6.10.2013
Oil Spill
Some Question Alabama's Gulf Coast Redevelopment Plans
WHNT
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WHNT) — The Gulf States affected by the 2010 BP Oil
Spill have a billion dollars to restore damaged natural resources and loss
of use during the oil spill. Alabama plans to spend most its share to
replace a lodge and conference center destroyed by a hurricane in 2004 on a
stretch of undeveloped beach.
http://whnt.com/2013/06/07/alabama-gulf-coast-redevelopment/
A majestic nesting spot
Baton Rouge Advocate
Photos of oil-covered brown pelicans being removed from a small island in
Jefferson Parish became some of the most iconic images of the damage the
2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster brought to the coast of Louisiana.
http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/neworleansnews/6163070-123/a-majestic-nesting-spot
Local man selected to help outline the future of the Gulf
Daily Comet
Jacob Batte
Published: Friday, June 7, 2013 at 10:35 p.m.
The National Academy of Sciences has appointed Kerry St. Pe', executive
director of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, to an
advisory group for the academy's program on the future of the Gulf of
Mexico.http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20130607/ARTICLES/130609591
Use of BP spill response money, global warming, ocean acidification are
focus of Capitol Hill Ocean Week
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
June 08, 2013 at 7:21 PM
With the impending arrival of billions of dollars for restoration of
environmental damage along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico caused by the BP
Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, the 13th annual Capitol Hill Ocean Week, a
gathering of federal, state and local ocean and coastal managers,
scientists and related industry executives in Washington, D.C., provided an
important perspective on how that effort should be coordinated with other
environmental issues involving the Gulf, its shoreline and the oceans in
general.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/06/ocean_acidification_use_of_bp.html
Shortage in Lake Pontchartrain bedevils crabbers
KATC
Crabbers are having a hard time finding their prey in Lake Pontchartrain.
http://www.katc.com/news/shortage-in-lake-pontchartrain-bedevils-crabbers-265931/
State News
Louisiana levee plan's effects on Mississippi mostly unknown
Sun Herald
By MICHAEL NEWSOM — mmnewsom@sunherald.com
An official with the state Department of Marine Resources said one of his
agency's biggest fears about a proposal to build a levee in Louisiana is
its potential effects on Mississippi are almost totally unknown.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/08/4721559/louisiana-levee-plans-effects.html
Longtime Mississippi fisheries director Ron Garavelli to retire
By The Associated Press
on June 08, 2013 at 11:31 AM
JACKSON, Mississippi -- The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries
and Parks says longtime Fisheries Bureau Director Ron Garavelli is retiring
June 30.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/06/longtime_mississippi_fisheries.html#incart_river
Rain may have decreased shrimp forecast in Mississippi Sound
Sun Herald
By DONNA HARRIS — dharris@sunherald.com
BILOXI -- Coast shrimpers will head out into the Mississippi Sound on
Tuesday for the start of the season, hoping for smooth sailing and full
nets.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/07/4720137/rain-may-have-decreased-shrimp.html
Flying carp population has increased
WLBT
By Bert Case
The flying carp fish population has been greatly increased in the Oxbow
Lakes of the Mississippi Delta by the flood of 2011. They originally came
from Asia, but they have been around in the Delta for many years.
http://m.msnewsnow.com/autojuice?targetUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.msnewsnow.com%2fstory%2f22535883%2fflying-carp-population-has-increased
MDEQ awards grant to Choctaw County
June 6, 2013
Choctaw Plaindealer
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded
Choctaw County a solid waste assistance grant of $27,060 that will be used
by the county for a solid waste enforcement officer and to clean up illegal
dump sites.
http://choctawplaindealer.com/2013/06/06/mdeq-awards-grant-to-choctaw-county/
New Albany Fossil History Lesson
WCBI
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (WCBI) -The rock you found on the side of road could
actually be a fossil belonging to a dinosaur. Yes, you heard right.
Residents in New Albany got their rocks examined.
http://www.wcbi.com/wordpress/video-new-albany-fossil-history-lesson
National News
Lawmakers press EPA for answers on alleged 'bias' against conservative
groups
Published June 08, 2013
FoxNews.com
Dozens of Republican lawmakers have joined in accusing the Environmental
Protection Agency of "apparent bias" against conservative groups following
a claim that it routinely showed favoritism to liberal organizations.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/08/lawmakers-press-epa-for-answers-on-alleged-bias-against-conservative-groups/
Texas Blast Is Wake-Up Call
Fertilizer Explosion Spurs Debate for Communities Near Stockpiles
Nationwide
Wall Street Journal
By DANIEL GILBERT
The fertilizer explosion that killed 15 people in West, Texas, has
awakened communities across the U.S. to the hazards posed by stockpiles of
ammonium nitrate, and spurred a debate about new regulations on the depots
that store the common agricultural chemical.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324069104578529660179222212.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
Opinion
JAMIE M. MILLER: Newsom's column was right about one thing: DMR must do a
better job communicating
Sun Herald
Iread with great interest Michael Newsom's column in the Sun Herald on June
2 ("New regime, new network at DMR"). While I disagree with the implied
motives for my actions in the column, I do agree with one thing: The
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources under my direction must do a
better job in communicating with the public. We must strive to inform
taxpayers how we intend to restore the public's trust while continuing to
perform our state and federally required agency functions.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/08/4719747/jamie-m-miller-newsoms-column.html
