The Foundation has recently been working to encourage continued federal funding for the Weeks Bay Reserve. The Reserve receives 70% of its budget from NOAA and 30% from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The current Presidential Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 calls for a 100% cut to the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS). This will dramatically affect our Weeks Bay Reserve, as well as 28 other reserves across the country.
You can call or email your Representatives to let them know that the Reserves are important to you!
Senator Shelby: Morgan Carter – Morgan_Carter@shelby.senate.gov
Senator Shelby: Kolo Rathburn – Kolo_Rathburn@appro.senate.gov
Washington Office: (202)224-5744
Representative Bradley Byrne: Alex Schriver – Alex.Schriver@mail.house.gov
Representative Bradley Byrne: Miriam Fry – Miriam.Fry@mail.house.gov
Washington DC Office: (202) 225-4931
Senator Doug Jones: Cissy Jackson cissy_jackson@jones.senate.gov
Washington Office: (202) 224-4124
Useful Links
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Alabama Division of Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Battleship Memorial Park – Mobile, Alabama
Coastal Conservation Association of Alabama
Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau
Legacy Partners for Environmental Education
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
Mobile Bay Watch/Mobile Baykeeper
Mobile County Wildlife & Conservation Association
National Estuarine Research Reserve System
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration of U.S. Dept of Commerce
National Estuarine Research Reserve Association
South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce
The Land Trust of Huntsville & North Alabama
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
The Nature Conservancy of Alabama