by Associated Press Published: February 11,2013
Tags: bird, ecosystem, gamebird, hunt, hunter, hunting, natural resources, Nature, outdoors, state agency, Turkey, tyracking, wildlife
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is seeking information from hunters to keep track of turkey populations in the state. Adam Butler, wild turkey program biologist, said the spring gobbler hunter survey is one of the most reliable data sets used to monitor Mississippi turkeys. Currently, more than 1,200 turkey hunters [...] [...]
PASCAGOULA — The Chinese tallow — or popcorn tree — is described as an invasive, noxious plant and they will soon be disappearing in Pascagoula. The Mississippi Press reports the city’s Beau Beautification Division will begin removing all Chinese tallow trees right of ways and parks the first week in February. The city will replace [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 4,2013
Tags: bicycle, bike, biker, community development, environment, fitness, health, hike, hiker, hiking, Nature, outdoors, recreation, tourism, tourist, trail, vacation, visitor
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — Tanglefoot Trail has reached its southern terminal, but work on the project is not finished. The leveling and grading is complete with the trail bed ready for crews to start laying asphalt as soon as weather and new year allow. “They have laid the limestone and gotten the surface ready for the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: beach, contaminant, contamination, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, fish, fishing, flood, flooding, hurricane, natural disaster, Nature, outdoors, pollution, state agency, state government, storm, storm surge, swim, swimmer, swimming, tropical, water quality, Weather, wildlife, wind
HARRISON COUNTY and JACKSON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has lifted numerous beach closures issued Aug. 31 in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac for monitoring stations in Harrison and Jackson counties. The reopened beaches in Harrison County are: • Station 8-Gulfport West — west end at Marie Avenue to the east end [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: catch, commercial fisherman, commercial fishing, death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, fish, fishing, gasoline, natural gas, Nature, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, outdoors, petroleum, pollution, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Fishing boats in the Gulf of Mexico hauled in more menhaden and other species last year compared with 2010, when millions of gallons of oil spewed from a blown well, according to a federal fisheries report. But it’s too early to rule out any long-term effects from the spill, said Roy [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2012
Tags: accident, death, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, gas, hospitality, hurricane, natural disaster, Nature, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, severe weather, tar, tourism, tourist, tropical weather, vacation, visitor, Weather, wildlife
GULF COAST — Weathered oil in the form of tar has washed up on some Louisiana beaches from Gulf waters churned by Hurricane Isaac, prompting restrictions of fishing in some waters and tests to determine whether the source is submerged oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. “I’d say there’s a smoking gun,” said Garret [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 20,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, eclosystem, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fish, natural gas, Nature, offshore dsrilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — With nesting season ending on the barrier islands, the BP oil disaster cleanup will ramp up starting today. BP spokesman Ray Melick tells the Sun Herald the work hadn’t been completely shut down, but was curtailed to permit sea birds to occupy the islands from April until about mid-August. A Gulf [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 19,2012
Tags: commercvial fishing, ecosystem, fish, fishing, food, habitat, natural resources, Nature, seafood, seatrout, state agency, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Mississippi’s annual 40,000-pound limit on commercially caught spotted seatrout is under review. The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources decided on a study after being told commercial fishermen reached the 40,000-pound quota this year by May 19. The season had opened in January. The Mississippi Press reports fisheries biologist Buck Buchanan recommended [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 14,2012
Tags: angling, catfish, environment, fauna, fish, fishing, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, natrual resources, Nature, outdoors, pollution, release, restock, spill, state agency, water, wildlife
PEARL RIVER COUNTY — Approximately 14,000 pounds of harvestable-sized blue catfish will be released into the Pearl River near Picayune (Walkiah Bluff) as part of a continued recovery effort by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). The catfish, donated by a Mississippi catfish producer, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 14,2012
Tags: colleges, ecosytem, education, environment, habitiat, higher education, laboratories, marine science, naturall science, Nature, research, science, seafood, universities, wildlife
OCEAN SPRINGS — The University of Southern Mississippi has named Rutgers University professor Eric Powell as the new director of USM’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs. The Sun Herald reports Powell teaches at the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Science in New Jersey. He had served [...] [...]
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