David Rainer

Alabama Power, ADCNR Team Up to Build Offshore Reefs

With landfills reaching capacity, what could be a better way to repurpose decommissioned equipment than using it to build habitat for Alabama’s great offshore fisheries? Alabama Power Company recently teamed up with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) Marine Resources Division (MRD) to take end-of-life concrete poles and tower segments to build a new reef in the (Conservation Commissioner) Christopher M. Blankenship Reef Zone that covers 65 miles of Gulf of Mexico bottom between 10 and 20 miles off the Alabama coast. Both Jason Carlee, Alabama…

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