Conserving Alabama's Coastal Habitats - Mobile Bay National ...

Weeks Bay Oyster RestorationDescription: Restoration of Existing Reef/Establishment of Reef – adjacent to Williams TractPotential Partners: Weeks Bay Foundation, MRD, Sea Grant, TNC, NEP, Weeks Bay NERR, ACOEPotential Funding: NOAA-CRP, EPA GoMP, NFWF Shell Marine HabitatStatus: Early planning stage. Not classified, so would have to be monitored. No funding for monitoringby ADEM.D’Olive Creek RestorationDescription: Opportunity for stream bank and in-stream hydrologic restoration in D’Olive Creek,with an emphasis on protection of the Rusty Gravedigger crawfish.Potential Partners: NEP, Baldwin County, City of Daphne, Lake Forest Property Owners, ADOT,Federal Highway Administration, ACOEPotential Funding: ACOE, ADOT TEA-23, EPA, State & Local MatchStatus: In discussion.Mon Louis Island Pine SavannasDescription: Opportunity for replanting, invasive species control, and fire restoration.Potential Partners: Private Landowners (Milton Brown), Shell, Exxon-Mobile, Mobile County Wildlife,No lead conservation organization.Potential Funding: Gulf of Mexico Foundation, USFWS Partners possibility, no other identified sources.Status: Stalled, no lead organization.Dauphin Island Causeway near shore HabitatDescription: The establishment of a breakwater several hundred yards off shore, which would be seededwith oysters, and the reestablishment of submerged aquatic vegetation and emergent marshes behind it.Potential Partners: Sea Grant, NEP, ACOE, ADCNR, TNCPotential Funding: ACOE, NOAA-CRP, EPA GoMPStatus: Under study by ACOE.59