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News, Reporting, Letters, Articles
March 2013
ADEM Public Meeting
Thursday, March 14, 2013, 6:00pm
Shelby Bldg @ Dauphin Island Sea Lab
March 2012
Letter from Stan
Graves to U.S. Senator from Alabama, Richard Shelby, thanking him for
his support of BP Oil Spill
Settlement Restoration Funds for Dauphin Island shoreline
restoration.
February 2012
Letter from Glen Coffee to
the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources regarding
Deep Water Horizon Restoration Funds for Dauphin Island.
Letter from Stan
Graves and
Letter from David Meyer to U.S. Fish & Wildlife, asking for a portion of BP Oil Spill
Settlement Restoration Funds to be spent on Dauphin Island shoreline
restoration.
Alabama’s valuable coastline requires adequate protection
The Southern Environmental Law Center distributed a list last week of
“special places and natural riches [that] are threatened by a wave of
calculated attacks on the bedrock laws that protect our environment and
health.” The Alabama coastline was at the top of the list.
Read more of this article here:
Anniston Star
October 2011
Corps of
Engineers to do East End restoration/beach fill
No plans for West End restoration, apparently.
Mississippi's Ship Island gets $300m restoration grant
When will Dauphin Island see any funding of this magnitude?
September 2011
Dauphin Island Shoreline
Restoration Projects - Current Status
Mobile Bay Magazine - Dauphin Island Revival
September 2011
Coast Barrier Resources Act - Proposed Changes to Maps
Proposed changes to the maps of the Coastal Barrier Resources
Act (which include
parts of Dauphin Island) are now available online for review and public
comment. The maps are products of Fish and Wildlife Services, and will
be used to determine National Flood Insurance Program eligibility.
You may want to discuss the ramifications of these proposed changes with
your insurance agent.
Review the maps here:
http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/coastal_barrier.html
April 2011
Big, Bigger or
Biggest...but Nothing for the Now
Impressions of the Shoreline Restoration Meeting (April
2011)
Notice of Shoreline Restoration Meeting, April 13, 2011 (April 2011)
October 2010
Picking up the Pieces (Oct 17)
Perception is the Problem (Oct 13)
September 2010
Federal grant to purchase land on West End (Sep 30)
Baby Fish show up in big numbers in spite of oil spill (Sep 26)
Liquified Natural Gas terminal south of the island - approved (Sep 16)
Katrina Cut closure project proceeds (Sep 11)
Scientists search for sand to shore up Dauphin Island (Sep 9)
June 2010
Oil Innudation Forecast for Dauphin Island in the event of tides and
storms (June 11)
Oil Slick
Location - Animation from April 22 to present
Corps of Engineers' Public Notice to fill the Katrina
Cut (see Oil Spill Updates)
Erosion Solutions on Plum Island, MA - hay bales & sand
fencing stave off storm surges on the Atlantic
Hay Bale Pilot Program Information
Plum
Island Foundation Website
Letters from
Dauphin Island Lovers re: the oil spill
May 2010
Oil Spill Updates
Bienville Blvd - Road
Overwash - May 2010
Most recent Q&A
Don't Fight Nature? - New section at end of the
Go Natural article.
Long Term
Plan - The Great Unknown
Privately-Owned
Pier Dredging
Latest
Newsletter/Update
March
15, 2010 - Results of meeting to discuss pier dredging proposal.
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