Mississippi
St. Tammany resident “recycles” for honor at Stennis
July 25, 2012
www.thesttammanynews.com
Bryon Maynard, a Stennis Space Center engineer living in Lacombe, recently received a prestigious 2012 Blue Marble Award for environmental excellence from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Environmental Management Division.
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here.
Deer Island reef enhanced by Mississippi Department of Marine Resources project
June 4, 2012
blog.gulflive.com
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources' (MDMR) Artificial Reef Bureau and Shellfish Bureau have completed an enhancement project on the near shore reef, Deer Island North, which is just north of the eastern end of Deer Island.
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here.
DMR Building Reefs with 'Goliath' Balls
Sept. 26, 2008
www.dmr.state.ms.us
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Marine
Resources (DMR) and Mississippi Gulf Fishing Banks are working together
to enhance reef fish habitat in Mississippi with Goliath reef balls,
large concrete balls used to create artificial reef habitat.
Read the story here.
Artificial Reef Program Web Siteswww.dmr.state.ms.us/Fisheries/Reefs/artificial-reefs.htm