Alabama Plan for Fighting Invasive River Animal, Plant Species Approved
Alabama will be now eligible for as much as $100,000 annually in federal money to fight invasive aquatic species like carp and plants.
ALABAMA RIVERS
Health Officials Warn Against Swimming in 2 Alabama Rivers
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Health officials are warning people not to swim in two south Alabama rivers. The Mobile County Health Department is advising no one to swim in Dog River and Fowl River due to poor water quality. Local health officials and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management routinely collect water samples from 25 coastal recreational sites throughout Mobile…
Boating Deaths are Soaring on Alabama’s Lakes and Rivers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Alabama has already had its deadliest year in two decades for boaters – and summer isn’t nearly over. Al.com reports that boating accidents in the first 6 ½ months of 2019 have killed 25 people. Already, that makes this year the deadliest one since 1998, when 32 people died. The number of deaths so far this…
