The 100-1000: Restore Coastal Alabama partnership needs volunteers on April 6, 2013 to deploy 20,500 interlocking concrete blocks--which weigh between 30-35 pounds each--to create four reefs at Pelican Point in Fairhope, Alabama.
The groups are seeking up to 500 volunteers to build a 224-foot living shoreline along Mobile Bay.
This area has experienced significant habitat loss and erosion that in turn has negatively impacted the very resources that draw residents and support local economies.
Once constructed, the reefs will protect the natural shoreline and enhance habitat for fish, shellfish and birds, providing opportunities for fishing, bird watching and sightseeing from land, kayak or boat. Funding for this project is made possible through grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
To date, the 100-1000 project has constructed more than 2 miles of reefs, a critical step to restoring and protecting vital ecological and economic resources for Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico.
Here are the details: The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 6th from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Pelican Point, Baldwin County, Alabama, near the mouth of Weeks Bay. The address is 10299 County Road 1, Fairhope, AL 36535
Please volunteer today by contacting the following 100-1000 Restore Coastal Alabama organizations (they each have volunteer sign-up forms on their websites) - Alabama Coastal Foundation, The Nature Conservancy of Alabama and Mobile Baykeeper.
Written by Pat Byington, The Green Register