Oyster Gardens on Mobile Bay

 Our local ambassadors are participating in the oyster garden program  with University of Auburn and Dauphin Island SeaLab. The Students are cleaning and protecting the young oyster spat as it grows in the small cages hanging off of piers along the Mobile Bay. This is a great opportunity to learn about oysters and the role they play in our ecosystem.

We are watching for signs of oil from the BP spill and any sea life that might be invasive to the oysters.

Lining our cages (gardens) along the water as we clean the oysters and load the cages.

Students take measurements to chart the growth of the oysters in our gardens.

The students clean the mud and small barnacles off of the oysters during our weekly trip to check on the growth of the oysters.

Students are attaching our gardens to the piers. 

Sea Turtles threatened by the oil spill

our first sighting of oil on the beach in Gulf Shores Alabama

finding dead blue crabs along the Alabama Beach

Interview Tourist and his family on Bon Secour Beach Alabama

Orange Beach on May 14th 2010

Great day at Orange Beach , Alabama

This was a day to visit the Gulf coast area to see if any of the oil has effected  the beaches. So far

we do not see any bad results of the oil spill . We will keep sending updates on the beaches along the coast.

Oil Spill Volunteer and supply round up !!

Outdoor Family Adventures of South Alabama is collecting items and volunteers for the oil clean up along our coast of Baldwin county.

The larger organizations and groups are only working on the large tourist attraction areas.

As  residents and promoters of our wildlife and waterways Members of Outdoor Family Adventures is helping the private land owners with the clean up of their waterfront homes and yards as dead and injured sealife and animals arrive in their area. We are collecting a list of items needed to help in this clean up and rescue of the sea animals of our local residents along  the coastal water ways.

If you can help in collecting items  please email   outdoorfamilyasa@yahoo.com

We will need small boxes, rabbit cages with screen bottoms, baby pools, dawn dish soap, shade tents, small tents to place larger birds and animals in to keep them stable and not bound up in boxes, toothbrushes, rags, sheets, towels, rubber gloves, large nets on sticks, yard gloves,pet carriers, tape for labeling animals,paper for documenting animals, label all items you donate for use and we will return the items to you when finished using them. 

We need Volunteers willing to stay at a clean up site with us while we help the residents along our coast line.

Thank you in advance if you are able to help  us out.