Animals
Three Gulf Coast national wildlife refuges and the Southeast Wildlife Conservation Group will sign a cooperative agreement today following the annual Sandhill Crane count.
The ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane and Wildlife Refuge in Gautier, which is an event that has refuge manager Lloyd Culp excited. Culp said the partnership will mean added resources for the Gautier refuge.
- Mississippi Sandhill Cranes
Hidden in blinds with binoculars and notebooks, dozens of helpful volunteers will watch the sun rise over the wet pine savannah of southwest Jackson County and count Sandhill cranes. Senior wildlife biologist Scott Hereford with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
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In 1990, about 60 percent of the county voters rejected gambling. Now the Choctaws want to ram it down our throats. If they want a casino on the Gulf Coast, why don't they put it in Harrison or Hancock County where the residents voted FOR GAMBLING?...
- Coast Residents Don't Want Casinos
The tribe has been battling Coast residents to get a $375 million casino resort approved in Jackson County on tribal land (it's not tribal land, it's land the tribe bought and it's in a County that voted no to casinos), a move local casinos...
- Field Trip
Local nature lovers and bird-watchers can observe rare birds hibernating in the area during a special field trip this weekend. The Mississippi Audubon Society is hosting its annual free field trip to the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Wildlife Refuge this...
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Animals
Good news for Mississippi Sandhill Cranes
Three Gulf Coast national wildlife refuges and the Southeast Wildlife Conservation Group will sign a cooperative agreement today following the annual Sandhill Crane count.
The ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane and Wildlife Refuge in Gautier, which is an event that has refuge manager Lloyd Culp excited. Culp said the partnership will mean added resources for the Gautier refuge.
- Mississippi Sandhill Cranes
Hidden in blinds with binoculars and notebooks, dozens of helpful volunteers will watch the sun rise over the wet pine savannah of southwest Jackson County and count Sandhill cranes. Senior wildlife biologist Scott Hereford with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
- Residents Of Jackson County Not Allowed To Voice Their Opinion On Choctaw Casino
In 1990, about 60 percent of the county voters rejected gambling. Now the Choctaws want to ram it down our throats. If they want a casino on the Gulf Coast, why don't they put it in Harrison or Hancock County where the residents voted FOR GAMBLING?...
- Coast Residents Don't Want Casinos
The tribe has been battling Coast residents to get a $375 million casino resort approved in Jackson County on tribal land (it's not tribal land, it's land the tribe bought and it's in a County that voted no to casinos), a move local casinos...
- Field Trip
Local nature lovers and bird-watchers can observe rare birds hibernating in the area during a special field trip this weekend. The Mississippi Audubon Society is hosting its annual free field trip to the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Wildlife Refuge this...
- Fordice Signed Away Mississippi's Rights
When Kirk Fordice in 1992 secretly signed a compact permitting the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to operate casino gaming on tribal lands near Philadelphia, no one dreamed it could lead to a multibillion-dollar casino complex in the red clay hills...