Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands
A boat pushes barges on the water in the upper Mobile–Tensaw Delta on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala. Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands and rivers unusually rich in plant and animal diversity.
So residents, scientists and environmentalists are working to protect the entire watershed, from northern Alabama to the Gulf, and to raise awareness.The Mobile-Tensaw Delta is an important spawning ground and habitat for hundreds of fish species. There are hundreds of bird species, rare flowers and carnivorous plants.
The state’s fish diversity is unmatched on the continent, with about 350 species, including more than 230 in the Mobile River basin. There are over 100 crawfish species, almost three dozen turtle species. More mussel species than all of South America. But other threats are unresolved. A canal built to connect the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers in northern Alabama could allow invasive Asian carp to reach the Mobile River system and the delta, potentially devastating native fish. The Fish & Wildlife Service says a few carp have been found and removed downstream of the canal, with biologists relying on early detection while other control measures are considered.
“It would’ve been a horrible loss to the system,” says Conservancy Director Mitchell Reid, who calls the land “a critical piece of the puzzle” as the group works to protect the upper delta by keeping large tracts intact.
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