The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi

Press Releases		Contact Info
October 29, 2009: North Miss. Land Trust Acquires Preserve that Harbors Rare Plants The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi recently donated its smallest preserve to the North Mississippi Land Trust. The Conservancy acquired the five-acre Coonewah Creek Chalk Bluffs Preserve in Lee County through purchases made in 1997 and 2000 to protect the world’s largest known population of the Price’s potato bean, or Apios priceana, which is listed by the Environmental Protection Agency as endangered.		Jay Harrod Phone: 501.920.8006 E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org
August 04, 2009: With Support from DuPont, Researchers Study Benefits of Oyster Restoration Project Recently, a 12-person team of Nature Conservancy staff and volunteers, including eight DuPont employees, spent a Saturday morning fishing in the Bay of St. Louis in the Gulf of Mexico. The fishing expedition was a methodical research project designed to test the ecological benefits of a 15-acre oyster reef restoration site created by the Conservancy and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) this spring.		Jay Harrod Phone: (501) 614-5081 E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org
June 16, 2008: Black Bear Habitat Restoration Opportunity Available for Mississippi Black Bear Habitat Restoration Opportunity Available for Mississippi Landowners		Daniel Sumerall, Program Director (601) 629-6612
January 23, 2008: White's Slough White's Slough will provide, many educational and recreational opportunities		Stacey Shankle, Director of Conservation Programs (601) 709-4751
December 06, 2007: Mississippi Gopher Frog Conservationist Donates "Mike's Pond" Property To The Nature Conservancy		Jim Murrian, State Director 601-713-3165
November 29, 2007: Nature Conservancy Acquires Sensitive Land Gex Family Pleased To Preserve Family Land		Jim Murrian, State Director 601-713-3355
November 27, 2007: Weyerhaeuser funds The Nature Conservancy study of Old Cove Weyerhaeuser funds The Nature Conservancy study of Old Cove		Susan Hollandsworth, Director of Philanthropy (601) 709-4754
August 17, 2007: Boy Scouts Assist with Restoration of Habitat The Pine Burr area Boy Scouts recently assisted The Nature Conservancy’s Camp Shelby field office staff, the Mississippi Army National Guard and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to restore habitat for the native Camp Shelby burrowing crayfish.		Melinda Lyman, Project Coordinator (601) 558-2931
August 14, 2007: Oyster Reef Fish Sampling Volunteers help determine health of new oyster reef in Bay St. Louis		Mike Murphy, Coastal Representative (228) 872-8452 Cell: (228) 219-0954