Mobile Baykeeper presented its Baldwin County smart growth recommendations at a Fairhope meeting this week, pressing for tighter rules on solar farms and data centers as the county’s rapid growth strains its waterways.
Tag: wetlands
Coverage of wetlands from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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
Gulf Shores Locks In Permanent Protection for 836 Acres of Oyster Bay Wetlands
Gulf Shores has placed 836 acres of wetlands along Oyster Bay under a permanent conservation easement, protecting the land from future development and funding habitat restoration through a federal Deepwater Horizon settlement program.
Local News
USA Foundation’s $45 Million Sale of Brookley Golf Course Land Narrows Path to a Bayside Park in Mobile
The USA Foundation has sold 290 acres of the old Brookley golf course property for $45 million, mostly for light industrial development, but roughly 40 acres of wetlands and waterfront could still become a smaller bayside park.
Baldwin County
Alabama Gulf Coast to See $63 Million in New Restoration Projects
Six new coastal restoration projects worth $63 million, funded through fines paid by BP and Transocean, will fund land conservation and habitat work from Dauphin Island and Bayou La Batre to Gulf Shores and Bon Secour.
Local News
Documentary Spotlights the Wild Beauty and Fragile Future of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta
A new documentary, “America’s Amazon,” premiered at Mobile’s Saenger Theatre, showcasing the Mobile-Tensaw Delta’s rare wildlife while examining the pollution, runoff and weak enforcement threatening its future.