Orange Beach visitors and locals will now be able to enjoy more beaches with the restoration of three barrier islands. That is, if they don’t mind sharing with migratory birds and other native species.

“If you want to come to a place where life thrives, you come to Alabama,” said Mitchell Reid, Alabama state director for The Nature Conservancy. “We are the heart of biodiversity in north America… this is going to be a place that allows nature to thrive with humans.”

On Friday, the city of Orange Beach and environmental advocacy group The Nature Conservancy unveiled the newly restored Lower Perdido Islands near Perdido Pass. Around 30 acres of habitat were restored through this project, after years of erosion caused in part by their increasing popularity.

The Lower Perdido Islands (Robi

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