Alabama has been awarded more than $13 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for two major conservation projects on the state’s Gulf coast. These projects continue efforts to restore and protect natural resources affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The first project will restore the rapidly eroding shoreline of Little Dauphin Island, protecting approximately 850 acres of conservation land within the Little Dauphin Island Unit of the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. This project also supports water quality improvements in Dauphin Island Bay.
The second is an amended project that allows for the construction of additional breakwaters and restoration of up to 30 acres of marsh habitat at Salt Aire on the western shore of Mobile Bay.
