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One Lake will Severely Impact Downstream Communities on the Pearl River, Mississippi

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This past February, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Adam Telle, released a memo that apparently gave his blessing to a combination of two flood control alternatives, D-1 and E-1 for the Pearl River in Jackson, MS. The memo was not the required Record of Decision that begins the Corps of Engineers

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Eubanks Creek Algae Bloom LeFleurs Bluff S.P. behind ballfields credit: PRK

Jackson Eubanks Creek Sewage Spill: Nutrient Pollution Implications for Pearl River “One Lake” Project

/ By / One River, No Lake, Protect Clean Water

A September algae bloom on Eubanks Creek in Jackson, sparked by a sewage spill, shows what is happening on the Pearl River’s urban tributaries. The implications for the Rankin Hinds Drainage District’s One Lake plan are that nutrients from the urban creeks are easily captured in a wide, slow flowing lake section made by dredging and further damming the Pearl River. If Jackson’s sewage issues are not addressed, the lake can grow the same kind of harmful algae blooms as Eubanks Creek.

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The urban section of the Pearl River in Jackson, MS, downstream of the Ross Barnett Reservoir

Pearl River One Lake Plan Update Part 2: Will the next DEIS version be any better?

/ By / One River, No Lake, Protect Clean Water

Part 2 of the Pearl River Update blog looks at what to anticipate in the next version of the Rankin Hinds Drainage District’s Pearl River One Lake DEIS. The non-federal sponsor is expected to send its final edited version to the Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works in September.

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Update on Pearl River One Lake project Part 1: Next Steps, FOIA Silence, and Tight-Lipped Agencies

/ By / One River, No Lake, Protect Clean Water

One Lake Update Summer 2021 Blog Part 1:After three years of waiting, a completed draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) should be returned to the Army Secretary at the Pentagon in September for his review and a decison. The non-federal sponsors of the One Lake project have been quiet about the draft’s progress and have rebuffed Freedom of Information Act requests.

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Reverend Joseph with Rise St. James

The Louisiana Senate buddies up with Taiwan in Bid for Plastics Mega Complex with SCR20

/ By / Hold Industry Accountable, One River, No Lake

On April 20th the Louisiana Senate President signed SCR20, a resolution in support of the state’s commerce relationship with Taiwan. The resolution explicitly named the Taiwanese corporation Formosa and its planned facility in St James parish, lauding the development as an investment in the state that would represent “quality jobs” for the region. Formosa’s St

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Update on One Lake and Pearl River: Letters to Army Corps, FOIA, Turtles, September Clean Sweep Event

Update on One Lake and Pearl River: Letters to Army Corps, FOIA, Turtles, September Clean Sweep Event

/ By / Conserve Gulf Resources, One River, No Lake, Protect Clean Water

This summary of news relevant to the Pearl River so far in 2020 includes notes on Jackson’s “One Lake” project, recent letters to the Secretary of the Army from Louisiana and Mississippi, Jackson Mississippi’s continuing sewage spills, the Pearl River Map Turtle’s status under the Endangered Species Act, and the Pearl River Clean Sweep – river clean up days in September.

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Pearl Map Turtle. Credit: Cris Hagen, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

Suit wins agreement to determine protected status for Map turtles in Pearl and Pascagoula Rivers

/ By / Conserve Gulf Resources, One River, No Lake

A recent federal court suit by Healthy Gulf and the Center for Biological Diversity resulted in a settlement that requiries the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop delaying the listing determination under the Endangered Species Act for two map turtles. These turtles are endemics in the Pearl and Pascagoula River systems, and have been surveyed recently for the health of their populations.

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