Pascagoula River Audubon Center
The Pascagoula River Audubon Center serves as the gateway to the Pascagoula River, its habitats, and the diverse assemblage of organisms that inhabit or visit the river basin throughout the year. In 1974, more than 35,000 acres of land along the Pascagoula was preserved for the public. This landmark preservation purchase, spearheaded by The Nature Conservancy, has protected a unique ecosystem and grown to the current 70,000 acres that keep the largest free-flowing river in the contiguous United States one of the wildest. Wildlife abounds in the Pascagoula River- including some species that are endemic, or found nowhere else on the planet.
Apart from providing visitors and students direct exposure and experience within such a rich environment, the center serves as a demonstration site for environmentally-friendly landscaping and a portal to nature-based programming for all ages.
Hours of operation: Tuesday- Friday (9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.) Saturday (9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.) CLOSED Sunday & Monday
Admissions: Adults-$8 Children 12 and under- $5
Address: 5107 Arthur Street, Moss Point MS 39563
Telephone: 228-475-0825
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River At Risk (Pascagoula, Mississippi)
The Pascagoula is the only major river system in the lower forty-eight states, that still runs free.
The river's basin stretches over 9,600 square miles of wilderness, where black bears, rob bees' nests, and swallow-tailed kites make their home. The uninterrupted flow of the river is important for migrating fish, such as the Alabama shad and the endangered Gulf sturgeon, while it's marshes provide a vital incubator for Gulf Coast shrimp. Pascagoula-Moss Point Port is the third most productive port in the Gulf of Mexico as measured by pounds of fish.
In this video, Ernest Herndon, a local newspaper reporter, and avid canoer of thirty years, steers us down backwaters of this beloved river, and introduces us to both the lore and persistent threats- to this little-known, sprawling, natural wonder of the South.
In 2009, American Rivers listed the Pascagoula River among the ten most endangered rivers in America, owing to the threat of new petroleum storage.
The U.S. Department of Energy under the Bush administration, planned to pump fifty million gallons of water per day from the river, over the course of five years, to hollow out naturally-occurring salt domes, in order to create more storage capacity for oil.
The Richton Salt Domes, located thirty miles northwest of the basin, would have increased U.S. storage capacity by 160 million barrels. Approximately 330 miles of pipeline would have withdrawn water from the Pascagoula, to pump the salty, polluted byproduct out to one of Mississippi's barrier islands, and distribute oil to and from the site.
The plan would have nearly doubled the amount of water taken from the Pascagoula River. The DOE estimated the cost to be $4 billion dollars to complete.
Fortunately, this plan met with strong resistance from local stewards of the river. River At Risk is now an important reminder of the natural wonder of this uninterrupted habitat that Mississippians protect and enjoy.
Links:
American Rivers
americanrivers.org/our-work/protecting-rivers/endangered-rivers/pascagoula.html
Pascagoula River Audubon Center
pascagoulariver.audubon.org/
Articles by Ernest Herndon (Enterprise-Journal):
enterprise-journal.com/sports/outdoors/article_81d7dbf8-8723-11df-9b92-001cc4c002e0.html
enterprise-journal.com/article_05dc1661-6847-5a46-9c50-1d86ecd6029a.html
Order Ernest Herdon's book, Paddling the Pacagoula
upress.state.ms.us/books/556
Visit site of the co-author, Scott B. Williams
scottbwilliams.com
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Documentary - Singing River: Rhythms of Nature
mpbonline.org/Shop%20MPB/SingingRiver.htm
Producer/Editor: Alison Fast
Director of Photography: Chandler Griffin
Music: Andy Bullington; Stockmusic.net
Contact the filmmakers at: bluemagnoliafilm@gmail.com
McCoy's River, Swamp, & Marsh Tour
Join McCoy's tour from the Pascagoula River Audubon Center to see one of the most pristine river and marsh systems in the United States.
The Singing River of Pascagoula Mississippi (for Chamber Ensemble)
A composition for Chamber Ensemble. This piece is based on the legend of the Pascagoula Indian Tribe and the naming of the Singing (Pascagoula) River. To summarize the legend, the Chief of the Pascagoula tribe (Altama) met and fell in love with the princess of the Biloxi tribe (Anola). This did not sit well with the Chief of the Biloxi who soon declared war on the Pascagoula tribe. The Pascagoula were very loyal to their Chief and would follow his direction no matter what. Their Chief didn't want them to live a life of slavery and war with the Biloxi, so he and his tribe sacrificed themselves by walking (women and children first) into the Pascagoula River while singing their Death Hymn. The legend that exists today is that you can hear the river singing while on or near it.
The image used is this video was not created by or owned by Jerry M. Siano. The image was created by T.E. Messenger and is being used for visual educational purposes.
Pascagoula River-Davis Bayou August 14-15, 2010 087.avi
Paddlers investigate a small cut off the main channel of the Pascagoula River
High water in Pascagoula, MS.
Audubon RAINgers
Educational Video about the Moss Point School District in Mississippi, and their quest to install rainwater gardens at all the schools in the district. The program is being spearheaded by the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, National Audubon, and Disney's Make A Change Foundation.
Summer of 2017 flooding of the pascagoula river
Flooding of the pascagoula river
Gulf Islands National Seashore - Davis Bayou Welcome Center
The beautiful newly renovated Welcome Center at Gulf Islands National Seashore in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Boat tours, seminars, movie viewings, camping, hiking, and more are offered daily. Call for details (228) 875-9057
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NO HS SCHOOL or COLLEGE will TOP IT!!!!!
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New Botanical Garden For The Mississippi Coast
Volunteers help plant the grounds of the Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point with native plants for a new botanical gardens.
Video by Karen Nelson/Sun Herald
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Visit MS Gulf Coast
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Alligators in Mississippi!
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Mississippi | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Mississippi
00:03:09 1 Etymology
00:03:29 2 Geography
00:05:59 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:06:42 2.2 Climate
00:09:09 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:11:37 2.4 Ecological problems
00:11:46 2.4.1 Flooding
00:15:43 3 History
00:17:32 3.1 Colonial era
00:20:02 3.2 United States territory
00:22:33 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:25:19 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:31:36 3.5 20th century to present
00:40:47 4 Demographics
00:44:36 4.1 Ancestry
00:48:39 4.2 Language
00:49:25 4.3 Religion
00:52:25 4.4 Birth data
00:52:53 4.5 LGBT
00:54:10 5 Health
00:56:30 6 Economy
01:02:19 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:04:04 6.2 Manufacturing
01:04:28 6.3 Taxation
01:06:09 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:07:35 7 Politics and government
01:08:35 7.1 Laws
01:09:44 8 Political alignment
01:10:41 9 Transportation
01:10:50 9.1 Air
01:11:09 9.2 Roads
01:11:32 9.3 Rail
01:11:40 9.3.1 Passenger
01:12:06 9.3.2 Freight
01:12:50 9.4 Water
01:12:58 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:13:18 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:14:57 10 Media
01:15:06 11 Education
01:20:39 12 Culture
01:21:29 12.1 Music
01:23:40 12.2 Literature
01:23:48 12.3 Sports
01:24:34 13 Notable people
01:24:43 14 See also
01:25:00 15 Footnotes
01:25:09 16 Further reading
01:25:27 17 External links
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African ...
Hurricane Katrina Historic Storm Surge Video - Gulfport, Mississippi
Exclusive (Emmy Award) video shot by Mike Theiss from ground zero of Hurricane Katrina's historic 28 foot storm surge that ripped through Gulfport, Mississippi on August 29th, 2005. This video has a time stamp to give a complete and accurate timeline from the Holiday Inn beachfront hotel located directly on the beach in Gulfport. Also, included are shots from the Theiss-Device which is a camera housing designed by Mike to be placed in a place that would be too dangerous from any human to survive. This 13 minute video will give you a sense of just how bad Katrina was on the Gulf Coast without actually putting you in harms way !!!
To see the entire version of this video about 2 hours in duration please purchase the DVD Battle at the Beachfront.
We hope this documentation helps enforce a sense of storm awareness and a respect for the power of mother nature. When local officials ask you to evacuate just think of this video and ask yourself do you want to risk being put in a situation like this ?
Mississippi | Wikipedia audio article
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Mississippi
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 32nd most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African Americans, the highest percentage of African Americans in any U.S. state. Since regaining enforcement of their voting rights in the late 1960s, most African Americans have supported Democratic candidates in local, state and national elections. Conservative whites have shifted to the Republican Party. African Americans are a majority in many counties of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, an area of historic slave settlement during the plantation era.
Hurricane Katrina | Wikipedia audio article
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Hurricane Katrina
00:04:10 1 Meteorological history
00:07:16 2 Preparations
00:07:25 2.1 Federal government
00:09:41 2.1.1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
00:10:53 2.2 Florida and Gulf Coast
00:13:23 2.2.1 Louisiana
00:16:14 3 Impact
00:18:42 3.1 Florida, Bahamas, and Cuba
00:21:25 3.2 Louisiana
00:24:58 3.2.1 New Orleans
00:29:22 3.3 Mississippi
00:34:05 3.4 Southeast United States
00:36:46 3.5 Other U.S. states and Canada
00:40:44 4 Aftermath
00:40:53 4.1 Economic effects
00:43:26 4.2 Environmental effects
00:46:45 4.3 Reestablishing governance
00:49:17 4.4 Government response
00:53:55 4.5 Criticism of government response
00:58:07 4.6 International response
01:00:37 4.7 Non-governmental organization response
01:04:21 4.8 Analysis of New Orleans levee failures
01:09:20 4.9 Media involvement
01:12:49 4.10 Retirement
01:13:23 4.11 Studies concerning post-Katrina victims
01:15:00 5 Reconstruction
01:16:01 6 See also
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Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in August 2005, causing catastrophic damage from central Florida to eastern Texas. Subsequent flooding, caused largely as a result of fatal engineering flaws in the flood protection system around the city of New Orleans, precipitated most of the loss of lives. The storm was the third major hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in the United States, behind only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, Hurricane Camille in 1969, and Hurricane Michael in 2018.
The storm originated over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, from the merger of a tropical wave and the remnants of Tropical Depression Ten. Early on the following day, the new tropical depression intensified into a tropical storm and headed generally westward toward Florida, strengthening into a hurricane only two hours before making landfall at Hallandale Beach and Aventura on August 25. After very briefly weakening again to a tropical storm, Katrina emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and began to rapidly intensify. The storm strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane over the warm waters of the Gulf, but weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on August 29, over southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. As Katrina made landfall, its front right quadrant, which held the strongest winds, slammed into Gulfport, Mississippi, devastating it.Overall, at least 1,836 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making Katrina the deadliest United States hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. Severe property damage occurred in numerous coastal areas, such as Mississippi beachfront towns where boats and casino barges rammed buildings, pushing cars and houses inland; water reached 6–12 miles (10–19 km) from the beach. Total property damage was estimated at $125 billion (2005 USD), roughly four times the damage wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, tying Katrina with Hurricane Harvey of 2017 as the costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record.Over fifty breaches in surge protection levees surrounding the city of New Orleans, Louisiana were the cause of the majority of the death and destruction during Katrina. Eventually 80% of the city, as well as large tracts of neighboring parishes, became flooded, and the floodwaters lingered for weeks. Most of the transportation and communication networks servicing New Orleans were damaged or disabled by the flooding, and tens of thousands of people who had not evacuated the city prior to landfall became stranded with little access to food, shelter or basic necessities. The scale of the disaster in New Orleans provoked massive national and international response efforts; federal, local and private rescue operations evacuated displaced persons out of the city over the following weeks. Multiple i ...