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The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is one of the most biologically productive estuarine ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico region, supporting several rare or endangered plant and animal species, numerous important marine fishery resources, diverse habitat types and archaeological sites, in the U.S. State of Mississippi.
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP), formerly known as the Mississippi Game & Fish Commission, is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Mississippi responsible for programs protecting Mississippi fish and wildlife resources and their habitats, as well as administering all state parks; it has its headquarters in Jackson.
Black Prairie Wildlife Management Area Lowndes County: 5,673 acres Nearest town: Brooksville: East-central Region Calhoun County Wildlife Management Area Calhoun County: 10,900 acres Nearest city: Calhoun City: Northwest Region Canal Section Wildlife Management Area Itawamba County and Monroe County: 26,000 acres Nearest city: Fulton: Northeast ...
The tusk, which could be anywhere from 11,700 to 75,000 years old, was found partially exposed from the mud bank. - Courtesy Eddie Templeton
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. − A Mississippi man found a tusk from the biggest mammal to ever walk across the state's land: A giant mammoth.. The discovery in Madison County is the first giant mammoth ...
The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies ("IMMS") is a research organization located in Gulfport, Mississippi, and dedicated to education, conservation, and research on marine mammals in the wild and in captivity. It was founded in 1984 as a research organization funded by Marine Life Oceanarium and its sister company Marine Animal Productions ...
The refuge partners with nearby Mississippi State University in an extensive research program with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of Forestry. Originally named the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, the refuge was renamed for Sam D. Hamilton, a former director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, in February 2012. [1]
The museum is located in LeFleur's Bluff State Park and features aquariums, habitat exhibits, and nature trails specializing in the flora and fauna of Mississippi. The museum also houses the state's systematic collections, containing more than a million specimens of fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, invertebrates, plants, and fossils. [2]