Sea to Shore Alliance has partnered with Dr. Ruth Carmichael and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) to support their manatee research program in Mobile Bay, Ala. We are assisting Dr. Carmichael and her team by providing our manatee research experience as DISL builds the first manatee research initiative in Alabama. In September 2009, together with SeaWorld of Florida, Sea2Shore biologists traveled to Alabama and guided a manatee tagging expedition that resulted in two manatees being radio tagged. The data from the study will be used to obtain a better understanding of manatee use of the Mobile Bay and critical habitat. Information generated from the study will aid federal and state authorities to develop conservation actions in the region.