A bill that would largely prohibit so-called “mud dumping” in Mobile Bay passed the Alabama State Senate Tuesday.

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 3, 2026 MOBILE, Ala (WKRG) — A bill that would ban “mud dumping” in the Mobile Bay has passed through the Alabama legislature. According to a news ...

The Alabama State Senate voted today to end the practice of in-bay, thin-layer dredge disposal in Mobile Bay.

Legislation moving through the Alabama State House could reshape how dredged material from the Mobile Harbor ship channel is ...

Alabama’s state house of representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would prohibit dumping dredged sediment from the ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. — A customer is waiting as Patrick Gormandy steers his deep-water trawler — the Captain Sam B — back to the dock after a day of shrimping on Mobile Bay. Gormandy shovels plump shrimp ...

A federal project to dredge a ship channel in Alabama's Mobile Bay is drawing local opposition because the dredge spoil is being disposed of in other parts of the estuary. (Blake Jones for NPR) ...

Dredging waterways for navigation is a centuries-old practice, but this project is controversial because the mud being dug out of the channel is... In Alabama, a dredging project in Mobile Bay brings ...