Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson got his first look at the 466-acre Deer Island Aquaculture Park to see how ...

DEER ISLAND – Walking along the beach as the waves lap at the sand, there are few signs of the civilized world on the island. A battered sailboat beached by a hurricane and pilings from a pier ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Nearly 200 volunteers gathered on Deer Island to celebrate Earth Day by giving back to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, removing close to 2,000 pounds of trash and debris as part ...

This program included a major restoration of Deer Island in 2013, as well as restoration projects on other Mississippi barrier islands. Deer Island as seen from the north side.

Deer Island is just offshore from the casino- and resort-lined shore of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's "Vegas of the South," Biloxi, but it feels a world away.The slice of paradise is an undeveloped ...