Summary

MBNEP’s mission is to promote the wise stewardship of water quality and living resources of Alabama’s estuaries. MBNEP’s purpose is to catalyze actions of estuary stakeholders, build community organizational capacity for sound resource management, and leverage commitment and investment to ensure the estuary’s sustainability.

MBNEP's vision: Alabama’s estuaries (where the rivers meet the sea) are healthy and support ecological functions and human uses. Everyone deserves the opportunity to experience the beauty and bounty of Alabama’s estuaries - its rivers, creeks, bays, and bayous; abounding diversity of fish and wildlife; productive wetlands; and forests, dunes, and beaches. Alabama’s estuaries are integral to our common good.