1. Jeff DeQuattro Mobile, Alabama Coastal Projects Manager The Nature Conservancy Photo by Beth Young

2. 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

3. 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.

4. Bagged Oyster Shell • Full time crew of 12 to 20 people • ~150,000 bags of oyster shell

5. Reef Balls • Full time crew of about 6 people • 3,168 Mini-Bay Reef Balls

6. ReefBLK • Full time crew of about 8 to 10 people • 492 ReefBLK units Photos by Beth Young and JoeBay Aerials

7. 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

8. ARRA efforts leading to larger scale restoration • Identified areas to restore • by consulting with… • Natural Resource Managers • Scientists • Commercial Fishers • Charter Fishers • Recreational Fishers • Community Leaders • Underserved Communities • Best Available Data

9. Socio-Economics of Restoration – Job Training Photos by Andrew Kornylak

10. Socio-Economics of Restoration – Volunteerism

11. Socio-Economics of Restoration – Volunteerism

12. Thank You! Photo by Jeff DeQuattro