2022: Gulf Coast Media's year in review - Officials addressed airports, roads, conservation; saw new lawmakers, water systems

The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program has completed the Draft Dauphin Island Watershed Management Plan (WMP) and it is now out for public comment through January 31, 2023.

MBNEP welcomes Blair Morrison as Science and Monitoring Program Lead.

Art. Access. Acquisition. The fall 2022 issue of the Current Connection features Artists Influenced by Environment and Environment Impacted by Artists; updates on a project to inventory 243 access points in Mobile and Baldwin counties; how the City of Foley has prioritized access and acquisiton; a community outreach program for environmental education through artistic expression; feature articles from Will Underwood and Roberta Swann; a tribute to Russell Ladd; an opportunity to help Create a Masterpiece; a report on Alabama's Coastal Cleanup; information on the Bays and Bayous Symposium, and more.

We welcome Shemika Brown to the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program team.

Governor Kay Ivey announced on Thursday that The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) recently approved five new projects in Alabama totaling more than $47 million. The projects announced were selected for funding after extensive consultation with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and federal resource agencies.