Posted on November 21, 2025
The Alabama Port Authority said Wednesday that a plan to create hundreds of acres of wetlands in a portion of upper Mobile Bay has taken two big steps forward.
The Upper Mobile Bay Wetlands project has been in the works for years, with backers saying it will provide a “beneficial use” for dredge spoil by creating up to 1,200 acres of wetlands that would serve as habitat and a buffer against erosion.
The first new development is that the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council has released a draft 2026 list of projects due to receive money from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, under a process defined by the federal RESTORE Act. The draft Funded Priorities List includes a $24 million allocation for the wetlands project.
