DEMAND AN END TO FEDERAL MUD DUMPING IN MOBILE BAY›

Mobile Baykeeper exists to defend and revive the health of the waters of Coastal Alabama

We’ll know we are successful when no one has to question whether the fish are safe to eat or the water is safe to swim in, when our seagrasses and oyster reefs recover, and our coastal communities take responsibility for the health of the water.

CURRENTS A Mobile Baykeeper publication

CURRENTS magazine tells the stories of Mobile Bay, the Delta, and the Gulf. And the people who call it home.

WHAT’S CURRENT

Fishing Guides Call for a Stop Federal Mud Dumping

90 million cubic yards. That is how much sediment the Army Corps of Engineers plans to put into Mobile Bay over the next 20 years for maintenance dredging of the ship channel.⁠ That 90 million cubic yards is enough to cover every football field in America with a foot of dirt. That’s 42,000 football fields, […]

Africatown’s Swim Program Aims to Redress Historical Wrongs

In 2023, the Africatown Heritage Foundation, under the direction of Anderson Flenn, established the Africatown Swim Program.

The Oldest Shrimp Boat in the Bay: A Visit with David Bryan and the Miss Caylee

David Bryan is captain of the Miss Caylee. Built in 1942, it is the oldest fishing boat in Alabama working today.

A New Book on the Kingston Coal-Ash Spill Sounds a Dire Warning

Jared Sullivan’s "Low in the Valley" is a searing account of deliberate corporate wrongdoing and environmental catastrophe.

Recipe: Hollie LeJeune’s World Famous Crab Cakes

The recipe was created and graciously shared by Hollie A. LeJeune, the previous owner of Market by the Bay Restaurant in Daphne.

The Clay in Our Veins

While on break from his second semester at Eckerd College, Zach Sierke found his great-grandfather’s kiln on Cowpen Creek and dug clay from the same historic veins that helped build the old community.

American Pie: Chatting Up a Lower Delta Legend

The proprietor of Cloverleaf Landing, Lucy “Pie” Hollings, or “Miss Pie,” is a living legend and a pillar of the local river-folk community.

Help the Department of Public Health Enforce the Seafood Labeling Law in Alabama

The Seafood Labeling Act is now law in Alabama and consumers can contact the Alabama Department of Public Health for any violations they encounter at this link. The law, which became effective October 1, requires sellers of fish or shellfish to disclose: (1) if the fish or shellfish is domestic or foreign, and (2) whether […]

Take Me To the River: The Africatown Connections Blueway Kayak Trail

The “Africatown Connections Blueway” offers more than ten miles of paddling and connects four jurisdictions (Mobile, Prichard, Chickasaw, and Mobile County) with three bodies of water (Three Mile Creek, the Mobile River, and Chickasaw Creek)

Blood, Sweat, And Oysters: Restoring Our Wild Oyster Reefs One Garden At a Time

Our goal at Mobile Baykeeper is to contribute to restoration efforts by growing 1 million oysters over the next few years.

Mobile Baykeeper + NOAA: “Reduce the Use: Plastic in Three Parts”

Since 2020, Mobile Baykeeper has worked with the NOAA Marine Debris Program to educate and build awareness about the city’s litter problem and how it affects our waters, while providing solutions to local business owners about finding alternatives to single-use plastics. This program was undertaken in collaboration with Plastic Free Gulf Coast, Downtown Mobile Alliance, […]

EPA Action on Closure of Coal-Ash Pond Unresolved

EPA can still protect Alabamians by taking action on the third potential violation to get the toxic ash moved, or recycled.

When We Pollute Our Waters, We Pollute Our Bodies

This article is from the summer 2024 edition of Mobile Baykeeper’s print quarterly, CURRENTS. The magazine is mailed to active members who have given more than $50 in the past year. To get on the magazine’s mailing list, donate here. by Justinn Overton Growing up, some of my favorite family meals featured fresh corn from the […]

Perdido Blues

Finding life in the lost bay.

Oyster Restoration

The Oyster Garden program grows young (spat-on-shell) oysters in basket-like containers that provide a place for oyster spat (baby oysters) to grow safely. Approximately 20 of these baskets are hung on a volunteer’s pier or dock, making an oyster “garden”. Each basket can grow approximately 1,000 oysters, which means that a garden has the potential to produce as many as 20,000 oysters each year.

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SWIM

No one should have to question whether the water is safe to swim in.

EXPLORE ISSUES

Learn more about the issues threatening our waters and what we’re doing to defend and revive the waters of Coastal Alabama.