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The Dead Zone: A year-round nightmare
For Halloween this year, consider dressing as The Dead Zone. You'll need a costume the size of New Jersey and the ability to suck all the oxygen...
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Coastal Cleanup volunteers can reduce microplastics in water
Since 1988, thousands of Mississippi Coastal Cleanup volunteers have removed millions of pounds of trash from Mississippi beaches, waterways and...
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Worried about erosion? Conserve or plant some salt marsh
Salt marshes are a type of coastal wetland that are common throughout the globe. If you have driven over a bridge near the coast, you have probably...
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Low salinity causes some mortality in first oyster-gardening season
We are excited to have the first full season of oyster gardening in Mississippi and Little Lagoon (Alabama) kick off this summer. Not long after...
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Rainy day kicks off Mississippi Oyster Gardening Program
Volunteers in Mississippi started oyster gardening earlier this week. They received their oysters on Tuesday, amid light and steady rain from what...
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Why you should slow down in no-wake zones
Waterfront property owners directly benefit from the establishment of no-wake zones in their area from decreased wave energy hitting their...
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We have a green light for oyster gardens in Mississippi
After a successful pilot year for oyster gardening in Mississippi, we are really looking forward to the first full season which starts this summer....
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Oyster farmers from across South compare notes
At the end of January, over 50 current and potential oyster farmers gathered for a meeting at Auburn University, along with another 50 or so chefs,...
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issues nationwide permit for living shorelines
On Jan. 6, 2017, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced revised and renewed nationwide permits (NWPs) necessary for work in streams, wetlands...
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