The projects in coastal Alabama are designed to boost oyster reefs and commercial fishery habitats while protecting the coast from erosion and rising sea levels.
RESTORE Council vote confirms $305 million for coastal ecology work
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Participants in the Gulf of Mexico Conservation Corps, aka GulfCorps, get information about a project on the shoreline of Mobile Bay in 2018. Funding approved Wednesday will extend the program for four years.Lawrence Specker | LSpecker@AL.com
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A $302 million slate of restoration projects approved Wednesday by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council includes well over $20 million in work intended to improve water quality and sustain ecosystems in coastal Alabama.
Alabama-centric projects approved for funding Wednesday include efforts to measure, protect and improve water quality in Mobile Bay, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and the Perdido River Watershed.