MBNEP receives $488K MTCW grant

The EPA’s Gulf of Mexico Program awarded the Mobile (Ala.) Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP) $488,711 to improve water quality, protect, enhance, and restore habitat, and provide environmental education and outreach in the Three Mile Creek Watershed (TMCW). The grant is for the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to create trash-free waters in the TMCW. The TMCW drains a 29 square mile, mostly-urban, area stretching 14 miles from its headwaters near West Mobile’s Cody Road across the northern part of the city and southern part of Prichard, Ala., before spilling into the Mobile River near the Alabama state docks. The watershed is significant to the fabric of the region. It was the initial source of drinking water for Mobile. In the mid-20th century the city was forced to turn to Big Creek Lake as an alternative source of drinking water. (Source: MBNEP 12-07/17) Secondarily, the MBNEP is seeking qualified environmental or natural resource planning, engineering or similar firms/professionals to prepare an Invasive Species Control Plan for the TMCW (HUC 031602040504) in Mobile County. A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process will be used to select a contractor based on available data. Statements of Qualification should be directed to the attention of Tom Herder (therder@mobilebaynep.com) and received no later than 3 p.m. CT on Feb. 2, 2018. View the full RFQ