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Committee approves 10-year seagrass plan bill after amendment removing department implementation role
Summary
The Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee approved House Bill 92, which establishes a task force to develop a 10-year seagrass restoration plan; an amendment removed the Department of Conservation from an implementation role and the amended bill received a favorable report.
Chairman Representative Brown introduced House Bill 92, which would establish a task force to develop a 10-year seagrass restoration plan intended to guide restoration and protection of submerged aquatic vegetation that provides habitat, water filtration and shoreline stabilization.
Brown noted studies estimating seagrass decline of up to 30% since the late 19th century and cited local groups involved in restoration work, including Mobile Baykeeper, Dauphin Island Sea Lab and…
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