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Alabama Environmental Group, Fishermen Seek to End ‘Federal Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay

Inside Climate News · By Dennis Pillion · last updated
They say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to deepen a shipping channel would devastate local oyster reefs and seagrass beds that are building blocks for the marsh ecosystem. Their arguments are being challenged on numerous fronts.

By Dennis Pillion

For five generations, Avery Bates’ family has worked pulling fish, shrimp, crabs and oysters out of Mobile Bay in south Alabama.