More water, more problems

Water makes our lives possible. We drink and bathe in the fresh stuff, and we regularly focus on vacationing at a place where we can swim in the salty stuff (or at least relax on the beach listening to the waves).

We’re gearing up for the 2019 oyster gardening season

We are readying gear and shell for the upcoming oyster gardening season in Alabama and Mississippi. The programs have grown tremendously over the last few years, and 2019 looks to be a record setter with 150 bags of spat-set shells heading to...

New technologies aid in building community resilience

Drones, virtual reality and phone apps are now common among the tools we use to enhance community resilience. There are a number of examples across the country, and we will be highlighting several from the Gulf of Mexico at our New Technologies...

Registration now open for summer science experiences

There’s an app for that?

One of the jobs of Extension is to solve problems for the community that they serve. In my work with oyster aquaculture, sometimes those are big problems (e.g., water quality, permitting, etc.) but sometimes you notice the small things that add up.

Who installs living shoreline projects?

The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and collaborators are working to demystify living shorelines in an effort to build a robust contractor workforce that can respond to demand and promote these types of projects.