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reasonsforhope · 2 months

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"When considering the great victories of America’s conservationists, we tend to think of the sights and landscapes emblematic of the West, but there’s also a rich history of acknowledging the value of the wetlands of America’s south.

These include such vibrant ecosystems as the Everglades, the Great Dismal Swamp, the floodplains of the Congaree River, and “America’s Amazon” also known as the “Land Between the Rivers”—recently preserved forever thanks to generous donors and work by the Nature Conservancy (TNC).

With what the TNC described as an “unprecedented gift,” 8,000 acres of pristine wetlands where the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers join, known as the Mobile Delta, were purchased for the purpose of conservation for $15 million. The owners chose to sell to TNC rather than to the timber industry which planned to log in the location.

“This is one of the most important conservation victories that we’ve ever been a part of,” said Mitch Reid, state director for The Nature Conservancy in Alabama.

The area is filled with oxbow lakes, creeks, and swamps alongside the rivers, and they’re home to so many species that it ranks as one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, such that Reid often jokes that while it has rightfully earned the moniker “America’s Amazon” the Amazon should seriously consider using the moniker “South America’s Mobile.”

“This tract represents the largest remaining block of land that we can protect in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. First and foremost, TNC is doing this work for our fellow Alabamians who rightly pride themselves on their relationship with the outdoors,” said Reid, who told Advance Local that it can connect with other protected lands to the north, in an area called the Red Hills.

“Conservation lands in the Delta positions it as an anchor in a corridor of protected lands stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Appalachian Mountains and has long been a priority in TNC’s ongoing efforts to establish resilient and connected landscapes across the region.”

At the moment, no management plan has been sketched out, but TNC believes it must allow the public to use it for recreation as much as possible.

The money for the purchase was provided by a government grant and a generous, anonymous donor, along with $5.2 million from the Holdfast Collective—the conservation funding body of Patagonia outfitters."

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Video via Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, August 7, 2020

Article via Good News Network, February 14, 2024

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pangeen · 1 year

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“ Towards the Sun “ // Solly Levi

#Okavango Delta #Botswana #Africa #nature #landscape #estuary #wildlife #elephants #Sunrise #savannah #aesthetics #wanderlust #explore #follow #discover

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chasingrainbowsforever · 2 months

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“Ocean River” ~ By William Patino

#rivers #sea #estuary #coral reef #aqua blue #sand #water #turquoise

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thesilicontribesman · 5 months

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Cockersands Abbey and Landscape, Lancashire

#wild places #outdoors #cockersands abbey #Lancashire #nature #marshland #estuary #coastline #tidal #abbey #early religion #ancient sites #ancient living #crossing places #relic #stonework #archaeology #history

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coolthingsguyslike · 11 months

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#Wales #The Barmouth #estuary #Dolgellau #UK

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richs-pics · 1 month

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Arnside railway bridge in the rain

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kvetch19 · 6 months

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Budd Inlet

March 19, 2021

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feather-bone · 2 years

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Mangrove community :-)

[ID: an illustration of a mangrove forest, rounded leaves poking through branching brown mangrove trunks which extend down into the water. Amongst the roots are pinfish and mangrove tunicates, there are barnacles, starfish, and crabs on the branches, and a white egret clutching a branch with its wings partially extended. End.]

#mangrove #egret #birds #estuary #animals #creatures

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uhhhhmanda · 7 months

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Timelapse of the morning fog rolling out of the rainforest and out to sea while I was inside locked in combat with the cabin's coffeemaker.

#my video #timelapse #rainforest #pnw #copalis #iron springs resort #estuary #fog #mist

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fletxerandoliver · 6 months

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Ponte 25 de abril, entrada a Lisboa…

#europa #europe #paisajes #landscape #water #bridge #portugal #lisboa #lisbon #tejo #estuary

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sunbeamsinapinecone · 13 days

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Estuary. Kerala, IN.

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arinewman7 · 9 months

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Estuary

Sky Glabush

2023

#Sky Glabush #art #artist #painting #Estuary

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ecoamerica · 14 days

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