May Adventure Quencher: Paddle through America’s Seaside Wetlands

May Adventure Quencher Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 9:00am until 11:30am Come join us for a FREE family friendly event will be informative and fun! Space is limited to pre-registration is required and limited to the first 14 people to sign up. More details are below.

NERR Public Meeting

A Public Meeting on the Reserve’s Draft Management Plan will be held this evening, April 4, 2013 at 6pm at the NERR .  The draft Management Plan is available online at  http://grandbaynerr.org/reserve-management-plan or at the Reserve offices.  Comments on the Plan can be sent via email to david.ruple@dmr.ms.gov .

Grand Bay NERR Presents November’s Adventure Quencher Event: Free Birding Expedition

Baseline Moth Community Assessment

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.

Sargassum Fish (Histrio histrio)

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 Rail Nest

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 (small spreading pogonia orchid)

Cleistes bifaria grow in open pine flatwoods, shaded praries, and seepy meadows and typically flower from April to May.