From about 8 years old until a little after I started college, I had a herd of goats in rural North Alabama. As more and more people found out that I had goats, I would sometimes get requests to “use” them for their grazing services. This would...
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Waterfront property owners across coastal Mississippi and Alabama enjoy the many benefits of our coastal environments, including easy access to the Gulf of Mexico and other waterways and being able to fish in their back yards, just to name a couple....
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As another Mississippi cleanup season comes to an end, we like to look back and reflect on the year to relish all our volunteers have accomplished! We kicked off this cleanup year in January with a cleanup at Jones Park in Gulfport. Volunteers spent...
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I am currently working as a Great Lakes Program Specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as part of my NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship. Throughout this fellowship, I have been learning more about the Great Lakes, which has been a change of...
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During my 17 years as the communications coordinator for Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant, I have had the privilege of meeting some remarkable people. Research scientists, educators, engagement specialists, students, fellows, volunteers, resilience...
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Oysters for the 2023 gardening season in Mississippi will be distributed at the end of this month. This season marks the 7th year that volunteers in Mississippi are contributing to restoring their local waters by growing oysters used for restoration...
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