Eric Clark Coastal Preserve is a protected costal land in Gautier, in Jackson County, Mississippi, U.S. It was established by Mississippi's legislature in 2023, and is named for former Mississippi Secretary of State Eric Clark. It includes 7 walking trails that total around , near the Pascagoula River.
A historical marker for the Eric Clark Coastal Preserve was erected 2024 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, to honor Clark. Eric Clark organized the acquisition in 2002 by the state of Mississippi of around of coastal wetlands, and established Deer Island Coastal Preserve off the coast of Biloxi, Mississippi.
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