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SPENDING ESTIMATE PER CALENDAR YEAR OF PROJECT DURATION: AL-14 2008 $ 250,000.00 2009 $ 1,750,000.00 2010 $ - 2011 $ - GOAL: The goal of the State of Alabama CIAP is to conserve and protect Alabama’s designated protected areas (Grand Bay Savanna, Lillian Swamp, Gulf State Park, Weeks Bay, Splinter Hill Bog, Perdido River Corridor and Mobile-Tensaw Delta) by raising the public awareness of these areas through the construction of natural resource-based educational facilities. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project is to construct an environmental education center at Gulf State Park to accommodate at least 4,000 visitors and 20 school groups per year by providing hands-on environmental education exhibits and programs. The objective of this project is to construct an Environmental Education Center within the boundaries of Gulf State Park which will serve as a vehicle to highlight the Park’s coastal ecology. This facility will be managed by the naturalist on staff at the Gulf State Park. Consistent with the park’s mission, the naturalist strives to extend the public’s knowledge, understanding, respect and appreciation of the coastal environment through a wide variety of public environmental education opportunities, programs, activities, and events. The goal of this project is to increase public awareness of conservation and protection of coastal Alabama’s designated protected areas (Grand Bay Savanna, Lillian Swamp, Gulf State Park, Splinter Hill Bog, Perdido River Corridor and Mobile-Tensaw Delta) through the construction of natural resourcebased educational facilities. The objective of this project is to construct an environmental education center at Gulf State Park which will facilitate at least 6 environmental programs per week and will provide hands-on education for at least 4,000 visitors per year. In addition, the facility will host 20 school groups per year. The facility will create 10 hands-on exhibits focusing on marine species, fresh and saltwater fish and associated habitat, saltwater marshes, local fauna including nocturnal and diurnal animals, bird of prey, migratory birds, reptiles, amphibians, and local flora. This facility will also highlight ongoing conservation efforts associated with other CIAP projects including AL-13, AL-15, AL-16, and Al-17. In addition to environmental exhibits, the center will facilitate at least four (4) volunteer programs including Share the Beach (sea turtle protection), Dune Restoration Protection Day, Coastal Cleanup, and Volunteer Day. The first step of the project will consist of designing and engineering a low impact structure which will minimize the impact to the natural area of the park. After engineering plans are reviewed and approved, the construction of the building will be bid out according to State bid procedures. This may be a phased project wher we design and engineer the facility under on CIAP State of Alabama Final Coastal Impact Assistance Program Plan State of Alabama Tier One Project Descriptions - 70 -
project and construct it utilizing a second grant. Appendix G-8 contains a map depicting the proposed location (30˚ 15’ 9.44”, 87˚ 39’ 19.55”W). AUTHORIZED USES o This project meets the criteria set forth in Authorized Use #1: projects and activities for the conservation, protection, or restoration of coastal areas, including wetland. o Justification: This project meets Authorized Use #1 because it will construct a building which will provide conservation education to thousands of visitors and students annually. Gulf State Park is part of Alabama’s State Park System, consists of more than 6,000 areas of beaches, dunes, maritime forests, salt marshes, freshwater lakes, bogs, and pine savannas. An environmental education center at the park will highlight the park’s characteristics through conservation education. o Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is not applicable to this project. o Partnering: This project will utilize 100% of CIAP funding. State of Alabama Final Coastal Impact Assistance Program Plan State of Alabama Tier One Project Descriptions - 71 -
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State of Alabama FINAL Coastal Impa
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Table of Contents List of Acronyms.
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List of Acronyms ACAMP.............
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1. Introduction The Coastal Impact
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2. Designated State Agency The Ener
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3. Designated Contact for Coastal P
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4. Governor’s Certification of Pu
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5. Coordination with Other Federal
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6. Plan Implementation Program Goa
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involvement previously in a similar
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o April 24, 2007, the Mobile County
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supports funding for Dauphin Island
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o June 18, 2007 the CIAP Planning t
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included in the Mobile County Coast
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in the CIAP Plan which complement e
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Total Land Acquisition Research Ene
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7. Proposed Project Lists State of
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a. State of Alabama Tier 1 Projects
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(Table 2 of 2) Project Number Proje
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c. Mobile County Tier One Projects
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d. State of Alabama Tier Two Projec
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e. Baldwin County Tier Two Projects
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f. Mobile County Tier Two Projects
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8. Proposed Tier One Project Descri
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draft that pulls the landfill gas f
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planting, sand fencing will be inst
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submit a separate grant application
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