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The Land Between the Rivers

The Nature Conservancy’s Jason Throneberry discusses a big conservation purchase in the Delta.

Love at First Bite: A Romantic Journey with Blue Crabs in Mobile Bay

There is nothing quite like the taste of our fresh, steamed blue crabs on a warm evening by Mobile Bay.

The Crisis in Prichard

A call for urgent action.

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.⁠

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 living. ⁠

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.

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