Jan 17th, 2012Mississippi Habitat Stewards Program is a project of Mississippi Wildlife Federation and National Wildlife Federation. The 2012 class is sponsored by BP. In exchange for 24 hours of training, each participant will commit 100 hours of volunteer service on partner lands: working to build nature trails, monitor existing nature trails, public relations, management and monitoring for invasive species, planting native plants and many other exciting projects. Mississippi Habitat Stewards Program Partners are the owners and [...]
Jan 10th, 2012It is time to think about getting your bird houses or gourds spruced up and hung up for the returning local populations of Purple Martins, one of the first colonial migrant species to return in the spring. Come join us and learn the best way to attract and harbor these beneficial and entertaining birds.
This survey helps to create a baseline for future research endeavors in the Grand Bay NERR/NWR vicinity associated with moths. Currently, a transect is walked three to four mornings a week beneath external building lights at the Grand Bay Coastal Resources Center.
Together, both stations help to measure the amount of mercury that is coming out of the atmosphere and getting into the water.
The sargassum fish is a small ambush predator (growing only to 20 cm in length) that gets its common name from the habitat in which it lives – sargassum algae beds that float on the ocean’s surface. The sargassum fish is generally found in tropical and subtropical areas of the [...]
Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris) nest in salt marshes along the Gulf coast. This particular nest was found in a thick patch of Juncus roemerianus (black needle rush).
Cleistes bifaria grow in open pine flatwoods, shaded praries, and seepy meadows and typically flower from April to May.
The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, established in 1999, is managed through a unique local, state and federal partnership designed to promote estuarine research and education within Mississippi's Coastal Zone and its adjacent ecosystems.
The Grand Bay NERR boundaries encompass some 18,400 acres, situated in extreme southeast Jackson County, MS.
The reserve is open year-round for exploration and discovery.
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
6005 Bayou Heron Road
Moss Point, MS 39562
228.475.7047
We have dormitories available for visiting professionals and graduate students.
This project is funded by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources in part through a grant provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Grand Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve
6005 Bayou Heron Road
Moss Point, MS 39562
228-475-7047
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