Deal made in Dauphin Island beach erosion lawsuit - al.com

Deal made in Dauphin Island beach erosion lawsuit - al.com: "In a nearly decade-old lawsuit over erosion, Dauphin Island property owners and the federal government have reached a proposed settlement that would give the island $1.5 million to restore tattered beaches, according to court records.

The Dauphin Island Property Owners Association filed a lawsuit against the federal government in 2000, blaming chronic erosion and land loss on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' dredging activities in the Mobile Ship Channel.

The lawsuit claimed that sand naturally flowing east-to-west on waves was trapped in the channel and prevented from replenishing the island's shores."