Jeff DeQuattroMobile, AlabamaCoastal Projects ManagerThe Nature Conservancy
Photo by Beth Young
Coffee Island – 1500 meters
Alabama Port – 750 meters
Mobile, Alabama
Helen-Wood Park – 300 meters
Bon Secour Bay – ~250 meters
Alabama Living Shoreline Projects Completed
The Swift Tract – 1,715 meters
• Create healthy oyster reefs to act as living shoreline breakwaters
• Enhance critical habitat fish and invertebrates
• Protect shorelines
• Create jobs
• Heavy pre-and-post restoration scientific monitoring.
• Demonstrate alternative to bulkheads
• Socio-Economic Survey
• Demonstrate how larger-scale oyster restoration improves environmental/economic resiliency.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Project in Mobile, AL $2.9 Million to create 1.5 miles of oyster reef breakwaters
• Full time crew of 12 to 20
people
• ~150,000 bags of oyster shell
Bagged Oyster Shell
• Full time crew of about 6
people
• 3,168 Mini-Bay Reef Balls
Reef Balls
• Full time crew of about 8 to
10 people
• 492 ReefBLK units
Photos by Beth Young and JoeBay Aerials
ReefBLK
Socio-Economics of the ARRA Project in Alabama
Number of Positions at Height of the Project = 84 positions
Average Positions for almost 3 years (33 months) = 31.5 positions
ARRA efforts leading to larger scale restoration
Identified areas to restore by consulting with…
•Natural Resource Managers
•Scientists
•Commercial Fishers
•Charter Fishers
•Recreational Fishers
•Community Leaders
•Underserved Communities
•Best Available Data
Socio-Economics of Restoration – Job Training
Photos by Andrew Kornylak
Socio-Economics of Restoration – Volunteerism
Socio-Economics of Restoration – Volunteerism
Photo by Jeff DeQuattro
Thank You!
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