Transcript Alabama TNC Presentation, Jeff DeQuattro

Jeff DeQuattro
Mobile, Alabama
Coastal Projects Manager
The Nature Conservancy
Photo by Beth Young
Alabama Living Shoreline Projects Completed
Mobile, Alabama
Helen-Wood Park – 300 meters
The Swift Tract – 1,715 meters
Coffee Island – 1500 meters
Bon Secour Bay – ~250 meters
Alabama Port – 750 meters
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Project in Mobile, AL
$2.9 Million to create 1.5 miles of oyster reef breakwaters
• 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.
Bagged Oyster Shell
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Full time crew of 12 to 20
people
~150,000 bags of oyster
shell
Reef Balls
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Full time crew of about 6
people
3,168 Mini-Bay Reef Balls
ReefBLK
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Full time crew of about 8
to 10 people
492 ReefBLK units
Photos by Beth Young and JoeBay Aerials
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…
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Natural Resource Managers
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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
Thank You!
Photo by Jeff DeQuattro