Downtown Mobile, Ala., is visible from the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A while egret flies in the upper Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
The Mobile–Tensaw Delta is visible Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
An American Lotus flower is in bloom in the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A yellow-crowned night heron stands on its nest in the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A ship pushes barges on the Tombigbee River near the top of the Mobile–Tensaw Delta on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
An osprey takes off in the lower Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
People fish on a tributary of the Tombigbee River near the upper Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Lucy Hollings poses for a photo near her home in the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala., where she still fishes daily for white perch and large-mouth bass. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Pat O'Neil, right, a biologist and former deputy director of Alabama Geological Survey, boats along a tributary of the Tombigbee River at the top of the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
An alligator moves through the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Jimbo Meador, an environmental advocate, poses for a photo on Mobile Bay, Thursday, June 6, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Lubber grasshoppers are visible in the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A ship pushes barges behind a boat on the Tombigbee River near the top of the Mobile–Tensaw Delta on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
An endangered Alabama red-bellied turtle suns on a log on the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Pat O'Neil, a biologist and former deputy director of Alabama Geological Survey, speaks about the ecological importance of the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A tethered house boat sits on the water in the upper Mobile–Tensaw Delta on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
The American lotus beds are visible on the lower Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Ben Raines, an environmental advocate, maneuvers on a boat along a canal on the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. He dubbed Alabama “America’s Amazon” in a book and documentary. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A fishing boat moves on the water in the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Thursday, June 6, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)