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January 24, 2012

GOAL:    60 U.S. Senators must say “YES” to pass the RESTORE Act (S. 1400) to send 80% of the Clean Water Act fines back to the Gulf for restoration

TIMING:    The bill may come to a full Senate vote early in the 2012 session, which begins January 23. It was favorably reported out of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on a bipartisan vote on September 21.

December 29, 2011

Don't forget to recycle your Christmas tree this year.  For more information on Christmas tree recycling in Mobile, click here.

December 15, 2011

Mobile Baykeeper joined 13 other community leaders in signing onto a letter to Senator Richard Shelby urging him to support the 2012 transportation authorization bill being discussed in Congress. In particular, they are seeking support for the inclusion of the Transit Oriented Development Credit Enhancement Facility, which has the potential to make some significant changes in Mobile and Baldwin Counties.

December 14, 2011

The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees (Trustees) released the Deepwater Horizon Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan & Environmental Assessment (DERP/EA) for formal public comment on December 14, 2011. It is the first in an anticipated series of plans to begin restoration of the Gulf of Mexico to compensate for natural resource injuries, including the loss of human use of Gulf resources, from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

The 60-day public commenting period closes Feb. 14, 2012.

December 6, 2011

NEW ORLEANS – A hundred miles of oyster reefs. A multimillion-dollar marketing blitz. Barrier island restoration. Marsh rebuilding.


By John David Mercer, for USA TODAY

December 6, 2011

By Ben Raines, Press-Register

MOBILE, Alabama -- The Press-Register encountered 20 dead pelicans just south of Gaillard Island in the middle of Mobile Bay around noon Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.


The pelicans had no apparent injuries and were all floating within a quarter mile of each other.
The newspaper alerted U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

November 30, 2011

Gulf Future Coalition introduces community-based project selection process

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