Habitat Protection

This project would add 725 acres to the existing preserve and manage and restore 1,400 acres of coastal habitat on the reserve once the land is acquired.

This project proposes the purchase of properties in Jackson County that are under significant development pressure and that are within the acquisition boundary of Graveline Bay Coastal Preserve.

This effort seeks to permanently protect 1,472 acres adjacent to the Jourdan River Coastal Preserve.

This project would acquire the 569-acre Wolf Bay Nature Preserve Tract, which includes 458 acres of wetland and 111 acres of upland habitat.

This project would expand the boundary of a current preserve into Alabama, restore longleaf pine forests and wetlands to improve water quality in the river, improve the river’s hydrology, and facilitate low-impact recreation.

This project will protect most of the bluffs and ravines currently in private ownership along the Apalachicola River.

The project would protect 1,768 acres of rare species habitat, 2,062 acres of ecological greenways, 1,419 acres of surface waters, and 1,443 acres of functional wetlands.

This project would acquire properties containing uplands around Dickerson, Levy, and Ochlockonee Bays in the area known as Bluffs of St. Teresa.

The Gordy Marsh project would protect 1,800 acres of wetlands and shoreline habitats, including 900 acres of some of the highest quality coastal wetlands remaining in Chambers County.

This project will add up to an additional 1,686 acres identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of Mississippi as critical for acquisition and long-term management.