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Commission Meeting Room on board the river towboat M/V Mississippi

Miss. River Commission’s Low Water Inspection Tour visits Vicksburg

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Damage to Mississippi and Louisiana fisheries from the 2019 River Flooding, Nutrient levels in the River, Climate Change, the Yazoo Backwater Pumps, and the operation of the Morganza and Bonnet Carre Floodways were some of the topics the Mississippi River Commissioners heard when they docked their towboat in Vicksburg and invited the public to go aboard and address them.

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Open pit with oil sheen - component of an oilfiled waste injection well next to Baucum property and home, Laurel, Mississippi

Baucum oilfield waste injection well lawsuit advances in Laurel, Mississippi

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This article updates a blog post from 2014 on the oilfield waste deep injection well on land next to Marlan and Deidra Baucum’s home in Laurel, Mississippi. The Jones County Circuit Court decided that it will hear Mrs. Baucum’s claims for damage to her health. She is able to avoid presenting these claims to the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board. This agency process can be a quagmire of delay and frustration for a person making a damage claim due to the actions of a company that the Board regulates.

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Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church Bus at MDEQ August 13 2019

North Gulfport citizens address MDEQ Permit Board on inland rail port

/ By / Advance Climate Justice, Conserve Gulf Resources, Hold Industry Accountable, Protect Clean Water

MDEQ should protect people, and not wedge projects into communities that already have plenty of health and environmental problems to deal with. The August 13th Permit Board meeting was another example of why the MDEQ Environmental Permit Process needs to be examined by the Legislature soon, and made more responsive to the citizens whose health and property are meant to be protected by the agency.

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Long term trends is supply of seed oysters from public grounds in Louisina. Black horizontal line is long term average yield.

La. Oyster Task Force takes on post-flood recovery with D.C. fly-in

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The July meeting of the La. Oyster Task Force looked at post flood damage assessments to oyster stocks in southeast Louisiana and discussed how oyster growers can be compensated when the U.S. Dept of Commerce designates the 2019 flood aftermath as a fishery disaster. Everyone urged patience with the process.

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Planning Framework Draft comment meeting hosted by RESTORE Council May 22nd 2019

RESTORE Council Planning Framework Draft – Mississippi Public Comment Meeting

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Healthy Gulf’s write-up of the RESTORE Council’s public comment meeting in Long Beach, Ms on their Planning Framework Draft for use in Funded Priority List 3 which will be published sometime in 2020. Comment period on this planning draft is open until June 12th, 2019.

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Pearl River Marshes below Hwy 90

Modeling for Oysters and Rivers: Presentations at Mississippi Water Resources Conference April 3-4.

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Research engineers from Mississippi State University are developing a hydrodynamic and water quality model for the Western Mississippi Sound for MDEQ and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF funding from the BP settlement). The model will be used to identify the most appropriate locations for oyster bed restoration and cultch deployment in the Western

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