MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER

HELP STOP BIG AG FROM BEATING OUT PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
from beating out people & wildlife in the Mississippi Delta
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced an unprecedented move to resurrect the destructive Yazoo Backwater Pumps in Mississippi’s South Delta by reconsidering its 2008 veto decision in response to the area’s recent flooding. If resurrected, the Yazoo Pumps project would drain and destroy more than 200,000 acres of wetlands, some of our nation’s richest habitat that supports over 450 species of birds, fish and wildlife.

From Louie Miller, State Director:
It's hard to fathom May 23rd marked the 5th anniversary of Linda St. Martin's passing !!!
Here's a lighthearted video of Linda, cooking up a delightful lunch for Gulf Restoration Network's Raleigh Hoake, including her famous homemade Satsuma lemonade, served in an Ole Miss cup no less.....Priceless !!!
A thoughtful way to remember Linda on the 5th anniversary of her passing...Enjoy!

Mississippi Sierra Club Gulf Coast Group chair Steve Shepard is showcasing his artistic talent at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in the IP Casino Resort Spa Exhibitions Gallery from June 18 - September 14, 2019. Steve's artist statement asserts that he "speak(s) a visionary language of deep ecology inspired by the natural history of the Northern Gulf of Mexico and its disintegration at the hands of developers investing in sprawling overpopulation and exploitation." For more info you may go to the musesum website at https://www.georgeohr.org/.

FROM THE JACKSON FREE PRESS
By Ashton Pittman Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:33 p.m. CST
#JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed the Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act into law Wednesday morning surrounded by a bipartisan group of beaming legislators. The new law seeks to address the lack of access to high-speed broadband internet that plagues Mississippians in many rural parts of the state. READ MORE

FROM THE NORTHSIDE SUN
By ANTHONY WARREN 12/13/2018
The much-anticipated One Lake Project is being panned by state transportation officials, in large part, because they don’t have enough information to support it.
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BY LUKE RAMSETH CLARION LEDGER
12/10/18
One of Mississippi’s three public service commissioners said Monday he’s not seeking re-election in 2019. Central District Commissioner Cecil Brown, a Democrat from Jackson, made the announcement at a Jackson forum sponsored by the Capitol press corps and Mississippi State University's Stennis Institute of Government.
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FROM THE CLARION LEDGER/BY JUSTIN VICORY
12/4/18
The Mississippi Department of Transportation says the One Lake Project proposal would result in the "catastrophic failure" of bridges on the Pearl River if allowed to proceed as planned. In a September email to the key sponsor of the project, the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood & Drainage Control District, MDOT said the proposed dredging of the river would weaken the foundation of nine bridges in the project area, possibly leading to collapse.
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Widespread Opposition Against the Proposal Continues to Grow
October 15, 2018
JACKSON, MS.– The U.S. Senate recently passed, in a nearly unanimous vote, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021). The bipartisan bill passed the U.S. House in September, and is now awaiting the President’s signature.

Please help us spread the word about the Pearl River Clean Sweep! Support our friends at the Pearl Riverkeeper in this giant river cleanup event. Last year they had over 1,000 volunteers who were mobilized to clean up 34,000 pounds of trash from the Pearl River watershed!
GET MORE INFORMATION AND VOLUNTEER TO HELP CLEAN UP THE PEARL RIVER!

Join United by Blue, Buffalo Peak Outfitters, Pearl River Kayaks, and Pearl Riverkeeper for their first ever joint waterway cleanup in Jackson (Flowood), MS!