MTA Watershed Survey Available

The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program has created a 10-question survey for people who live, use, visit or have an interest in the 37,000 Mobile-Tensaw Apalachee (MTA) Watershed in Mobile and Baldwin counties, Alabama Newscenter reports. Standing in for public meetings halted due to COVID-19 restrictions, the survey will begin the setting of priorities for a portion of the delta. Christian Miller, watershed management coordinator for the program, said community input is critical to the success of future conservation, restoration and preservation, adding, “It’s critical that we get community buy-in on all of our watershed management plans. We don’t do these plans in a vacuum. We want them bought into the process on the front end, because, at the end of the day when this plan is done, they’re going to have to be the champions of that plan. It won’t be successful unless the people in the community are on board and bought into it.”