The shells from the plate of oysters you had to ring in the new year could be helping to provide cleaner waters and a new home to a variety of sea life.
via Volunteers build oyster reefs to help clean Bayou Texar | Pensacola News Journal | pnj.com.
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Volunteers build oyster reefs to help clean Bayou Texar | Pensacola News Journal | pnj.com
Sunday, January 15th, 2012Little Lagoon group to meet Thursday – Baldwin County NOW
Saturday, January 14th, 2012GULF SHORES, Ala. — Little Lagoon Preservation Society (LLPS) invites members and the general public to attend a quarterly membership meeting Thursday, January 19, 5:30 p.m. at the Adult Activity Center in Gulf Shores.
The first 30 minutes (5:30-6) is an opportunity to mingle and enjoy refreshments with LLPS members, officers, guest speakers, and the general public.
via Little Lagoon group to meet Thursday – Baldwin County NOW
Public meetings in Mobile, Baldwin to discuss environmental restoration projects | al.com
Saturday, January 14th, 2012MOBILE, Alabama — Officials have scheduled a series of public meetings along the Gulf Coast to hear comments on environmental restoration projects in the wake of the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
via Public meetings in Mobile, Baldwin to discuss environmental restoration projects | al.com.
Restoring What BP Destroyed | WKRG
Friday, January 13th, 2012GULF SHORES, Alabama — Wind and water constantly change the 18 to 20 miles of sand dunes on Baldwin County beaches.
“The dunes are our first line of defense against any kind of storms any kind of wave action.” According to Brandan Franklin with the city of Gulf Shores, they took a beating during the BP oil spill. “With the number of access points a lot of our clean up crews have had to use a lot of our dunes have been destroyed.”
via Restoring What BP Destroyed | WKRG.
Dauphin Island fish show up with lesions, BP spill link questioned | al.com
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama — More than half the fish caught Monday by Press-Register reporters in the surf off Dauphin Island had bloody red lesions on their bodies.
via Dauphin Island fish show up with lesions, BP spill link questioned | al.com.
Sand Island resurrected: Island is open to the public and tarball free | al.com
Monday, January 9th, 2012SAND ISLAND, Alabama — Sand Island, Alabama’s newest landmass, has the only beach in the state guaranteed to be free of tarballs.
via Sand Island resurrected: Island is open to the public and tarball free | al.com.
Gulf State Park has new Education Center – Baldwin County NOW
Monday, January 9th, 2012GULF SHORES, Ala. – When Kelly Reetz, Naturalist at Gulf State Park, looks out of her office window, in her mind she sees troops of kids cycling through one of three venues of learning and activities.
via Gulf State Park has new Education Center – Baldwin County NOW
Save Baldwin County landfill space by mulching Christmas trees – Baldwin County NOW
Sunday, January 8th, 2012BAY?MINETTE, Alabama — The Baldwin County Commission is urging residents to discard their Christmas trees at designated sites through Jan. 9 to save landfill space and provide mulch for purchase.
via Save Baldwin County landfill space by mulching Christmas trees – Baldwin County NOW
Dentist Treats Hurt Sea Turtle | Mobile AL & Pensacola FL Breaking News, Weather & Sports | WPMI-TV | Local15TV.com
Thursday, January 5th, 2012(GULFPORT, Miss.) – Dr. Andy Norowski is using dental techniques to rebuild broken shell of an endangered sea turtle.
The turtle nicknamed “Rocky” is on the mend at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport.
Stormwater management technique proposed for Joe’s Branch developed in Maryland – Baldwin County NOW
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012SPANISH FORT, Alabama – The method of engineering that is being considered as a solution to stormwater issues on upper Joe’s Branch is not faultless or time-tested, according to two people who have implemented “regenerative step-pool storm conveyance” (SPSC) as a watershed management technique in Maryland. Yet, in the struggle to control runoff in an area that has experienced rapid development on top of highly erodible soil, the public works department of Anne Arundel County believes SPSC is both cost effective and reliable.
via Stormwater management technique proposed for Joe’s Branch developed in Maryland – Baldwin County NOW
Hesco Baskets helping coastal restoration, its original use | wwltv.com New Orleans
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012They’re about to start their first major coastal restoration project using Hesco Baskets. In March, they’ll set up 1900 feet of these in Bon Secour, Alabama, outside of Gulf Shores.
via Hesco Baskets helping coastal restoration, its original use | wwltv.com New Orleans.
Dan Burden of WALC Institute to speak Jan. 4 on ‘complete streets’ implementation in Fairhope – Baldwin County NOW
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012FAIRHOPE, Alabama—The “before” photograph shows a typical two-lane road in Orange Beach, but an “after” artistic rendering shows that same location with a roundabout, sidewalks, bike lanes, covered bus stop and scenic landscaping.
That South Alabama roadway comparison is featured on the home page of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute of Port Townsend, Wash., whose director, Dan Burden, will be in Fairhope tomorrow for a discussion of “complete streets” policies, such as those passed by Orange Beach, Daphne and Fairhope in Baldwin County, and Mount Vernon, Chickasaw and Mobile across the bay.
Longleaf Pine Restoration Grant Available to Landowners
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012The Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFF) of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) is currently accepting applications through its Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) to continue longleaf pine restoration efforts in Alabama. The grant was awarded through a partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and will be made available to qualifying landowners for longleaf pine restoration on private lands.
via Press Release.
Oil rigs may provide bird buffet for sharks (video) | al.com
Sunday, January 1st, 2012DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama — Heaped on a table at the laboratory, the pile of beaks, feet, eyeballs, feathers and whole bird carcasses testified to what may be the oil industry’s most unexpected environmental impact.
via Oil rigs may provide bird buffet for sharks (video) | al.com.
Foley gets final parcels for bicycle path | al.com
Sunday, January 1st, 2012FOLEY, Alabama — As 2011 ticked to a close, city officials approved a land deal to allow the next phase of the Glen Lakes bicycle trail to be completed.
Foley approves plan for bike and pedestrian trails | al.com
Saturday, December 24th, 2011FOLEY, Alabama — A list of 73 miles of bicycle and walking paths won’t all be built in the next few years, but city officials want to be ready to start alternative transportation plans as money and opportunity are available.
via Foley approves plan for bike and pedestrian trails | al.com.
Math and Science students studying bacteria from BP oil spill | al.com
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011MOBILE, Alabama — Are the bacteria that the federal government credited for eating oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill still present in the Gulf of Mexico? If so, where?
via Math and Science students studying bacteria from BP oil spill | al.com.
Smart Coast restructuring to increase focus on Mobile, Baldwin projects | al.com
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011MOBILE, Alabama — Smart Coast, a Fairhope-based nonprofit dedicated to green growth and business sustainability in Mobile and Baldwin counties, has undergone restructuring to bring new efficiency and a new burst of energy to its work, according to a news release by its board of directors.
via Smart Coast restructuring to increase focus on Mobile, Baldwin projects | al.com.
Grants allocated for Joe’s Branch restoration – Baldwin County NOW
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011SPANISH FORT – Roberta Swann, director of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, said the group has received verbal confirmation that $770,000 in grants has been allocated for the Joe’s Branch rehabilitation project. As a part of the greater D’Olive Watershed Management Plan (WMP), the project seeks to stabilize a large head-cut on upper Joe’s Branch that has the potential to threaten U.S. Highway 31 in a heavy rain event.
via Grants allocated for Joe’s Branch restoration – Baldwin County NOW
Local contractor to maintain Little Lagoon pass in Gulf Shores | al.com
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011GULF SHORES, Alabama — Theodore-based Crowder Gulf was awarded a contract to maintain Little Lagoon pass in 2012, according to Vince Calametti, division engineer for the Alabama Department of Transportation in Mobile.
via Local contractor to maintain Little Lagoon pass in Gulf Shores | al.com.
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