Weeks Bay Reserve, Alabama

Endangered Species

The Weeks Bay system provides habitat for as many as 19 threatened species. Among the federally listed Threatened and Endangered Species and Species of Special Concern that reside or are found within the Weeks Bay watershed include the bald eagle, Alabama red-bellied turtle, gulf sturgeon, the alligator snapping turtle and the alligator map turtle. The endangered Alabama shovelnose sturgeon is also found in Weeks Bay. Four endangered snakes are found in the reserve - the Gulf salt marsh snake, the eastern indigo snake, the Black pine snake and the Florida pine snake. The endangered Florida black bear is also found there.