Browsing: environment feature

In my world there are two kinds of pawpaws – the loveable grandfather that goes by that name (me included) and the ones you eat!

For those of us that love the great outdoors, we know what to expect this time of the year – big, sticky spider webs everywhere you turn, with a Banana Spider hanging smack in the middle.

Surrounded by a couple of Pascagoula locals, Kristi Ducote and Eric Richards along with some Hurricane Shrimp Tacos from Brady’s, I found myself enchanted by the stories and opportunities a SaltLife person is looking for.

Whispering Pines Golf Course has some visitors that like the course so much, they’re calling it home—and they don’t even golf!

The City of Ocean Springs Mayor’s Youth Council recently completed their first large-scale final community project with the fruition of the Recycle Bin Project.

The Pascagoula River Audubon Center and the surrounding community has been expressly chosen by the Mississippi Humanities Council to host “Water/Ways” as part of the Museum on Main Street program—a national/state/local partnership to bring exhibitions and programs to rural cultural organizations.

This Jewel of Jackson County has been providing Stewardship, Research, Education, and Training about our unique coastal estuaries for 19 years now.

Did you know that Mississippi is home to more than 35 species of turtle?

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Have you noticed an influx of bright blue birds at your bird feeders over the last week? Is your seed disappearing at a faster rate than usual? Does a chorus of bird song wake you early in the morning?

The Marine Education Center (MEC) at The University of Southern Mississippi’s Cedar Point teaching site in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, serves as the education and outreach arm of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.

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This closure applies to Mississippi territorial waters. All other Mississippi territorial waters will remain open to shrimping.