Posts Tagged ‘ecosystems’

Landowners along river eligible for wetlands-conservation program

by MBJ Staff Published: June 11,2012

Tags: conservation, ecosystems, environment, federal agency, federal government, land, property, real estate, river, wetlands, wildlife

WEST MISSISSIPPI — Owners of land along the Mississippi River in Mississippi may be eligible for financial and technical assistance with increasing bottomland forest acreage and enhancing water quality under the Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP), part of the Wetlands Reserve Program. Eligible land is between the Mississippi River and the river’s primary levees. These [...] [...]

BP oil spill funds to be used for new Coast nature center

by Associated Press Published: February 16,2012

Tags: birds, center, construction, disaster, ecosystems, ecotourism, ecotourists, education, energy, environment, explosion, food, gas, habitat, hiking, Nature, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, outdoors, petroleum, seasfood, tourism, tourists, vacations, visitors, wildlife

MOSS POINT — A new $2 million Pascagoula River Audubon Center celebrating the environment of the Mississippi Gulf Coast is scheduled to open in early 2013. The center, one of just 43 such Audubon centers across the country, will be located within walking distance of downtown Moss Point. Audubon president David Yarnold says the center [...] [...]

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