Alabama Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program

NOTICE

 ALABAMA STATE LANDS

  PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

  ALABAMA COASTAL AND ESTUARINE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2005 AT 7:00 P.M.

KILLIAN ROOM

INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER

250 NORTH WATER STREET

MOBILE, ALABAMA

The Alabama State Lands Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has formulated a Program Implementation Strategy for the Alabama Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program. The Alabama Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP) is a federally sponsored land acquisition program administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Alabama has prepared a DRAFT Program Implementation Strategy to describe the State’s priorities for land acquisition in the designated coastal watersheds. Copies of the Draft Plan are available at the Alabama  Department of Conservation and Natural Resources web page www.outdooralabama.com, and are available at the Coastal Section Office in Fairhope.  The State Lands Division will accept comments from the public through June 15, 2005 before preparing a final plan that will be submitted to NOAA for federal approval.

A public information meeting will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2005 at the Killian Room of the International Trade Center in Mobile. At this meeting, State Lands Division Staff will provide a brief overview of the CELCP program strategy, answer questions about the plan and accept formal comments.

For further information, please contact Hank Burch at (251) 929-0900 or hburch@dcnr.state.al.us.