Submitted by James Hatfield

Little Lagoon Preservation Society invites members and the general public to attend a quarterly membership meeting Tuesday 5:30 p.m., at the Adult Activity Center in Gulf Shores. The first 30 minutes (5:30-6 p.m.) is an opportunity to mingle and enjoy refreshments with LLPS members, officers, guest speakers, and the general public. Featured guest speakers will be: ,

Don Powell, Design Engineer, ALDOT on an Environmental study by ALDOT, possible changes to court order needed for pass redesign, uppdate, design plans for new bridge and redesigned pass, traffic plans during construction and latest timing estimates.

Mark Acreman, Public Works Director, City of Gulf Shores will speak on preparation for protection of Callaway and Ivan passes in the event of tropical storms/hurricanes in the Gulf, removal of oil pads in the waters along our beaches and removal of tar residue from the beach, Ivan Pass and flood shoal on Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.

Chris Blankenship, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Marine Resources Division, and State Rep. Steve McMillan will give a brief summary of current regulations, a brief summary and recent history, commercial crabbing in Lagoon, McMillan-summary of proposed legislation to eliminate commercial crabbing in Lagoon and blankenship-summary of recent DCNR resource and commercial crabbing investigations.

Other topics to be discussed following our guest speaker include: Geographic Area of Particular Concern (GAPC) update, National Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) update, LLPS weather station update, Website update and financial update.

The general public is invited to attend this event and encouraged to join our non-profit society. LLPS strives to “preserve and improve the quality of life on and around Little Lagoon by endeavoring to assure that the quality of water in the Little Lagoon is maintained to the highest standards set by the appropriate State and Federal regulatory agencies and banding together as a group to influence items of interest or concern to the majority of the membership to include endeavoring to protect the lagoon and surrounding wetlands and wildlife habitat, and monitoring local, state and federal governments as an advocate and watchdog group to influence matters that might impact Little Lagoon.”