Library of Publications
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Newsletters
- AL Current Connection V7 Issue 1 Spring 2013
- AL Current Connection V7 Fall 2012 Issue2
- AL Current Connection V7 Summer 2012 Issue1
- AL Current Connection V6 Fall 2011 Issue 2
- AL Current Connection V5 Spring 2011 Issue 1
- AL Current Connection V5 Spring 2010 Issue 1
- AL Current V4 Summer 2009 Issue 3
- AL Current V4 Spring 2009 Issue 2
- AL Current V4 Winter 2009 Issue 1
- AL Current V3 Summer 2008 Issue 3
The Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan
- 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
- Where Rivers Meet the Sea 3/30/2003
- A Status Report on Alabama’s Coastline From the Delta to our Coastal Waters (2010)
Watershed Management Plans
- Volanta Gully Watershed Management Plan 2012
- Wolf Bay Plan Final (2005)
- Eight-Mile Creek Watershed Plan Final(2011)
- D’Olive Watershed Management Plan (2010)
- Dauphin Island Strategic Plan: 20 Year Vision: Final Report & First 5 Years of Implementation (2007)
- Bon Secour Watershed Management Plan (2004)
- Weeks Bay Watershed Management Plan (2002)
- Nine Elements Watershed Management Plan Handbook
- Big Creek Watershed Plan
- Dog River Watershed Management Plan (2000)
- Coastal River Basin Plan Final
Status and Trends Publications/Data
Water Quality
- Alhamdan et al Alabama Water Resources Conference 2013 Poster
- Mobile Bay Modeling Report 2012
- Mobile Bay Sediment Budget 2012
- The Economic Benefits of Protecting Healthy Watersheds
- Mobile Bay NEP Sub Estuary Monitoring Program Report: Bayou la Batre (2008)
- Mobile Bay NEP Sub-Estuary Monitoring Program Report: Dog River (2008)
- MBNEP Sub-Estuary Monitoring Program Report: Bon Secour/Intercoastal Waterway/Oyster Bay (2008)
- Alabama 303(d) List of Impaired Water bodies 1992-2008
- Available Mercury Data from National Material in Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe & Washington (2007)
- National Coastal Assessment (2006)
- Assessment of Sediment Contamination in the Lower Mobile-Tensaw Delta (Rangia Study) (2005)
- Loading Budget Analysis for Mobile Bay Modeling (2001)
- Preliminary Characterization of Water Quality of the Mobile Bay NEP Study Area (1998)
- Analysis of Discharge and Sediment Loading Rates in Tributaries of Dog River
- ADEM Technical Report An Impervious Surface Study for The Three Regimes(2004)
- ADEM Technical Report for the Chickasaw Creek Watershed Survey(1997)
- ADEM Technical Report for the Bon Secour River Watershed Survey(1996)
- ADEM Technical Report for the Dog River Watershed Survey Second Year’s Findings (1995)
- ADEM Technical Report for the Dog River Watershed Survey First Year’s Findings (1994)
- Sediment Loading Rates for the Magnolia River Watershed, Baldwin County, Alabama (2009)
- Sediment Loading Rates and Impacts of Land-Use Change on the D’Olive and Tiawasee Creek (2007)
Living Resources
- Beach-nesting Bird Breeding Census and Report for Coastal Alabama (2008)
- Status and Trends of Wetlands – Coastal Watersheds of the Eastern United States 1998-2004 (2008)
- NAS Coastal Bird Conservation Program Beach-Nesting Bird Breeding Census and Report (2007)
- An Analysis of the Long Term Fisheries Assessment and Monitoring Program (2006)
Human Uses
- Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) Fact Sheet
- Urban Waters Small Grants Request for Proposals (RFP)
- RFP for Engineering Services for Mon Louis Island
- Shoreline Assessment of Fish River Final Report (2010)
- Survey of Coastal Alabama Marinas: An Inventory of Current Best Management Practices (2007)
- Mobile-Tensaw Delta Hydrological Modification Report (2006)
Habitats
- Shoreline Mapping - Baldwin & Mobile Counties, AL - Phase 1 Jones, Tidwell & Darby 2009
- Shoreline Mapping - Baldwin & Mobile Counties, AL - Phase 2 Jones & Tidwell 2011
- Shoreline Mapping - Baldwin & Mobile Counties, AL - Phase 3 Jones & Tidwell 2012
- Coastal Alabama Living Shorelines Policies, Rules, and Model Ordinance Manual
- Final Coastal Wetlands Report
- Appendix I—Reading Park Preliminary Design_Prichard AL
- The Tide Doesn’t Go Out Anymore, Effects of Bulkheads on Urban Shorelines (Douglass and Pickel 1999)
- Short-term and Episodic Beach Characterization Along the Alabama Gulf Coast
- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping of Mobile Bay Alabama and Adjacent Waters, 2008 & 2009
- Comparison of NLCD with NWI Classifications of Baldwin and Mobile Counties, AL (2009)
- State Wetland Protection: Status, Trends, & Model Approaches, Alabama Profile (2008)
- Land Use/Land Cover Change from 1974-2008 Around Mobile Bay, AL (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 in 2002
Habitat Restoration & Conservation Publications
- Shellfish Restoration and Alternative Shoreline Protection Policies of the Southeastern States
- Restoration Brief: Volume Five (Winter 2011)
- Shoreline Stabilization and Habitat Restoration at Helen Wood Park, AL (2010)
- Restoration Brief: Volume One (Winter 2010)
- Restoration Brief: Volume Four (Fall 2010)
- Prioritization Guide for Coastal Habitat Protection and Restoration in Mobile and Baldwin Counties
- Coastal Habitat Atlas: Acquisition and Restoration Priorities of Mobile and Baldwin Counties (2006)
Gulf Ecological Management Sites of Coastal Alabama
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Weeks Bay NERR
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Perdido River Corridor
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Orange Beach Maritime Forest and Gulf State Park
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Northern Mississippi Sound and Mon Louis Island
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Lower Perdido Bay
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Lillian Swamp
- GEMS Fact Sheet - Bon Secour NWR
- Gulf Ecological Management Sites of Coastal Alabama Report (2013)
Education and Outreach Publications
- Alabama’s Coastal Connection, Interpretive Signage
- SAVing the Gulf: SAV Gardening, Education, Restoration, Protection (2006)
Presentations
Meeting Proceedings
- 2010 Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium Proceedings
- 2006 Alabama-Mississippi Bays & Bayous Symposium Proceedings