The Winner: The Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain’s

The school outreach program sponsored by the Land Trust won the Environmental award in the 2008 Sun Herald Design & Planning Awards. Photo courtesy of the Sun Hearld

The Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain’s Watershed Outreach Program is the winner of the Sun Herald’s Environmental Honor Award, chosen by jurors from Mississippi State University.

The outreach program includes a series of watershed forums, educational material and activities, signage, a puppet show and a documentary film.

The Land Trust partners with a variety of agencies, organizations and local citizens to accomplish the individual goals of each watershed. Those actively participating in the program include the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

Here are the jurors’ comments:

“The Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain project is selected as the best environmental project. This excellent watershed outreach program will hold forums in six different watersheds throughout the coastal region and involves creating coalitions, which in turn will involve a lot of the community. Work in the Turkey Creek watershed has important historical and cultural significance. The film to be produced will be educational and the Blueway planned will focus on environmental education. All of these efforts will help sustain the watershed, and support stewardship.”

Winners of the Sun Herald’s inaugural design awards, selected by jurors from Mississippi State University, are being recognized this week for creating the best in the built and natural environment in South Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina. The winners will be announced by category. Sunday: Architecture; Monday: Engineering; Today: Environmental; Wednesday: Landscape architecture; Thursday: Planning.

Source: Sun Herald