Alabama State Parks is expanding efforts to remove invasive species and restore native habitats through a new statewide conservation initiative that will support projects across Alabama’s 21 state parks.
The effort is supported by a $25,000 grant from the Alabama Association of RC&D Councils and establishes the Statewide Native Habitat Restoration Crew, a mobile team that can travel to parks throughout Alabama to assist with habitat restoration, invasive species removal, and volunteer projects.
While Alabama State Parks has long conducted habitat restoration and invasive species management projects, officials said the new initiative creates a dedicated statewide restoration crew that can be deployed across the park system to support those efforts…