Library of Publications
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Newsletters
- 2020-Spring: The Oyster: An Icon of Life on the Alabama Gulf Coast
- 2019-Spring/Summer: Stepping Up! Coastal Alabama Cities Demonstrate Stewardship
- 2018-Summer: Restoring the Alabama Gulf Coast: Eight Years Post Deepwater Horizon
- 2017-Winter: A Culture Shift From a “Throw Away” Lifestyle
- 2017-Summer: Coastal Alabama Conservation Corps
- 2016-Winter: Community Involvement Critical to Successful Restoration
- 2016-Summer: Tracking Progress on Watershed Plans
- 2015-Fall: The D’Olive Creek Watershed Ensuring a Clean Water Future
- 2015-Spring: Shoreline Access A Vital Resource to Gulf Shores
- 2014-Fall: Connecting to Nature Makes Us More Caring
- 2014-Spring: Good Things Come to Those Who Plan
- 2013-Fall: Fish of the Estuary
- 2013-Spring: Poarch Band of Creek Indians Intrinsically Connected to Our Coast
- 2012-Fall: Protecting Coastal Values Through Conservation Planning
- 2012-Summer: Three Mile Creek An Urban Kayaking Adventure
- 2011-Fall: Fall Migration
- 2011-Spring: Community Shoreline Restoration Project Along Mon Louis Island
- 2010-Spring: Clearing the Muddy Water Taking Action in the D’Olive Watershed
- 2009-Summer: Helen Wood Park Restoration Update II
- 2009-Spring: Dr. Toby Bolton Takes the Helm as Director of the MBNEP
- 2009-Winter: MBNEP Releases Its State of Mobile Bay Report
- 2008-Summer: WWF/Allianz Foundation Climate Campers Work to Restore Local Habitats
- 2008-Summer: Helen Wood Park Restoration Update
- 2008-Spring: Volunteers Undertake Restoration Projects with MBNEP Partners on Little Dauphin Island
- 2007-Winter: MBNEP Oyster Gardening Program Releases 63,000 Juvenile Oysters
- 2007-Summer: ADCNR Marine Resources Division Partners with Fishermen
- 2007-Summer: Wolf Bay Received Outstanding Alabama Water Designations
- 2007-Spring: Living Shorelines as Alternatives to Bulkheading/Shoreline Hardening
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
- Respect the Connect: Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan 2019-2023
- Community Attitudes Assessment
- Respect the Connect: Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan 2013-2018
- Community Assessment
- Draft CCMP 2013-2018
- Community Attitudes Research Assessment.pdf
- A Review of CCMP Implementation Efforts
- CCMP Volume 1
- CCMP Volume 2
- CCMP Volume 3
Workplans
- Year 2 Work Plan (2019-2020, CCMP Update)
- Year 1 Work Plan (2018-2019, CCMP Update)
- Year 5 Work Plan (2017-2018, New CCMP)
- Year 4 Work Plan (2016-2017, New CCMP)
- Year 3 Work Plan (2015-2016, New CCMP)
State of the Bay
- A Status Report on Alabama’s Coastline From the Delta to our Coastal Waters (2010)
- Where Rivers Meet the Sea 3/30/2003
Watershed Management Plans
- Mobile Bay NEP Process for Contractor Selection for Watershed Management Planning
- Bayou La Batre Watershed Management Plan 2018
- Bayou La Batre Watershed Management Plan Appendix 2018
- Big Creek Watershed Plan
- Bon Secour River Watershed Management Plan Resolution of Support
- Bon Secour River Watershed Survey-ADEM Technical Report 1996
- Bon Secour River, Oyster Bay, Skunk Bayou Watershed Management Plan 2017
- Bon Secour Watershed Management Plan 2004
- Chickasaw Creek Watershed Survey-ADEM Technical Report 1997
- Coastal River Basin Plan Final
- D’Olive Watershed Management Plan 2010
- Dauphin Island Strategic Plan: 20 Year Vision: Final Report & First 5 Years of Implementation 2007
- Dog River Watershed Management Plan
- Dog River Watershed Management Plan Appendices
- Dog River Watershed Survey First Year Findings-ADEM Technical Report 1994
- Dog River Watershed Survey Second Year’s Findings-ADEM Technical Report 1995
- Draft Bayou La Batre/Mississippi Sound Watershed Management Plan
- Draft Bayou La Batre/Mississippi Sound Watershed Management Plan-Appendix
- Eight Mile Creek Watershed Plan Final 2011
- Fowl River Watershed Management Plan
- Fowl River Watershed Management Plan Case Statement
- Fowl River Watershed Plan Open House
- Mobile-Tensaw-Apalachee (MTA) Watershed Management Plan Scoping 2018
- Nine Elements Watershed Management Plan Handbook
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan 2014
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan Summary
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix A
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix B
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix C
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix D
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix E
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix F
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix G
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix H
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix I
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan: Appendix J
- Three Mile Creek: The Vision
- Volanta Gully Watershed Management Plan
- Volanta Gully Watershed Management Plan 2012
- Watershed Management Plan Component Checklist
- Watershed Planning Status as of 9/30/2019
- Weeks Bay Watershed Management Plan 2002
- Weeks Bay Watershed Management Plan 2017
- Weeks Bay Watershed Management Plan Appendices 2017
- West Fowl River Watershed Management Plan 2019
- West Fowl River Watershed Management Plan Appendices 2019
- Wolf Bay Plan Final 2005
Legal Notices
Regulations
- Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act
- Federal Water Pollution Control Act-Clean Water Act
- Public Health Service Act-Safe Drinking Water Act
- Senate Bill 355: Stormwater
- South Alabama Stormwater Regulatory Review with Appendices-recommend downloading for better viewing
Status and Trends Publications/Data
Estuary Wide
- 2014-Calibrating a BCG Model to the Mobile Bay Estuary
- Climate Change Capacity Building in Three Estuaries of National Significance
Water Quality
- 2019-West Fowl River/Portersville Bay Pathogen Study
- 2019-Twelvemile Creek Hydrologic Analysis Report
- 2019-Twelve Mile Creek HecRas Data
- 2019-Bank Assessment for Non-point Source Consequences of Sediment Report for Twelve Mile Creek
- 2019 Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Restoration Sediment Loads in Joe’s Branch, Spanish Ft, Baldwin Co.
- 2017-Wolf Bay Watershed Sedimentation and Water Quality Assessment
- 2017-West Fowl River Watershed Sedimentation and Water Quality Assessment
- 2017-Lake Forest Lake Sediment Removal Feasibility Study
- 2016-Water Quality Report for Toulmins Spring Branch Watershed
- 2016-Prichard Drainage Study, Toulmins Spring Branch and Gum Tree Branch
- 2016-Lake Forest Mapping
- 2016-Flood Control in Toulmins Spring Branch Watershed through LID Practices
- 2016-Fish River Watershed Assessment, Pre-Restoration, Marlon Cook
- 2016-Draft 303(d) List and Fact Sheet for Public Comment
- 2016-D’Olive Creek Watershed Discharge Rating, Confirmation and Updates
- 2016-Bayou La Batre Watershed Sedimentation and Water Quality Assessment
- 2015-Restoration of Hydrology along Upper Mobile Bay Causeway
- 2015-Fowl River Watershed Sedimentation and Water Quality Assessment
- 2014-Joes Branch Post Restoration Monitoring
- 2014-Joes Branch Post Restoration Assessment
- 2014-Eight Mile Creek Watershed Color Infrared Failing Septic System Identification
- 2014-Coastal AL Pilor Headwater Stream Survey Study, ADEM
- 2014-Bon Secour River Watershed Sedimentation and Water Quality Assessment
- 2014-Alabama and Mobile Bay Healthy Watersheds Assessment
- 2013-Weeks Bay Water Quality: Land Use Land Cover and Climate Change
- 2013-USFWS Releases a Vision for a Healthy Gulf of Mexico Watershed
- 2013-Mobile Bay Sediment Budget
- 2013-Mobile Bay Hydrodynamic Modeling
- 2013-Eight Mile Creek: Identifying Flood Generating Areas through a Novel Approach
- 2013-Alabama Water Resources Management Policy Report
- 2012-Mobile Bay Modeling Report
- 2012-Fish River Pathogen Source Tracking Addendum
- 2012-Dog River Analysis of Discharge and Sediment Loading Rates in Tributaries
- 2012-D’Olive Creek I-10 Assessment
- 2011-Fish River Pathogen Source Tracking
- 2011-Eight Mile Creek Maps
- 2009-Magnolia River Watershed Sediment Loading Rates
- 2008-Eight Mile Creek: Source Assessment Report
- 2008-Dog River Sub Estuary Monitoring Program Report
- 2008-Bon Secour, Intercoastal Waterway, Oyster Bay Sub Estuary Monitoring Program Report
- 2008-Bayou la Batre Sub Estuary Monitoring Program Report
- 2007-DOlive and Tiawasee Creek Sediment Loading Rates and Impacts of Land-Use Change
- 2007-Available Mercury Data from National Material in Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe & Washington
- 2006-National Coastal Assessment
- 2006-Mobile Tensaw Delta Hydrological Modification Report
- 2005-Mobile-Tensaw Delta Assessment of Sediment Contamination: Rangia Study
- 2004-Impervious Surface Study for The Three Regimes ADEM Technical Report
- 2001-Mobile Bay Loading Budget Analysis Modeling
- 1998-Mobile Bay NEP Study Area Preliminary Characterization of Water Quality
- 1992-2008-Alabama list of Impaired Water bodies
- 1981-Sedimentological Study of D’Olive Bay and its Drainage Basin
Living Resources
- Emergent Wetlands Status and Trends USGS
- 2008-NAS Coastal Bird Conservation Program Beach-Nesting Bird Breeding Census and Report
- 2008-Beach-nesting Bird Breeding Census and Report for Coastal Alabama
- 2007-Beach-nesting Bird Breeding Census Report
- 2006-Analysis of the Long Term Fisheries Assessment and Monitoring Program
- 1998-2004-Status and Trends of Wetlands Coastal Watersheds of the Eastern United States
Human Uses
- 2018 - D’Olive Valuation Report Draft - Vittor
- 2016-Uplands/Wetlands Habitat Mapping Project-Trend Analysis
- 2016-Uplands/Wetlands Habitat Mapping Project-Acquisition Report
- 2016-Uplands/Wetlands Habitat Mapping Project
- 2016-Remote-Sensing Survey for Proposed Off-Bottom Oyster Farms
- 2013-Daphne LID Project Final Report
- 2011-Fish River Land Use Impacts Study
- 2010-Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) Fact Sheet
- 2010-Fish River Shoreline Assessment Final Report
- 2010-Bayou la Batre: Creating a Better Community through Planning and Design
- 2007-Survey of Coastal Alabama Marinas: An Inventory of Current Best Management Practices
- 2007-Economic Impact of the Wild Wing Festival
Habitats
- 2020 Habitat Assessment Trend Analysis Final Report
- 2019-Watershed Condition Framework Report (Updated)
- 2019-Habitat Conservation and Restoration Plan for Coastal Alabama
- 2019 Respect the Connect Appendix A - Draft Communications Strategy
- 2017_D’Olive Watershed Wetland Rapid Assessment Procedure and Floristic Quality Index Assessment
- 2017 Riparian Habitat Health Evaluation Following Stream Restoration
- 2016_D’Olive Watershed Wetland Rapid Assessment Procedure and Floristic Quality Index Assessment
- 2016-Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Report
- 2016-Lake Forest Mapping: Analysis of Shoaling and Pool Volumes
- 2016-Evidence of Enhanced Ecosystem Functionality After Restoration of Habitats
- 2015_D’Olive Watershed Wetland Rapid Assessment Procedure and Floristic Quality Index Assessment
- 2015-Tier 2 Seagrass Monitoring
- 2015-Living Shorelines Property Owners Manual
- 2014-Marshes with and without sills protect estuarine shorelines from erosion
- 2014-Evaluating Gains in Ecosystem Services with Coastal Restoration Project Part I
- 2014-Daphne Village Point Invasive Species Management
- 2014-Calibrating a Biological Conditional Gradient Model to the Mobile Bay Estuary Interim Report
- 2013-Physical Modeling of Living Shorelines
- 2013-Coastal Alabama Living Shorelines Policies, Rules, and Model Ordinance Manual
- 2013-Brookley Hole Monitoring
- 2012-Shoreline Mapping of Baldwin and Mobile Counties Phase III
- 2011-Short-term and Episodic Beach Characterization Along the Alabama Gulf Coast
- 2011-Shoreline Mapping of Baldwin and Mobile Counties Phase II
- 2009-Shoreline Mapping of Baldwin and Mobile Counties Phase I
- 2009-Comparison of NLCD with NWI Classifications of Baldwin and Mobile Counties
- 2008-State Wetland Protection: Status, Trends, & Model Approaches, Alabama Profile
- 2008-Land Use Land Cover Change from 1974-2008 Around Mobile Bay
- 2008-2009-Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping of Mobile Bay Alabama and Adjacent Waters
- 2006-Emergy Analysis of Two Watersheds in the MBNEP’s Area
- 2006-Characterization of Vegetation on Isle aux Herbes
- 2005-Post Hurricane Ivan Damage Assessment of Seagrass Resources in Coastal Alabama
- 2005-Historic SAV Distribution in the Mobile Bay NEP Area
- 2002-Mapping of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Mobile Bay and Adjacent Waters of Coastal Alabama
- 1999-The Tide Doesn’t Go Out Anymore, Effects of Bulkheads on Urban Shorelines
Habitat Restoration & Conservation Publications
- 2020-Shoreline Monitoring Report - Mon Louis Island
- 2019-Vittor Marsh Success Mon Louis Island Report
- 2019-Twelve Mile Creek Headwaters Restoration 60% Design
- 2019 Three Mile Creek - Invasive Species Control Plan
- 2019 Construction Annual Monitoring Report - Mon Louis Island
- 2018-Vittor Marsh Success Report for Mon Louis Island
- 2018 First Annual Post-Construction Monitoring Report for Mon Louis Island
- 2017 Mobile County Soil Survey Update
- 2015-Mon Louis Island Supplement Evaluations of Alternatives
- 2015-Mobile Bay Subwatershed Restoration Monitoring Framework
- 2014-Orange Beach-Canal Road Overlay District and Hwy. 161 Wetland Restoration Final Report
- 2014-Mon Louis Island Drafter Alternatives Evaluation Report
- 2014-Ecological Value of Submerged Breakwaters for Habitat Enhancement
- 2013-Wolf Creek Stream Restoration Plans
- 2013-Prichard Reading Park Stream Restoration Final Report
- 2013-Orange Beach-Canal Road Overlay District and Hwy. 161 Wetland Restoration
- 2012-Shellfish Restoration and Alternative Shoreline Protection Policies of the Southeastern States
- 2012-Reading Park Preliminary Design Prichard AL
- 2012-Chickasaw Brooks Park Wetlands Restoration Project Final Report
- 2011-Restoration Brief: Volume Five Winter
- 2010-Restoration Brief: Volume One Winter
- 2010-Restoration Brief: Volume Four Fall
- 2010-Helen Wood Park: Shoreline Stabilization and Habitat Restoration
- 2009-Prioritization Guide for Coastal Habitat Protection and Restoration
- 2006-Coastal Habitat Atlas: Acquisition and Restoration Priorities of Mobile and Baldwin Counties
- 1987-Theodore Ship Channel Project: Historical Report
Gulf Ecological Management Sites of Coastal Alabama
- 2013-Gulf Ecological Management Sites of Coastal Alabama Report
- Bon Secour NWR
- Lillian Swamp
- Lower Perdido Bay
- Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
- Northern Mississippi Sound and Mon Louis Island
- Orange Beach Maritime Forest and Gulf State Park
- Perdido River Corridor
- Weeks Bay NERR
Education and Outreach Publications
- Where did the oil go? A Deepwater Horizon fact sheet
- Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring: How-to Guide for Coastal Alabama
- Microbes and oil: What’s the connection?
- Fairhope Gullies
- Conservation Corps Watersheds 101
- 2015-Watershed and Park Signage
- 2013-LID Handbook for the State of Alabama
- 2012-Mobile Bay and Alabama Coastal Waters Fact Sheet
- 2012-2013 Mobile Bay Estuary Corps Final Report
- 2006-SAVing the Gulf: SAV Gardening, Education, Restoration, Protection
- Metadata Training Videos
Interpretive Signage
- Bayou Sara Watershed Steele Creek Lodge
- Bon Secour Watershed Road Signage
- D’Olive Creek Partnership
- D’Olive Creek Watershed Road Signage
- Daphne Alligator Alley
- Dog River Helen Wood Park
- Dog River McNally Park
- Dog River Park
- Eight Mile Creek Jackson Reading Park
- Eight Mile Creek Watershed Road Signage
- Fowl River Watershed Road Signage
- Lower Chasaw Watershed William Brooks Park
- Oyster Bay Watershed Road Signage
- Three Mile Creek Watershed Road Signage
- Tiawasee Creek
- Tiawasee Creek - Slow the Flow of Stormwater
- Trione Park Permeable Pavers
- Well Road Permeable Pavers
Presentations
- 2016-MBNEP Annual Management Conference Meeting
- 2016-Coastal Alabama Conservation and Resiliency Corps Presentation Script
- 2016-Coastal Alabama Conservation and Resiliency Corps
- 2014-MBNEP Annual Management Conference Meeting
- 2012-Mon Louis Island Project Description Presentation - South Coast Engineers
Conference Proceedings
- 2016-Mississippi-Alabama Bays & Bayous Symposium Proceedings
- 2014-Alabama-Mississippi Bays & Bayous Symposium Proceedings
- 2012-Mississippi-Alabama Bays & Bayous Symposium Proceedings
- 2010-Alabama-Mississippi Bays & Bayous Symposium Proceedings
- 2008-Mississippi-Alabama Bays & Bayous Symposium Proceedings
- 2006-Alabama-Mississippi Bays & Bayous Symposium Proceedings
Request for Proposals
- RFQ - Fly Creek Watershed Management Plan
- RFQ - D’Olive Watershed Update (Closes 12/30/2019)
- RFQ - Mobile Tensaw Delta Watershed Management Plan (Closes 8/23/19)
- RFQ - Fowl River Marsh and Shoreline Stabilization and Restoration Phase I Engineering and Design
- RFQ - Deer River Coastal Marsh and Shoreline Stabilization Engineering and Design
- RFQ: Develop A Standard Habitat Classification Scheme and Change Analyssis (Closes: 5/7/2019)
- RFQ: Provide Baseline Sediment and Water Quality Assessments for Area Watersheds (Revised 4/23/19)
- RFQ: Little Lagoon/Perdido Pass Complex Watershed Management Planning (Closes: 5/3/2019)
- RFQ: Western Shore Watershed Management Planning (Closes: 5/8/2019)
- Maps: RFQ Twelve Mile Creek Stream Restoration Project