News - Mobile Bay National Estuary Program

2020 Bays and Bayous Symposium - Save the Date

Mar 03, 2020

The 2020 Bays and Bayous Symposium will be held Dec. 1-3 at the Golden Nugget Biloxi Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The theme for the 2020 event is "Sound Science, Sound Policy: A 2020 Vision for the Future."

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AMNS Calvert Volunteers Pull Privet in Three Mile Creek

Feb 14, 2020

Mobile Bay National Estuary Program is partnering with volunteers from the Associates Program at AM/NS Calvert to address the invasive species problem in the Three Mile Creek Watershed. February 14th, they were out on The University of South Alabama's campus to pull up Chinese privet seedlings.

Western Shore Community Meetings for Watershed Management Planning

Jan 24, 2020

Press Releases, Western Shore

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP) is seeking input and feedback from citizens living along the Western Shore of Mobile Bay as a comprehensive plan to manage the care and use of its lands, habitats, shores, and waterways is developed. This focus area includes a complex of the three watersheds stretching along and draining into the Bay, from the industrial waterfront portions of the City of Mobile south to the Dauphin Island Causeway.

MBNEP is seeking a Monitoring & Science Lead

Jan 23, 2020

Job Overview: The Monitoring and Science Lead has three primary responsibilities: Lead the implementation of and improvements to monitoring activities guided by the Mobile Bay Subwatershed Restoration Monitoring Framework for restoration activities and system-wide status and trends; development of science communication tools to improve community understanding of environmental issues; and provide staff support guidance for the Science Advisory Committee (SAC) including assistance with development and communication of data related to measuring change in environmental health and how it impacts community health and quality of life.

Big White Wings partners with the Mobile Estuary Program for ‘Ditch the Disposables’ campaign

Dec 10, 2019

Three Mile Creek

PRICHARD, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Bay Estuary Program is partnering with Big White Wings in Prichard for its “Ditch the Disposables” campaign. News 5’s Caroline Carithers went out to the restaurant and spoke with Project Coordinator for the Mobile Bay Estuary Program, Madison Blanchard, about the motivation and goal of this campaign.

D'Olive Watershed Model for Restoration

Dec 10, 2019

D'Olive Creek

DAPHNE – A decade after the heavily eroded D’Olive Creek area was “the Grand Canyon of Baldwin County,” the watershed is now being cited as an example of how stream restoration can control erosion and soil flowing into waterways.