Weeks Bay quietly performs a lot of work along Alabama's Gulf Coast that most tourists are unaware of. This little estuary near Fairhope, fed by the Fish River and the Magnolia River, filters waters before it reaches Mobile Bay, providing nursery grounds for prawns, oysters and the young of numerous fish species that eventually appear on dinner plates around the area. Understanding precisely how water and whatever it contains flows through that system is essential to maintaining its health, but the issue is a far more difficult subject than it may seem.
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