DEMAND AN END TO FEDERAL MUD DUMPING IN MOBILE BAY›

A Universal Language

Michael Mark, a longtime Dog River resident and competitive sailor in the International Finn Class, talks about the destruction of grass beds and soft-shell crabs along the western shore of the Bay due to siltation, partly as a result of the in-Bay disposal of dredge spoil.⁠

– from Mobile Baykeeper’s CURRENTS (Winter 2024)

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