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Articles
Eastern Gamma Grass
Benefits of Warm-Season Grasses and Forbs
Marina D’Abreau Denny, Extension Associate
Mississippi is home to a variety of native warm-season grasses, legumes, and forbs. Together, they make up the foundation of grassland ecosystems, an important habitat for a variety of wildlife including bobwhite quail, grassland songbirds, cottontail rabbits, and many small mammals and reptiles.
Benefits of native warm-season grasses, legumes, and forbs include the following:
- wildlife habitat, including food and cover sources
- soil stabilization and erosion control
- vegetative filtration of sediments and chemicals from agricultural lands
- pasture or hay for livestock forage
- ornamental landscaping
- restoration of ecosystems
Warm-season grasses are known for their high drought and heat tolerance, good wear recovery, and excellent disease resistance. READ MORE about warm-season grasses
How to Put On a Wildlife Photography Workshop
Marina D’Abreau Denny, Extension Associate
The number of recreational wildlife viewers in the United States has increased by 9% since 2001. Almost 72 million people 16 years and older contributed more than $55 billion to the nation’s economy on activities and equipment related to feeding, observing, and photographing wildlife.
Hosting a photography workshop will introduce you to a diversity of individuals, each with varying degrees of expectations for the encounter. READ MORE....