Work To Come On Wolf Bay-Area Watersheds

Efforts to protect the watersheds flowing into Wolf Bay are progressing, with several projects in the works, the City of Foley announced. Leslie Gahagan, the city’s environmental director and president of Wolf Bay Watershed Watch, said recent grants of more than $3 million will help fund work to fix erosion on waterways such as Wolf Creek and Sandy Creek in East Foley. There, restoration work should reduce flooding caused by the stream being filled in by sediment. Another project is near Swift Church Road, where there are 10-ft bluffs of erosion affecting the properties of multiple homeowners. Finally, there is a project to clear a drain north of the OWA resort that has become filled with invasive plants and deadfall. The Wolf Bay Watershed Watch has been working to develop a watershed management plan for the area. The organization has monitored water quality in streams leading to the bay for more than 20 years via testing of samples at set locations for bacteria levels, temperature, oxygen levels and other factors.