NGI, MSU share Gulf care award

The Northern Gulf Institute and Mississippi State University are sharing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2016 Sam D. Hamilton Award for Transformational Conservational Science. The organizations were partners in developing the Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment to identify natural habitats most in need of climate-related adaptation and mitigation strategies. The award recognizes "innovative applications of science to improve scientific quality, capability and efficiency to solve large scale conservations problems." It is accompanied by a check for $50,000 to further work on the program. NGI, based at Stennis Space Center, Miss., is a cooperative  led by MSU that also involves the University of Southern Mississippi, Florida State University, Louisiana State University and Dauphin Island Sea Lab. (Source: MSU 05/19/16)