This article is excerpted from Gulf Currents, GRN’s printed newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. As we change seasons in Mississippi, two recent announcements provide hope that maybe we are also seeing attitudes change about the importance of the fresh water provided by our coastal rivers to the Mississippi Sound.In June, the Mississippi […]
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Rivers like the Tchefucncte, Tangipahoa, and Bayou Cane that flow into Lake Pontchartrain hold a special place in the hearts of those that boat, canoe, kayak, swim and fish in them. Regretfully, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has proposed weakening the pollution standards that apply to these rivers, some of which are designated as
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The Steps Coalition invited GRN to participate in a Katrina 10 year commemorative Potluck Dinner and Story Telling night at the Biloxi Community Center on the evening of August 24th. Around 150 people attended the event that included a 60 foot-long story wall, five inspiring guest speakers from the communities of Biloxi, good food, prayers,
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The annual Dead Zone research cruise aboard the R/V Pelican started on Tuesday. So far it seems like they are seeing relatively calm seas and predictions of another large Dead Zone. We very well might see a large Dead Zone, as the Mississippi River is at record levels, which means tons of Dead Zone-causing nitrogen
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Bogue Chitto GRNIt’s summertime in Louisiana, which means nothing butswimming and fishing can take the heat away. Families across the state flee to the protected rivers of theFlorida parishes for some respite. Most are unaware that things are about to get hotter.Of all the companies in the southern part of theTuscaloosa Marine Shale, the one
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This week the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources released the final report of the Governor’s Oyster Council on Restoration and Resiliency. Both MDMR Director Jamie Miller and Governor Phil Bryant have said that 2015 is the “year of the oyster” in Mississippi. It is the year to start helping oysters recover. Oyster dock landings have
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Scientists recently released their predictions of the size of this year’s Gulf Dead Zone. They predict that the Dead Zone will be approximately 5,500 square miles, or the size of Connecticut. This is approximately the size of last year’s Dead Zone (5,052 mi2) and almost three times the goal of the Dead Zone Task Force.The
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The deadline for citizens to weigh-in on a new round of projects proposed as part of early restoration efforts in the wake of the BP drilling disaster is just around the corner. The good news is that a majority of this funding, which is part of the early restoration Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA), is
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On June 4th, in Long Beach, Miss., trustees for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) held a public meeting for commenting on funding proposals for ten projects across the five Gulf States. These are restoration projects funded by penalties generated by the Oil Pollution Act in the wake of the BP disaster. This federal act
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On May 13th, the first annual State of our Coast Conference was hosted in Biloxi, Ms. by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Speakers included Jamie Miller, the MDMR Director, Secretary of State, Delbert Hosemann, and State Tourism Director, Malcolm White. While the morning sessions focused on economics and tourism, the afternoon sessions branched out
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