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USFWS 2020 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report on Pearl River One Lake Project

Pearl River One Lake Sponsors Keep Information Tight as Final Project Review Begins

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A recently released document from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goes into detail about why a lake dredging alternative for flood control on the Pearl River in Jackson Mississippi is the most environmentally damaging alternative the project sponsor could choose. Yet it is pushing this plan forward for approval by the Army Corps of Engineers.

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All Parishes - wetland fill permits applied for between 2014 and 2018.

Protecting the Sponge: Community meetings on Floodplain Resilience in the Pontchartrain Basin

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

The last of three Floodplain Resilience presentations was given in Madisonville, La. to engage citizens and decision makers about the 2014-2018 wetland loss trends in the Parishes in the Lake Pontchartrain drainage basin.

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Help protect people and wildlife from toxic algae blooms

Help protect people and wildlife from toxic algae blooms

/ By / Conserve Gulf Resources, Protect Clean Water, Toxic Algae

Toxic algae is getting worse in Florida’s waterways, putting people, pets, and wildlife at risk. Now there’s a chance to protect public health and the environment from these dangerous outbreaks. Join with fellow Floridians in demanding that Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) protect environmental and human health by including limits on blue green algae

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Andrew presents to a gathering of community members in Hammond La.

Floodplain Resilience Presentation Debut in Hammond, La.

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

The first of two community meetings on wetlands and floodplain resiliency was held in Hammond at the old train depot. Wetland fill permit data from the past 5 years for St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Livingston, East Baton Rouge, St. John and St. James Parishes was presented in a series of maps showing where impacts have been most intense. We also looked at available mitigation banks to offset those fill permits. Possible restoration of sand and gravel mines was also presented as a way to stabilize river floodplains and restore riverine wetlands above population centers along the Interstate 12 Corridor along the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

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Swamp with osprey nest in the top of a cypress tree, Bayou Benoit, Atchafalaya Basin.

Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Field Notes

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

A spoil bank is the pile of soil and debris left behind by the excavation and dredging machines that dig a trench through the swamp. In coastal Louisiana, all of the pipelines are buried or submerged (as opposed to being built above ground). The method for burying the pipe, then, is to dig an enormous trench. The material from the trench is then dumped right next to the new channel, and suddenly a wall is created that cuts off water and organisms from each other that were connected before. Companies are required by law, according to their permits, to return these spoil banks to their natural state once constructions is complete. However, very few companies comply with this stipulation in their permit leading to a basin filled with spoil banks, limited access to bayous and less productive crawfishing harvests. 

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Capt. George Ricks (speaking) 4th from left, and panel members Solangi, Lee, and Burris. Moderator Walck, right.

Community forum discussion veered away from Bonnet Carre Spillway at Sun Herald event in Gulfport

/ By / Advance Climate Justice, Bonnet Carré Spillway, Protect Clean Water

At the Sun Herald newspaper’s recent Community Forum on the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway and its effects on coastal Mississippi, the discussion moved from the advertised topic to Louisiana’s Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion, as yet unbuilt, but part of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s coastal master plan. Unfortunately, the sponsoring Louisiana agency, CPRA, was not represented on the Sun Herald’s speaker panel to take part in the discussion.

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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

/ By / Protect Clean Water

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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