Gulf of Mexico

A pelican soaring through the sky. — Gulf of Mexico Pelican soaring over the Alabama Gulf Coast. TNC received a $2.9 million NOAA-ARRA grant to restore a total of 3 acres of oyster reefs along Coffee Island and Alabama Port. © Hunter Nichols

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Conserving the Lands and Waters Central to the Gulf of Mexico’s Way of Life

The Nature Conservancy has been protecting the natural character of the Gulf of Mexico for more than 40 years. We have been saving critical habitat through land acquisition, pioneering on-the-ground and in-the-water restoration projects and advocating policies to achieve large-scale conservation in each of the Gulf states.

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Healthy Rivers, Delicious Oysters

A new project aims to understand how climate change, upstream water use, and water management decisions affect oysters in the Gulf of Mexico.

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WOPA110201_D101 An egret stands on one of the 23,000 bags of oysters that line the edge of a mud flat on Mobile Bay in Alabama. Volunteers will spend the weekend moving the bags—each weighing approximately 10 pounds—across the mud flat at low tide in an assembly line fashion to create the foundation for oyster reefs to grow, ultimately protecting 1,000 feet of shoreline to help restore the Gulf of Mexico. During the course of this weekend event, volunteers will work alongside Conservancy scientists and partners to construct the first quarter-mile of oyster reef as part of the 100-1000: Restore Coastal Alabama project. Spearheaded by the Nature Conservancy, Alabama Coastal Foundation, Mobile Baykeeper and the Ocean Foundation, the 100-1000 project aims to build 100 miles of oyster reefs and grow 1,000 acres of marsh and sea grass. © © Erika Nortemann/TNC