Dauphin Island Restoration
Dedicated to shoreline restoration of Alabama's Only Barrier Island
OVERVIEW
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Why Save Dauphin Island?
It’s Alabama’s ONLY Barrier Island
It’s YOUR Beach!
Commercial and Recreational Fishing Industry
Protection of Coastal Marsh
Protection of Mainland Coastal Communities
Revenue
Homes
Choices
Issues
Aesthetics
Erosion
Photos – Our Vanishing Island
Q&A
Public Funds for Private Property
Only a Few
Go Natural
Interim Solution
Long Term Plans
West End Vulnerability
Factors Contributing to Erosion
Storms
Sea Level Rise
Dredging
Dredging
Legislative Action
HB 422 (2018)
Letters (from property owners, community groups, elected officials and professional sources)
USACE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Channel Deepening & Widening Project
Summary of Corps Meeting (Feb 2018)
Funding/Grants
CIAP
MsCIP
GoMESA
Restoration Projects in the Region
Salt Creek
Solutions
Possible Short-Term, Interim Solutions
Possible Long-Term Solutions
What Other Coastal Communities Are Doing
Proposals
Dauphin Island in Crisis
GoMESA Proposal (2009-2010)
CIAP Proposal (2009-2010)
Gulf Coast Roadmap
Studies, Reports
1978 Corps’ Report on Dredging
B.P. Oil Spill (2010)
Gulf Coast Recovery Council
Government and Other Agencies
Alabama State Port Authority
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers