Mississippi Public Broadcasting has joined with a number of partners to tell the story of the Mississippi's Pascagoula River Basin. Material on this website is based on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting documentary, The Singing River: Rhythms of Nature, and The Sun Herald of South Mississippi newspaper series, Pascagoula River Basin: Paradise in Peril.

Produced in association with The Nature Conservancy, the television program explored the ecological, cultural, recreational and economic significance of the Pascagoula River, the largest unimpeded free-flowing river system in the lower United States. Narrated by Mississippi native, Gerald McRaney, the documentary was filmed over a two year period to capture the spirit of the river's life, through thunderous rains, seasonal flooding, and receding water levels.

Comprising twenty-eight pages, published over three consecutive Sundays, the newspaper series was a major in-depth report on the economy, ecology and sociology of the River basin. This special report explained the threats to the river and offered suggestions for preserving this treasure.

The beauty and ecological significance
of the river is in its natural flowing waters
that are free to roam at will.

Major funding for the documentary was made possible by: ChevronTexaco, EPA Gulf Of Mexico Program, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Mississippi Power Company, and the Mississippi Secretary of State's Office. Additional support provided by: the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation and the USDA Forest Service. Web page support provided by RMT, Inc.