News - Mobile Bay National Estuary Program

The Learning Campus at Gulf State Park Announces Programs Leading Up to Earth Day

Apr 15, 2023

Perdido Pass/Little Lagoon, Gulf Frontal

The Learning Campus at the Gulf State Park announces entertaining and educational program for the week of April 15-22, 2023 in recognition of Earth Day. One of the programs includes Christian Miller, Public Sector Program Lead of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.

Discovery Day is Back!

Apr 11, 2023

Dauphin Island

The open house event gives you the chance to learn about current research and and learn more about the coastal ecosystem we live in.

Celebrate Earth Day at the Japanese Gardens

Apr 04, 2023

Three Mile Creek

Join Love Your Community for a free family fun day with LIVE music, food trucks, kids' crafts, lawn games, face painting, vendors, an electric car show and more, including an upcycled art exhibition by local artist J.D. Swiger.

Dauphin Island Watershed Management Plan Completed

Apr 03, 2023

Press Releases, Dauphin Island

The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP) announces completion of the Dauphin Island Watershed Management Plan (WMP). The WMP is a comprehensive plan that outlines strategies for protecting and restoring Dauphin Island. Chris Warn of Environmental Science Associates presented an overview of the plan at the MBNEP Project Implementation Committee meeting last week.

City of Mobile City-Wide Resilience Assessment and Plan

Mar 27, 2023

Press Releases

The goal of this effort is to ensure that Mobile can withstand, adapt, and thrive no matter what challenges the city may face in the future—including, but not limited to, climate change, sea-level rise, and changing social and economic conditions.

Old Becomes New Again in Alabama's Inshore Reef System

Mar 24, 2023

The Nature Conservancy teamed up with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), Mobile County, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, the University of South Alabama and Alabama Gulf Seafood to repurpose material from the shoreline protection project that was deployed in 2011 in Mobile Bay in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.