museum summer camps

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ (MDWFP) Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) invites families looking for exciting summer camp experiences for their children ages PreK3 – Grade 12 to look no further!

Nanih Waiya WMA receives Pig Brig Net Trap

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) recently received a donation of a second Pig Brig Net trap system for Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management Area (WMA) from Outdoor Neshoba to make a pair of net trap systems received over the last two years. 

Park Snow

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) wants to inform the public of the reopening of Tishomingo State Park in Tishomingo effective Wednesday, February 11, 2026 and Hugh White State Park in Grenada effective Monday, February 16, 2026. 

Ryan Jones

Ryan Jones, Assistant Chief of Fisheries at MDWFP, joins the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to explain what makes Ross Barnett Reservoir such a strong bass and crappie fishery.

Torchbearer award

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ (MDWFP) Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) was selected as a 2025 Torchbearer Award recipient. 

Later Gator event logo

The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science invites adults to ditch the drama and embrace the wild at Later Gator, a one‑of‑a‑kind Valentine’s season event on Friday, February 13, 2026, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. 

Qual Hunting

The Mississippi Outdoors crew heads to Clay County for a quail hunt at Prairie Wildlife, hunting over three experienced flush dogs.

Park Snow

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) wants to inform the public of the reopening of Tombigbee State Park in Tupelo and Leroy Percy State Park in Hollandale, effective Friday, February 6, 2026. 

Park Snow

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) announces the temporary closure of Tippah County Lake located in Ripley, MS and McIvor Shooting Facility located in Sardis, MS, effective immediately, due to hazardous conditions caused by the winter ice storm in January.