Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium MASGC
It has been a decade since Hurricane Katrina devastated the coastal areas in the Northern Gulf of Mexico states in August 2005. Results of surveys conducted after the hurricane showed that Hurricane Katrina caused approximately $2.2 million in...
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With the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina coming up next week, the Coast has been bustling. There are ceremonies planned to commemorate the progress of communities, media requests from around the country, book signings, fund-raising...
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program, in conjunction with the Mississippi state APA chapter, just held the second in a series of planning workshops this year dedicated to enhancing knowledge about environmental resiliency. The workshop,...
Read MoreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Program recognized Mississippi resident Tracie Sempier with the First Place 2015 Gulf Guardian Award in the Individual Category. The awards ceremony was held July 30, 2015, at the Texas...
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Although the majority of coastal homeowners are connected to public sewage systems, a large percentage of families live in rural or suburban areas that aren’t served by public utilities. When properly designed, sited, constructed, and maintained,...
Matthew Womble, currently completing his master’s in the fisheries program at Auburn University, is one of approximately 50 future leaders to be awarded a 2016 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, sponsored by the National Oceanic and...