Grants available for resiliency-related projects

The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) is pleased to announce a special request for proposals for the Coastal Storms Program, Community Risk and Resiliency.

MASGC, in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Leaders ask for reliable models to predict sea-level rise, flooding

Professionals know what they need to help them manage issues related to sea-level rise in Mississippi and Alabama. They told government agencies about those needs during two workshops held March 10 and March 11 in Biloxi, Miss.

Professionals who...

Biologist to speak about frogs

Biologist Kathy Shelton, state coordinator of the Mississippi Amphibian Monitoring Program, will speak about the frogs of Mississippi and how to identify them by their calls at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 2, at the Mississippi State University Coastal...

Miller to work with communities on water-quality issues

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.,...

Learn to be an oyster gardener

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...

Groups work toward improving land conservation efforts

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...