeling for Little Lagoon at the preservation society’s quarterly public meeting July 16 in Gulf Shores.
Bayou La Batre
Limestone Barges Head South to Rebuild the Oyster Reefs of Lower Mobile Bay
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.
Baldwin County
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 Grand Batture Island.
Baldwin County
Little Lagoon Preservation Group to Tackle Septic Tanks, Marinas at Gulf Shores Meeting
Little Lagoon Preservation Society hears plans on septic removal, marina limits and water quality goals at its Gulf Shores meeting.
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.
Baldwin County
Baldwin County’s Stormwater Amendment Faces an Uphill Vote Amid ‘Rain Tax’ Backlash
Baldwin County leaders asked voters to approve a stormwater management measure on the November ballot, but a wave of anti-government sentiment and a ‘rain tax’ label left the proposal facing a difficult path.
Baldwin County
A Warning Beneath the Cheering: Scientists Questioned the Cost of Mobile’s Growth
As Mobile celebrated steel plants and tanker contracts in 2008, retired Dauphin Island Sea Lab director George Crozier warned that unmanaged growth could undo 40 years of hard-won water quality gains.
Bayou La Batre
Coden Meeting Took Up the Fight to Save Portersville Bay and Its Seafood
Casi Callaway of Mobile Bay Keepers headlined ‘Saving Our Bay, Saving Our Seafood’ at the Coden Community House, where a proposed sewer plant in south Mobile County was on the agenda.