What are your nature-based New Year's resolutions for 2025? Join The Nature Conservancy of Mississippi and learn more about our work. Visit our website to learn more about some of our conservation success stories. https://lnkd.in/gg4SXRHT
The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi
Non-profit Organizations
Conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends – globally, and in Mississippi.
About us
TNC has played a key role in protecting and restoring some of our most iconic landscapes, totaling over 180,000 acres across the state. Together, we are making a measurable, lasting difference in Mississippi.
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External link for The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi
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A brighter, greener future starts with you. When you join The Nature Conservancy, you become part of a community committed to the healthiest, brightest future possible for our planet. You'll receive exclusive updates about the latest advances in conservation. Your voice will play an active role in protecting the land and water we depend on and the animal habitat we all love. Stand up for nature in Mississippi and around the globe. Every acre we protect, every river mile restored, every habitat we save for wildlife, begins with you. Your support will help care for the lands and waters you love. Help us continue to preserve the great Mississippi outdoors. Learn more through the link in our bio. https://lnkd.in/g65nscGv
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One of the benefits of a live Christmas tree is the different ways you can recycle it at the end of the season. Many communities offer free Christmas tree recycling and make mulch, compost, and wood chips from the trees. But if your community does not offer that service here are some ideas on how to reuse your Christmas tree long after the season is over. https://lnkd.in/gQajrtWZ
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Have you ever wondered if a Speckled Kingsnake a good snake to have around? Josh Coursey, from our Camp Shelby team explains why you might want to keep them. The Nature Conservancy, working under the support and guidance of the Mississippi Army National Guard on Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, also operates a Black Pinesnake monitoring project for populations on military lands in south Mississippi. We thank the Mississippi Army National Guard for providing funding as well as logistical and planning support, which have been essential to making this project successful.”
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Orchids, bats and a small cave are a few of the highlights of thisTNC preserve in Eastern Smith County. Caves are a rarity in Mississippi, but home to bats and other cave-dwellers important to healthy ecosystems. Scientific research starting in 2004 has lead to cataloging the area's plants and animals and mapping more than 200 feet of passagesincluding stalactites, flowstone and rim stone. Scientists are removing non-native species such as cogongrass to allow native vegetation types to sustain healthy populations. Many of the plants are rare here, but found more readily in more northerly climates. Plants Some rare plants found at the Cat’s Den Cave Preserve: Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens): Evergreen ground cover; prefers evenly moist soil. Three-birds orchid (Triphora trianthophora): Named for the three flowers typically borne on each plant. All plants in the same area typically bloom on the same day, with the flowers only lasting one day. Silky Camellia (Stewartia malacodendron): Small tree with showy three-inch white flowers. American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius): Rare medicinal plant threatened by habitat destruction and over-harvesting. Blue-needle palm (Rhapidophyllum hystrix): Small shrubby, trunkless fan palm; grows to 6 feet in height; threatened by commercial exploitation. Wild ginger (Asarum canadense): Once used by Native Americans to flavor foods, but not related to present-day culinary ginger. Learn more here. https://lnkd.in/g6J7AH7V
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How the Farm Bill Restored a Mississippi Floodplain. In January 2016, a month of torrential rains in the Midwest caused massive flooding on the Mississippi River, breaching a dozen levees across Illinois and Missouri, sending a surge of water downstream. The high water breached a 150-year-old private levee in Wilkinson County, Mississippi that restricted the flow of water to a 6,000-acre island known as Loch Leven. Loch Leven’s owner reached out to The Nature Conservancy for assistance in managing the property, which was becoming increasingly difficult to farm due to recurring flood events. Today, with help from a host of partners and significant and ongoing support from federal Farm Bill programs, Loch Leven ranks as the largest floodplain reconnection along the Lower Mississippi River. Loch Leven serves as a primary staging area for tens of thousands of migratory waterfowl, shorebirds and neotropical migrants in the spring. The bottomland hardwood forested wetlands that once dominated the Lower Mississippi River floodplain are returning to the landscape. In addition, the project is cleaning the water, which flows slowly through the floodplain and deposits sediment there, helping to reduce the nutrient load that causes low-oxygen levels in the Gulf of Mexico each year. Loch Leven also provides over 72,000 acre feet of flood storage capacity, contributing to groundwater recharge and reducing flood risk downstream. Learn more here. https://lnkd.in/gvsccJcy
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Connor Robison, of Biloxi, Mississippi, has done a whole 180 with his life since joining the TNC's conservation program, GulfCorps. "My friends saw how GulfCorps affected me. Before, I was robbing drug dealers and living the street life. My friends saw how GulfCorps gave me an opportunity to get away from all that. I got my high school diploma, learned professionalism, and focused on a career and life that would lead me somewhere—not a ditch or prison. They saw that, and they wanted the same thing. Some of them progressed, too. I got a buddy who's a foreman at a tree company now because of his experience. I got another buddy who's gotten into the Forest Service," said Connor." The GulfCorps, a program managed by NOAA and The Nature Conservancy, helps restore Gulf Coast habitat and provides young people with a pathway to environmental careers. Meet GulfCorps alumnus Connor Robison and learn how the program transformed his life. Read more about Connor's story. https://lnkd.in/gMqiSCyp
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Wetlands provide vital habitat for fish and wildlife, including many threatened and endangered species, through improved water quality by filtering sediment and nutrient runoff and mitigating the effects of flooding. The Farm Bill's Wetland Reserve Program funds the restoration and long-term protection of wetlands through conservation easements. Since the program was established by the 1990 Farm Bill, millions of acres of wetlands have been protected. Learn more. https://lnkd.in/gNn5SiRr
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The Nature Conservancy constructed an approximately 40-acre oyster reef in the Bay of St. Louis. The project came about in response to natural and man-made disasters that decimated local oyster populations in this part of the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. TNC managed construction of the project thanks to support from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, the Mississippi Tidelands Fund and the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund. "One of our goals was to develop a project that supports local economies by strengthening and enhancing coastal habitat. Healthy ecosystems can support jobs, public health, a sense of place, as well as build habitat and biodiversity for communities to enjoy," Tom Mohrman, TNC’s Director of Marine Programs. The limestone rock and recycled oyster shells comprising the Tony Trapani Oyster Reef will create a surface area for new oysters to attach and grow. Eventually, the reef will create sub-tidal oyster reefs that produce oyster brood stock for the Mississippi Sound. Because the reef is in an area that is closed to harvest, the hope is that this will allow oysters to grow undisturbed over time. The reef's height and complexity also creates a three-dimensional habitat that is expected to increase recreational fishing opportunities in the bay which is surrounded by five public boat launches.
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