Mobile Baykeeper yog lub koom haum tiv thaiv ib puag ncig tsis muaj txiaj ntsig uas tau mob siab rau kev tawm suab rau Coastal Alabama's Mobile Bay Watershed. Lub koom haum tawm tswv yim los tiv thaiv thiab txhawb dej huv, huab cua huv, thiab cov zej zog noj qab haus huv.
Lub Hom Phiaj ntawm Mobile Baykeeper
Mobile Baykeeper lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb yog los tiv thaiv qhov tseem ceeb thiab zoo kawg li biodiverse Mobile Bay Watershed. Lub koom haum tau pib thaum xyoo 1990s los hais txog ib qho teeb meem ntawm ib qho chaw muaj kev lag luam, tab sis tau nthuav dav nws cov peev txheej sai sai kom suav nrog tag nrho cov dej ntws.
Early Days: West Bay Saib
Mobile Baykeeper tsim nyob rau hauv 1997 raws li West Bay Saib thaum ib pab pawg neeg muaj kev txhawj xeeb tau koom tes los tawm tsam kev tsim kho cov chaw tshuaj lom neeg ntawm Theodore Industrial Park, uas nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm Mobile Bay. Los ntawm kev tshawb xyuas ntawm cov phiaj xwm no, lawv pom tias Lub Nroog Mobile cov thawj coj kev lag luam tau, tau ntau xyoo, tsom ntsoov rau lawv cov kev siv zog rau kev nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm. Qhov tshwm sim muaj kuab paug ua rau xav tsis thoob tias Environmental Defense Fund's Toxics Release Inventory ranked Mobile County nyob rau hauv tus naj npawb thib ob hauv Tebchaws Meskas rau cov tshuaj uas paub tias muaj mob qog noj ntshav.
Los ntawm Bay Saib rau Baykeeper
Hauv xyoo 1998, lub luag haujlwm tau nthuav dav thiab lub koom haum tau hloov lub npe mus rau Mobile Bay Watch, Inc., los qhia qhov tseeb tias cov teeb meem huab cua thiab dej tsis zoo cuam tshuam rau sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob ntawm Bay sib npaug. Cov neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb tau ntiav tus thawj coj puv sijhawm, Casi Callaway, los ua haujlwm rau lub koom haum loj hlob. Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 1999, Mobile Bay Watch, Inc. koom nrog lub koom haum thoob ntiaj teb, Waterkeeper Alliance. Callaway tau ua lub luag haujlwm ntawm Mobile Baykeeper thiab lub koom haum tau los ua Mobile Bay Watch, Inc./Mobile Baykeeper. Thaum lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2005, lub koom haum lub npe tau los ua Mobile Baykeeper. Xyoo 2020, Cade Kistler tau nkag mus rau hauv lub luag haujlwm Baykeeper tom qab Callaway tau los ua Lub Nroog Mobile thawj Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv.
Key Mobile Baykeeper Projects
Mobile Baykeeper coj thiab koom nrog ntau txoj haujlwm tsom rau kev tiv thaiv Mobile Bay Watershed. Cov npe hauv qab no sawv cev rau ob peb lub koom haum cov kev siv zog tseem ceeb. Lawv tau koom nrog ntau lwm yam kev tiv thaiv ib puag ncig xyoo dhau los. Lawv txoj haujlwm tseem yuav hloov zuj zus mus ntxiv vim muaj kev txhawj xeeb ntau ntxiv.
- Coal tshauv tshem tawm - Muaj ib lub qhov av loj loj rau ntawm thaj chaw cog ntoo nyob hauv Nroog Mobile. Cov neeg tsim khoom siv hluav taws xob uas ua haujlwm ntawm cov nroj tsuag yog npaj kom tawm hauv qhov chaw thiab npog nws. Mobile Baykeeper tau tawm tswv yim kom xav kom lub tuam txhab tshem tawm cov hmoov tshauv thee es tsis yog capping nws nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, vim muaj kev hem thawj nws tshwm sim rau Mobile Bay Watershed.
- SWIM data - Los ntawm nws qhov kev ua luam dej nyob qhov twg Nws tau saib xyuas (SWIM), Mobile Baykeeper ua qhov ntsuas dej zoo hauv thaj chaw uas tsis tau saib xyuas los ntawm lub xeev cov koom haum tam sim no thiab ua kom tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm SWIM qhia. Cov ntaub ntawv no tso cai rau tib neeg txiav txim siab txog qhov chaw ua luam dej lossis ntses. Koj tuaj yeem sau npe yuav tau txais kev hloov tshiab email dawb txhua lub limtiam lossis saib daim ntawv qhia SWIM online.
- Cov dej phwj tuaj - Txawb Baykeeper tseem nquag saib xyuas kom txheeb xyuas thiab taug qab cov dej phwj tuaj, tsim daim ntawv qhia txog qhov chaw nchuav uas tuaj yeem pom ntawm lawv lub vev xaib. Lub koom haum nquag tawm tswv yim rau cov peev txheej los kho thiab tswj cov kav dej phwj kom zoo. Lawv ua hauj lwm koom tes nrog cov chaw muab kev pab cuam thaum tseem nrhiav los tuav lawv lub luag haujlwm.
- SWAMP program - Lub koom haum muab kev kawm txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov dej huv thiab lub luag haujlwm ntawm cov pej xeem hauv kev tiv thaiv cov peev txheej dej los ntawm nws qhov Strategic Watershed Awareness and Monitoring Program (SWAMP). Qhov kev kawm no suav nrog kev kawm hauv chav kawm ua ke nrog kev cob qhia tes rau cov tub ntxhais kawm theem siab thiab cov laus uas xav ua haujlwm pab dawb saib xyuas dej.
- Anti-litter/trash-free waters - Txawb Baykeeper tawm tswv yim rau cov khib nyiab thiab pov tseg. Lub koom haum tuav cov xwm txheej ntxuav thaum cov neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb coj mus rau hauv dej hauv canoes lossis kayaks thiab / lossis taug kev ntug dej hiav txwv kom tshem tawm cov thoob khib nyiab thiab ntug dej hiav txwv. Lawv kuj tau tsim cov khoom siv khib nyiab uas lwm lub koom haum thiab cov zej zog tuaj yeem siv los tsim lawv tus kheej cov xwm txheej tiv thaiv kab mob.
- Oil spill restoration - Lub xyoo 2010 Deepwater Horizon cov roj nchuav ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj loj rau Gulf ntug dej hiav txwv, suav nrog Mobile Bay Watershed. Kev kho dua tshiab tseem tab tom ua thiab yuav txuas ntxiv mus rau ntau xyoo lawm. Txawb Baykeeper tseem koom nrog kev siv roj nchuav los ntawm kev ua haujlwm nrog tsoomfwv, xeev, thiab cov koom haum hauv zos los pab ua kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm kev siv nyiaj faib rau kev kho ntug dej hiav txwv.
Qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Mobile Bay Watershed
Lub Mobile Bay Ecosystem suav nrog ntau dua 250 txoj kev dej uas cuam tshuam rau plaub lub xeev (Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, thiab Tennessee) thiab qhib rau hauv Gulf of Mexico. Callaway piav qhia tias, "Mobile Bay yog Alabama lub hauv paus estuary system thiab muab ib qho chaw hloov pauv, qhov twg tus dej cov dej tshiab ntsib cov dej hiav txwv dej hiav txwv. Estuaries yog ib puag ncig thiab kev lag luam tseem ceeb vim tias lawv qhov tshwj xeeb lom neeg muaj ntau haiv neeg thiab kev tsim khoom." Callaway qhia ntau qhov tseeb:
- " Lub Mobile Bay estuary muaj plaub-loj tshaj dej tshiab ntws (62,000 cubic feet ib ob) nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States continental.
- Lub estuary muab kev tswj dej nyab, kev pom kev zoo rau cov dej zoo, kev tiv thaiv kev yaig, kev ua si, thiab scenery zoo nkauj.
- Cov dej ntws tawm ntawm Mobile River mus rau Mobile Bay tsim ib lub delta thiab dav marshlands.
- Mobile Bay Watershed muaj ntau tus dej ntws, bays, creeks, bayous, pas dej, txiav, ceg, thiab sloughs.
- Cov tsiaj txhu nyob hauv thaj chaw muaj xws li bld dav dawb hau, peregrine falcon, loggerhead hiav txwv vaub kib, thiab Alabama liab-bellied vaub kib. "
Nws yog qhov tseeb tias Mobile Bay Watershed muaj kev cuam tshuam loj rau ntug dej hiav txwv Alabama thiab cov xeev ib puag ncig. Callaway xaus lus, "Mobile Bay yog peb keeb kwm, peb txoj kev lag luam, peb lub neej, thiab peb txoj kev hlub. Nws yuav tsum tau khaws cia rau peb thiab rau tiam tom ntej."
Yuav Ua Li Cas Koom Nrog Mobile Baykeeper
Muaj ntau txoj hauv kev los koom nrog Mobile Baykeeper. Callaway txhawb nqa, "Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj yeem ua tau yog muab hauv zos! Kev ua tswv cuab ntawm lub koom haum koom ua ke peb ua ib lub suab hauv kev daws teeb meem ntsig txog Mobile Bay Watershed." Lub koom haum muaj ntau txoj hauv kev tuaj yeem pab dawb thiab muaj cov xwm txheej tshwj xeeb uas cov tswv cuab ntawm cov pej xeem raug txhawb kom koom nrog. Publix Grandman Triathlon thiab Bay Bites Food truck festival yog cov piv txwv ntawm lub koom haum kev kos npe rau kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag.
Txoj kev sib txawv hauv Kev Txhim Kho Cov Zej Zog Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv
Cov kev ua ntawm cov pej xeem txhawj xeeb tsis tas yuav txwv rau Mobile Bay. Txawm koj nyob qhov twg los xij, nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas yuav tsum tau ua lub luag haujlwm tiv thaiv thaj av txoj kev hauv dej thiab lwm yam khoom siv ntuj tsim. Callaway txhawb kom cov pej xeem ua cov kauj ruam hauv lawv lub neej txhua hnub uas yuav cuam tshuam zoo rau dej thiab huab cua zoo, nrog rau kev noj qab haus huv tag nrho ntawm lawv cov zej zog. Nws pom zoo "siv cov tshuaj detergents yam tsis muaj phosphates, ua teb yam tsis muaj tshuaj thiab tshuaj tua kab, thiab siv cov khoom pov tseg tsawg dua." Nws kuj txhawb kom tib neeg sau ntawv rau cov nom tswv thiab cov koom haum txog lawv txoj kev cog lus rau ib puag ncig.
