The state of Alabama has the opportunity to participate in the Section 309 Enhancement Grants Program that is
part of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) of 1972, as reauthorized in 1990.
The state is able to participate in the Enhancement...
The Department’s scope of operations includes the administration, management and maintenance of 22 state parks, 23 public fishing lakes, three freshwater fish hatcheries, 34 wildlife management areas, two waterfowl refuges, two wildlife...
"Patrol boat VERA QUINN, Alabama Oyster Commission. Put in commission January 1938. Diesel powered, speed about 12 miles per hour. Captained by Charles Foster, who is standing on wharf with hand on bow of boat."
"Oyster shells are gathered upon a small island formed by dredging operations in the Mobile channel. They are raked into a heap and put in wheelbarrows. Two men are often required to move loaded wheelbarrows in deep sand."
"Julius Patronas, WPA supervisor of the oyster planting project, counts clustered seed oysters and explains to L.B. McAdams, WPA area engineer, why replanting is necessary for their growth."