Creek Fest makes a big return!

Check out all the work going on to restore Mobile's Three Mile Creek Watershed! This weekend's bigger and better Creek Fest 2021 helped highlight some of it! The MBNEP created a blueprint for the area's restoration (The Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan)--and much of the work to restore the waterways of the heart of Mobile is ALREADY UNDERWAY!---Check out this amazing list of all the PROGRESS!:---

**The creation of a Greenway Trail along the Creek which will ultimately connect the University of South Alabama--all the way downstream to downtown Mobile…
**MAWSS infrastructure improvements to reduce sanitary sewer overflows, including the installation of stormwater attenuation tanks and a new 60-inch trunk line to replace decaying 48-inch lines…
**The installation of rain barrel stormwater harvest systems in the flood-prone Toulmins Spring Branch neighborhood…
**The eradication of island apple snails from the Langan Park Lakes and the Creek, and control of other invasive plant species, like the Chinese tallow/popcorn trees…
**The opening of “The Plug” in the historic Three Mile Creek streamway to create an amazing paddleable circuit in the middle of Mobile…
**Extensive operations to get trash and litter out of our waterways, including the installation and maintenance of Osprey Initiative’s now famous Litter Gitters and frequent large-scale community cleanups…
**Stormwater/runoff management at the University of South Alabama using the latest low impact development measures…
**The restorations of 12 Mile Creek and the Langan Park Lakes by the MBNEP and the City…
If you're interested in MBNEP's work and the details of our Plan for the Three Mile Creek Watershed, dig into them here!: Three Mile Creek Watershed