Wildlife Mississippi dedicated the area in 2016, naming it for the late Fannye Cook, a Mississippi conservation pioneer and the first director of the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. MDOT, the site's original owner, transferred it to Wildlife Mississippi for long-term management.
Your adventure with nature continues as you get up close and personal with live alligators, snakes, snapping turtles, and other creatures in the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Throughout the week, visitors can watch as divers feed fish in the large aquarium, learn about fossils, and hike more than two miles of nature trails.
Lynett Welch, mother of the two brothers, says her husband took the item to the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, where paleontology curator George Phillips confirmed it was a lower left jawbone from a mastodon.
Geological Survey, and National Park Service), state agencies (Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources,
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, and Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries), universities (Tennessee Technological University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), and non-governmental organizations (Tennessee Aquarium Research Institute, The Nature Conservancy, and World Wildlife Fund).
In September 2001, the Fish and Wildlife Service's Jackson Field Office and the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, with assistance from the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Commission, initiated a multi-year program of trawl surveys for sturgeon in the lower Mississippi River.
Voucher specimens are deposited with the holdings of the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) in Jackson.
Learning about Mississippi's diverse environment and preservation becomes a fun and educational experience for children (and parents) at the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
Chad Stewart, senior account executive with Next Step Innovation, said the Mondopad can be used for virtual field trips to such locations as the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science with presentations by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Potential applications of these data include research and educational endeavors in partnership with the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Users in Mississippi and elsewhere will have rapid access to plant images, information on species identification, locations and natural history, and collection data for specimens in the eight herbaria.
The Fisheries technical staff (biologists from the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and volunteer anglers) provide educational and technical information.
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Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, 601-354-7303, www.mdwfp.com/museum.