4,600 tons of limestone from Tuscumbia to be used for oyster habitat in Mobile County

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Limestone rock from north Alabama flies into the waters in a coastal area known as Cedar Point West on Aug. 23, 2023. The rock is intended to serve as cultch, providing the hard surfaces needed for larval oysters to attach and grow. This week, the Alabama Wildlife Federation will expand on this project by placing 4,600 tons of limestone from Tuscumbia a quarter of a mile from this site in Heron Bay. (Photo by Lawrence Specker/lspecker@al.com)

More than 4,000 tons of limestone are currently on a barge, heading to Alabama’s Gulf Coast to help replenish oyster beds around Cedar Point.

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