“To protect, conserve and re-establish the Southeastern United States diminishing wildlife and their habitats”
a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
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Tidal Pool Explorers
This program is designed to provide underprivileged youth of coastal Alabama the unique opportunity to be educated of and experience the central Gulf Coasts beautiful wild places which they wouldn’t normally have the opportunity to experience. Snorkeling, hiking, kayaking, fishing, hands on conservation projects and more outline this important outreach project.
Spanish Fort Elementary Outdoor Classroom & Sand Dune Habitat Restoration
The SWCG has developed an outdoor environmental classroom at Spanish Fort Elementary designed to enhance the students education & understanding of Alabama’s coastal environments & the significant obstacles they face today. Through knowledge of our local habitats, the wildlife that calls them home combined with hands on habitat restoration activities, we can help to educate the next generation of coastal stewards which will assist in protecting one of our greatest resources.
Teaming Partners and Sponsors
Alabama Coastal Clean Oceans Initiative
The SWCG’s Alabama Coastal Clean Oceans Initiative ia an effort to help reduce plastics
and other pollutants from our Coastal Waters. To find out more about this program,
volunteer for coastal clean-ups, find a monofilament recycling container, or to support
this cause, please click here.
Tarpon Research Support for the Alabama & Mississippi Gulf Coasts
Supporting research
& conservation eff
orts of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
The SWCG is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust
(BTT) of Key Largo, FL to support their research & conservation efforts of tarpon
and the fishery they support. Although the Tarpon fishery remains popular, available
information indicates that tarpon numbers have declined from historical levels in
the Caribbean and greater Gulf of Mexico.
Marine Mammal Research Support (Manatee and Cetacean)
Supporting research & conservation efforts of Dauphin Island Sea Lab
The SWCG is working with the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in support of their marine mammal
research projects to include the Population Ecology of West Indian manatees in Alabama
waters. This suite of projects includes operation of the DISL Mobile Manatees Sighting
Network, photo-identification, aerial and ground surveys, tagging and tracking manatee
movements, habitat and food resource characterization, analysis of population and
data comparison to habitat and food supply data. Click here to read more.........
Wildlife Rescue
Monofilament Recycling
Friends of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
The Southeastern Wildlife Conservation Group has entered into a Cooperative Agreement
with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to support its Mississippi Sandhill Crane National
Wildlife Refuge located in Gautier, MS. Together, the SWCG in collaboration with
the US Fish and Wildlife Service, will help maintain the Mississippi Sandhill Crane
NWR as one of the top Refuges in the country. Click here to read more......