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Public Outreach on the Upper Tensaw River

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Jason Strickland
Jason Strickland

View of the Tensaw River from the Delta Explorer. Photo by Sherry Stimpson Frost. data-lightbox='featured'
View of the Tensaw River from the Delta Explorer. Photo by Sherry Stimpson Frost.

On the Delta Explorer. Photo by Sherry Stimpson Frost.

On November 6th, biology faculty Joel Borden led a public outreach cruise along the Tensaw River in Baldwin County aboard Blakeley Historic Park’s Delta Explorer. This two-hour tour included natural, geologic, and cultural history of the river, biodiversity of the region in general and the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in particular, and the importance of the Delta’s ecological services (e.g. clean water/air, flood buffer, biological refuge, sustainable food resource, etc.). Joel has spent the last 18 years exploring and teaching (primary/secondary, college, and adult/continuing) students and enthusiasts about the hidden wonders of the 2nd largest river delta system in the US.  Basking alligator on banks of Tensaw River. Photo by Sherry Stimpson Frost.

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