In 1970, millions of people across the nation showed their deep concern over the pollution and negligence taking place toward our environment. This unity forced the issue of environmental conservation into political action with the purpose to bring...
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Coastal restoration strategies are a hot topic along the northern Gulf of Mexico, where environmental changes like sea-level rise, erosion, flooding and increased storm events could lead to loss of both residential and commercial properties.
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Despite an early threat of rain, Saturday turned out pretty and unusually warm for a March afternoon. On one side of the campus children played in a “mud kitchen” where mudpies were top of the menu. On the other side of the campus, a red-faced...
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Oyster gardening efforts in Mississippi and Alabama have worked to restore estuarine habitat and improve water quality by growing oysters used for habitat restoration purposes. Volunteers and participants in Little Lagoon, Mobile Bay and Mississippi...
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Last spring, the Program for Local Adaptation to Climate Effects: Sea Level Rise (PLACE: SLR) kicked off our Community’s RISE (Resilience in SLR Education) project focused on increasing community awareness of sea-level rise impacts along the...
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A low-salinity softshell crab production system was developed from the design, construction and preparation of the experimental ponds in Coastal Mississippi. The experimental data on stocking, feeding and survival was collected from several years of...
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