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Description:Alabama's Bays, Bayous and Beaches Symposium was the third symposium held since 1979 to examine the status of Alabama's coastal waters and to suggest future directions. The first effort, 'Symposium on the Natural Resources of the Mobile Bay Estuary, Alabama,' consisted of reports from scientists and managers on what was known about Mobile Bay at the time. The proceedings of this initial symposium still serve as an important source of information about Mobile Bay and continue to provide a foundation for future studies. The 1987 symposium sought to update the findings of the 1979 symposium and widened the scope of papers to include the economic importance of coastal waters, education programs and habitat restoration. This most recent symposium continues the tradition of scientific and management reports while reaching out to local industry and governments. Water quality, watershed management, government cooperation and citizen involvement are key topics addressed by a variety of papers. This publication contains the following articles: 1. Alabama coastal wetlands habitat. Judy Stout pp. 5- 20. 2. What's happening to Alabama's beaches?...Where we are, and where we are going. Scott L. Douglass pp. 21-26. 3. Identification of metallic enrichment in sediments of coastal Alabama. Gary Halcomb pp. 27-36. 4. Nutrient loading and oxygen depletion in Mobile Bay. Jonathan Pennock pp. 37-38. 5. ADEM's coastal water quality and natural resource monitoring strategy. Brad Gane pp. 39-40. 6. Trends in shorebird and seabird abundance. Roger Clay pp. 41-46. 7. Current Alabama fisheries trends. Stevens R. Heath pp. 47-50. 8. Development and implementation of the new coastal nonpoint pollution control program. Steve Sandlin pp. 53-55. 9. Constructed wetlands. Chris Bolling pp. 57-58. 10. Best Management Practices: what are they? Donald W. Brady pp. 59. 11. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for construction activities. Carl A. Pinyerd, III pp. 61-63. 12. Alabama's forests--an environmental success story. Jim DeCosmo pp. 65-67. 13. Agricultural Best Management Practices. Grant Mattox pp. 69-73. 14. Trends in wastewater treatment (municipal public systems). Kenneth R. McGraw pp. 77-79. 15. A survey of the Dog River watershed: an overview of land-use practices and the affects fo development on the natural resources of the basin. Gary Halcomb pp. 81-105. 16. The emerging role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in watershed management. Dennis W. Barnett pp. 107-109. 17. Perdido Basin management strategies. Jim Trifilio pp. 111-112. 18. A regulatory perspective of healthy waters. John Carlton pp. 113-115. 19. The health of Mobile Bay. Lewis Byrd pp. 117- 118. 20. Coastal counties adaptive resource management (ARM). Russ Wimberly pp. 121. 21. Mobile County environmental concerns. Samuel L. Jones pp. 123-124. 22. Baldwin County's environmental efforts. Wendy Allen pp. 125-126. 23. The role of municipalities: planning and zoning. A. Bailey DuMont pp. 127-128. 24. Citizen involvement: you get what you ask for. Thomas H. Ellis, Jr. pp. 129-131. 25. When the Gulf is your backyard. Sonya Wood pp. 133-135.
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