
During an appearance on this week's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) voiced his concerns with the dumping of dredge materials into Mobile Bay.

State Rep. Margie Wilcox (R-Mobile) is weighing in on the dumping of dredge materials into Mobile Bay.

The Mobile Port dredging operations are causing concern among environmentalists, residents, business owners and those who work in waters of Mobile Bay. Now, some say the federal government isn’t playing by its own rules.

Mobile Baykeepers are concerned after multiple testing sites along Alabama’s Gulf Coast showed high levels of bacteria a week after record rainfall.

From Baldwin County’s eastern shore to Mobile County’s west bay, the program returned over 61,000 oyster shells to the Bay using volunteer private piers in 2024.