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at the Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi.
Forested wetland restoration at the Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi. © Audra Melton
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Make a Difference in Mississippi

Since 1965, The Nature Conservancy has been working to conserve lands and waters in Mississippi that have provided a sense of place and connection to our natural heritage for many generations. TNC has played a key role in protecting and restoring some of our most iconic landscapes, totaling over 139,000 acres across the state. Together, we are making a measurable, lasting difference in Mississippi.

Stand Up for Nature
Middle school children birdwatch and learn about the species of birds during the First State National Park's Bioblitz outside Wilmington, Delaware. On May 20 and 21, 2016, the Nature Conservancy and the National Parks Service partnered with National Geographic to execute the First State National Park's first Bioblitz. Over the course of the two-day event, over 800 observations were recording and more than 300 species were identified. More than 30 volunteers, 200 middle and high school students, and 100 community members participated in nature walks, species inventories and educational science experiments.

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Nature Lab

Nature Lab is The Nature Conservancy's hub for youth curriculum that gives teachers, students and families customizable, interactive lesson plans to explore and understand nature.

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Our Work in Mississippi

Longleaf Pine Forest

Program Overview

Longleaf Pine Forests - A Southern Treasure

Longleaf pine forests once spanned 90 million acres across the South. With less than 5 percent remaining, we aim to restore 8 million acres by 2025.

An aerial view of a backhoe cutting a notch in a dike at Coffee Point on the Mississippi River.

Partnerships

Coffee Point Restoration

The Nature Conservancy reconnected 3.5 miles of Mississippi River channel at Coffee Point.

Mississippi coastal stream and marsh at sundown

Partnerships

Coastal Streams

Coastal Streams and Habitat Initiative Project

A stretch of the Pascagoula River along the Griffith Tract in Mississippi.

Program Overview

A Legacy of Land Protection

Working with the State of Mississippi on large-scale land acquisitions has allowed TNC to protect several large and ecologically important areas along the Pascagoula River and elsewhere in Mississippi.

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with cypress knees sticking up from the water.

Places We Protect

The Phil Bryant Wildlife Management Area

A partnership with the State of Mississippi, the Phil Bryant WMA conserves a rare continuous tract of critically important Mississippi Delta wetland forest.

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Places We Protect

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TNC protects and restores important areas—places with native plant communities, habitat for federally endangered species and rare geologic formations rich with fossils.

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