The Louisiana Council on Watershed Management met and voted on boundaries for the 8 watershed regions of the state and announced the availability of Capacity Building Grants for Parishes.
Louisiana Watershed Initiative sets regional watershed boundaries Read More »
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.
North Gulfport citizens address MDEQ Permit Board on inland rail port Read More »
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.
La. Oyster Task Force takes on post-flood recovery with D.C. fly-in Read More »
The crisis for Mississippi coastal fisheries due to the prolonged opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway was discussed at MDMR’s monthly meeting.
Spillway Effects on Mississippi’s Coastal Fisheries: How Bad is it? Read More »
The Louisiana Office of Community Development hosted its third La. Watershed Initiative Summit on the subject of Cross-Boundary Water Issues.
Louisiana Watershed Initiative: Interstate Water Issues Summit. Read More »
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.
RESTORE Council Planning Framework Draft – Mississippi Public Comment Meeting Read More »
Features summaries of the main sessions presented by Miss Dept of Marine Resources at the May 6th State of our Coast conference in Biloxi Mississippi.
State of Our Coast Conference 2019 Biloxi, Ms. Read More »
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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In mid-March, Mississippi’s Department of Marine Resources and Governor announced two new oyster projects that will be funded by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA). The Act periodically directs revenue from oil and gas production and leasing in the Gulf of Mexico from the U.S. Department of Interior to Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and
Oyster Projects in Mississippi funded by GOMESA leasing revenue Read More »
Last summer the Rankin Hinds Pearl River Flood Control and Drainage District published its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Feasibility Study for Pearl River Flood Control featuring the “One Lake” alternative as its preferred plan for addressing Pearl River flooding in Jackson. Ranked by cost from greatest to least, the order of alternatives was:
Costs and Truth Stretching in the “One Lake” DEIS Read More »