Alabama Water Watch was the recipient of the 2025 Gulf Coast Marine Environmental Leadership Award
Alabama Water Watch was honored to receive the 2025 Gulf Coast Marine Environmental Leadership Award at the 2025 Marine Environmental Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, October 28th, 2025. The Marine Environmental Awards are given by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation to “organizations whose efforts have resulted in the improvement of marine environmental sustainability in the region.”
Alabama Water Watch has long had a presence on Alabama’s Coast, thanks to the Volunteer Trainers and Monitors and Program Partners who have invested in water quality monitoring, environmental education, and watershed stewardship within their communities. They have worked tirelessly to sustain water monitoring efforts on our coastal waters for several decades!
Our staff would like to extend our sincerest thanks to our coastal Volunteer Monitors, Trainers, and partners, and to all the Alabama Water Watch volunteers statewide who make our work possible. We recognize that receiving this award is a reflection of the dedication and commitment of you all!
We would especially like to recognize our coastal volunteers and partner organizations for their support on the coast:
- Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
- Cities of Daphne, Foley, Fairhope, Mobile, Orange Beach
- Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Special shout-out to our Coastal Alabama Water Watch Monitoring Groups:
- 4-H AWW Alma Bryant High School
- 4-H AWW Baldwin Preparatory Academy
- 4-H AWW Gulf SHores High School
- 4-H AWW Phillips High School
- 4-H AWW Robertsdale High School
- Baldwin County Water Watch
- Bon Secour Bay Water Watch
- City of Foley Environmental Department, Graham Creek Nature Preserve
- Dog River Clearwater Revival
- Fairhope Watershed Warriors
- Fowl River Area Civic Association
- Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
- Mobile Baykeeper
- Ono Island Canal Owners Association
- University of Mobile
- University of South Alabama
- Weeks Bay Water Watch
- Western Perdido Bay
- Wolf Bay Watershed Watch
AWW Staff Mona Dominguez, Sydney Zinner, Carolina Ruiz, and Jessie Curl attended the event at the Battlehouse Renaissance in Mobile, AL. They were joined by Veteran AWW Trainer and Monitor with Dog River Clearwater Revival, Dr. Mimi Fearn. The staff enjoyed a keynote address by Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Chris Blankenship. The event was a wonderful opportunity for staff to meet the many supporters of marine conservation on the gulf coast!
