Reflections: Three Mile Creek Watershed Restoration Project
Reflections on Restoration Progress
RESTORE Council- 2025
Three Mile Creek Watershed Restoration Project
Water quality supports recreational and commercial fisheries and tourism; without it, coastal ecosystems are degraded, along with the environmental and economic benefits these ecosystems provide. The RESTORE Council has funded meaningful investments in water quality in all five Gulf states. In one such project, the state of Alabama, through the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), was awarded $23.9 million in RESTORE Act Spill Impact Component funds for the Three Mile Creek Watershed Restoration project. Managed by ADCNR, the goal of this project is the restoration and protection of water quality of the Gulf Coast region’s fresh, estuarine, and marine water resources by providing streambank stabilization along Twelve Mile Creek and dredging and restoring Langan Park Lake. Twelve Mile Creek and Langan Park Lake both drain into Three Mile Creek and Mobile Bay.
The project leverages habitat restoration work conducted by the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, which expands watershed-scale restoration for Three Mile Creek. The coordinated restoration of the creek between the two projects will improve water quality of the creek and lake, providing a healthier natural environment for wildlife and improved recreational opportunities and ultimately reducing pollution in Mobile Bay.
The RESTORE Council is commemorating 15 years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident with a month-long reflection on its progress to date implementing meaningful ecosystem and economic restoration across the Gulf Coast. Subscribe to our eBlast or Modify your eBlast subscription.
Keala J. Hughes
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations
(504) 717-7235
keala.hughes@restorethegulf.gov