Library of Publications
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Newsletters
- AL Current Connection V8 Issue 2 Fall 2014
- AL Current Connection V8 Issue 1 Spring 2014
- AL Current Connection V7 Issue 2 Fall 2013
- AL Current Connection V7 Issue 1 Spring 2013
- AL Current Connection V7 Issue2 Fall 2012
- AL Current Connection V7 Issue1 Summer 2012
- AL Current Connection V6 Issue 2 Fall 2011
- AL Current Connection V5 Issue 1 Spring 2011
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
- 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
Archived Workplans click here.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
- Big Creek Watershed Plan
- Bon Secour River Watershed Survey-ADEM Technical Report 1996
- 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 2000
- Dog River Watershed Survey First Year Findings-ADEM Technical Report 1994
- Dog River Watershed Survey Second Year’s Findings-ADEM Technical Report 1995
- Eight Mile Creek Watershed Plan Final 2011
- Expected Watershed Plan Components
- 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
- Volanta Gully Watershed Management Plan 2012
- Weeks Bay Watershed Management Plan 2002
- 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
Status and Trends Publications/Data
Water Quality
- Bon Secour River Watershed Sedimentation and Water Quality Assessment 2014
- Alabama and Mobile Bay Healthy Watersheds Assessment 2014
- Alabama Water Resources Management Policy Report 2013
- Hydrodynamic Modeling, Mobile Bay 2013
- USFWS Releases a Vision for a Healthy Gulf of Mexico Watershed 2013
- Land Use Land Cover and Climate Change on Water Quality in Weeks Bay 2013
- Mobile Bay Modeling Report 2012
- Mobile Bay Sediment Budget 2012
- Analysis of Discharge and Sediment Loading Rates in Tributaries of Dog River 2012
- Sediment Loading Rates for the Magnolia River Watershed 2009
- Sub Estuary Monitoring Program Report: Bayou la Batre 2008
- Sub Estuary Monitoring Program Report: Dog River 2008
- Sub Estuary Monitoring Program Report: Bon Secour, Intercoastal Waterway, Oyster Bay 2008
- Sediment Loading Rates and Impacts of Land-Use Change on the D’Olive and Tiawasee Creek 2007
- Available Mercury Data from National Material in Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe & Washington 2007
- Mobile Tensaw Delta Hydrological Modification Report 2006
- National Coastal Assessment 2006
- Assessment of Sediment Contamination in the Lower Mobile-Tensaw Delta: Rangia Study 2005
- Impervious Surface Study for The Three Regimes ADEM Technical Report 2004
- Loading Budget Analysis for Mobile Bay Modeling 2001
- Preliminary Characterization of Water Quality of the Mobile Bay NEP Study Area 1998
- Alabama list of Impaired Water bodies 1992-2008
Living Resources
- Beach-nesting Bird Breeding Census and Report for Coastal Alabama 2008
- NAS Coastal Bird Conservation Program Beach-Nesting Bird Breeding Census and Report 2008
- Analysis of the Long Term Fisheries Assessment and Monitoring Program 2006
- Status and Trends of Wetlands Coastal Watersheds of the Eastern United States 1998-2004
Human Uses
- Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) Fact Sheet 2011
- Shoreline Assessment of Fish River Final Report 2010
- Survey of Coastal Alabama Marinas: An Inventory of Current Best Management Practices 2007
Habitats
- Marshes with and without sills protect estuarine shorelines from erosion better than bulkheads 2014
- Brookley Hole Monitoring 2013
- Physical Modeling of Living Shorelines 2013
- Coastal Alabama Living Shorelines Policies, Rules, and Model Ordinance Manual 2013
- Shoreline Mapping of Baldwin and Mobile Counties Phase 3 2012
- Short-term and Episodic Beach Characterization Along the Alabama Gulf Coast 2011
- Shoreline Mapping of Baldwin and Mobile Counties Phase 2 2011
- Shoreline Mapping of Baldwin and Mobile Counties Phase 1 2009
- Comparison of NLCD with NWI Classifications of Baldwin and Mobile Counties 2009
- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping of Mobile Bay Alabama and Adjacent Waters 2008-2009
- State Wetland Protection: Status, Trends, & Model Approaches, Alabama Profile 2008
- Land Use Land Cover Change from 1974-2008 Around Mobile Bay 2008
- Emergy Analysis of Two Watersheds in the MBNEP’s Area 2006
- Characterization of Vegetation on Isle aux Herbes 2006
- Post Hurricane Ivan Damage Assessment of Seagrass Resources in Coastal Alabama 2005
- Historic SAV Distribution in the Mobile Bay NEP Area 2005
- Mapping of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Mobile Bay and Adjacent Waters of Coastal Alabama 2002
- The Tide Doesn’t Go Out Anymore, Effects of Bulkheads on Urban Shorelines 1999
Habitat Restoration & Conservation Publications
- Ecological Value of Submerged Breakwaters for Habitat Enhancement 2014
- Joes Branch Post Restoration Monitoring 2014
- Joes Branch Post Restoration Assessment 2014
- Shellfish Restoration and Alternative Shoreline Protection Policies of the Southeastern States 2012
- Reading Park Preliminary Design Prichard AL 2012
- Restoration Brief: Volume Five Winter 2011
- Shoreline Stabilization and Habitat Restoration at Helen Wood Park 2010
- Restoration Brief: Volume Four Fall 2010
- Restoration Brief: Volume One Winter 2010
- Prioritization Guide for Coastal Habitat Protection and Restoration 2009
- Coastal Habitat Atlas: Acquisition and Restoration Priorities of Mobile and Baldwin Counties 2006
Gulf Ecological Management Sites of Coastal Alabama
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Bon Secour NWR
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Lillian Swamp
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Lower Perdido Bay
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Northern Mississippi Sound and Mon Louis Island
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Orange Beach Maritime Forest and Gulf State Park
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Perdido River Corridor
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Weeks Bay NERR
- Gulf Ecological Management Sites of Coastal Alabama Report (2013)
Education and Outreach Publications
- LID Handbook for the State of Alabama 2013
- Mobile Bay and Alabama Coastal Waters Fact Sheet 2012
- SAVing the Gulf: SAV Gardening, Education, Restoration, Protection 2006
Presentations
- MBNEP 2014 Annual Management Conference Meeting
- Mon Louis Island Project Description Presentation - South Coast Engineers 4-12-2012
Conference 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
- Notice for Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Bayou La Batre Watershed Management Plan
- Request for Proposals: Marketing Campaign-CLOSED
- 2014 Special Competition for the Resilient Communities and Economies Focus Area-CLOSED
- Pre-Qualification for Construction Services: D’Olive Watershed Restoration Project-CLOSED
- DOlive Watershed: Request for Qualifications-CLOSED
- Notice for Request for Qualifications-Fowl River-CLOSED
- Restoration Project Manager Position-CLOSED
- NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Research Program Funding Opportunity-CLOSED
- Community Relations Manager-CLOSED
- MASGC Request for Resilient Communities/Economies Proposals-CLOSED
- Urban Waters Small Grants Request for Proposals (RFP)-CLOSED
- RFP for Engineering Services for Mon Louis Island-CLOSED