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.
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Mud Dumping Town Hall
We heard from hundreds of concerned citizens who are deeply connected to our bay at our Town Hall on August 13th."Please don't open-water disperse in the Bay. Please don't cover up what few oysters we've got left." – Avery Bates, generational oysterman with...
Oyster Tongers Call for a Stop Federal Mud Dumping
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ current plan is to deepen and widen the ship channel and calls for them to dump 90 million cubic yards of sediment into Mobile Bay. That much sediment is sure to cause real damage to our Bay and those who depend on it to make a...
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...
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. “A lot of the clay that we have is essentially fossilized silt,” he...
American Pie: Chatting Up a Lower Delta Legend
Lucy “Miss Pie” Hollings is the legendary proprietor of Cloverleaf Landing and a pillar of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta’s river-folk community. After 77 years on the water, she has thoughts on what we’re doing to the Delta — and what’s worth preserving.
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), ultimately linking the...
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. Since the start of Mobile Baykeeper’s Oyster Gardening Program, our oysters have become the equivalent of office pets. “How are the oysters...
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...
Last Shop Standing: Hooked Up by the Bay on the Causeway
Hooked Up by the Bay isn’t just a bait shop—it’s a gathering place for anglers, families, and old friends on the Causeway. Owners Kim and Brenton Grace talk about early mornings, loyal customers, the local fishing scene, and why caring for clean water is essential to keeping this tight-knit community thriving.