Restoring coastal Alabama one mile at a time.Help us restore Alabama's coastal waters.
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Oysters are the architects of Mobile Bay.Workers deploying oyster reef in Mobile Bay,
Restoration is the key...The quality of our economy depends on the quality of our natural resources.
Restoring the Gulf of Mexico's Fisheries One Mile at a Time
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS WHO BUILT REEF AT HELEN WOOD PARK ON JANUARY 22! Please join us at our NEXT VOLUNTEER EVENT ON MARCH 19th to finish building the first 1/4 mile of reef. Click here for details. By building 100 miles of oyster reefs we will create the conditions needed to plant, support and promote more than 1000 acres of coastal marsh and seagrass: * Providing habitat for oyster larvae to settle and colonize * Serving as nursery habitat for commercially and recreationally important finfish and shellfish (shrimp, blue crab, speckled trout, reddrum, southern flounder, ladyfish and gray snapper) * Dampening of wave energy and decreasing erosion * Stabilizing sediments and decreasing turbidity As recovery continues through the next several decades, this effort will not put Mobile Bay back to where it was when the spill started, but Mobile Bay will be ahead by 100 miles of oyster reef and 1,000-plus acres of marsh and/or seagrass. This project physically constructs oyster reefs and promotes the development of marsh and seagrass habitat, primarily through natural recruitment, but with supplemental planting as well. The project also includes critical job creation and community involvement components to support and sustain the vision of a better coastal Alabama.
