Christian Miller has joined the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC ) as an extension specialist focusing on nonpoint pollution issues. He works out of the Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center (AUMERC) in Mobile, Ala.,...
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Anyone interested in volunteering with the Mobile Bay Oyster Gardening Program must attend one of two upcoming workshops. Program volunteers grow oysters in cages off their wharves in “conditionally open” waters. The oysters later are planted on...
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MOBILE, Ala. — Existing and potential land trust partners recently discussed the possibility of coordinating conservation efforts in coastal Alabama. They got together at a workshop that kicked off an initiative to identify gaps in conservation...
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The Alabama Waterfront Access Study Committee will meet in Montgomery, Ala., from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. March 3 in the Old Archives Chambers of the state Capitol.
Legislation introduced by Rep. Spencer Collier (R-Irvington) last year created the...
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Vigor High School completes first aquascience course
PRICHARD, Ala. – About 30 students at Vigor High School recently served as caretakers of aquatic animals during the inaugural semester of a hands-on aquascience course.
“The class is a great...
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NOAA Fisheries Service, in partnership with the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, has awarded an $80,000 grant to scientists studying bottlenose dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Candidate Steve Shippee of the University of...
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