Two Gulf Shores restoration projects

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation approved $63 million for six projects across Alabama, including one each at Fort Morgan and Bon Secour, as part of the fourth round of grants from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund established to restore natural resources damaged during the 2010 BP oil spill. The Gulf Shores area acquisitions will eliminate the likely risk of future development in those pristine natural habitats. The acquisition project for the Bon Secour-Little Lagoon watershed protects covers about 935 acres of a diverse coastal habitat in Gulf Shores. The Gulf Highlands project on the Fort Morgan peninsula covers 113 acres with 2,700 feet of Gulf frontage. (Source: Mullet Wrapper 11/23/16)