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Sea Briefs is a report on the results of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.
Editor: Laura Bowie
This newsletter
is available in PDF format from:
masgc.org/seabriefs
MASGC supports applied, interdisciplinary marine science research, education and outreach efforts to foster the sustainable development and management of the Mississippi and Alabama coasts and nearshore ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Phone: 228-818-8838
E-mail: seabriefs@masgc.org
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Coastal
groups show interest
in organized land conservation
Existing and potential land trust partners recently discussed the possibility of coordinating conservation efforts in coastal Alabama. They got together at a workshop in Mobile, Ala., that kicked off an initiative to identify gaps in conservation efforts and open discussion among groups.
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) and Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center (AUMERC) hosted the workshop for land conservation stakeholders. The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program is funding the conservation initiative.
A land trust is a nonprofit organization that can purchase, receive or manage land and easements for conservation. Fourteen individuals representing land trusts and organizations interested in land conservation attended the workshop at the Brookley Center. Tim Mulvaney of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program talked about the legalities of operating a land trust, and Mark Pentecost of Alabama Land Trust and Judy Steckler of Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain gave overviews of the inner workings of a land trust. During a facilitated discussion, attendees explored partnership possibilities and committed to better coordinated conservation efforts in Mobile and Baldwin counties.
For more information about the conservation initiative, contact Jody Thompson at jody.thompson@auburn.edu or 251-438-5690.