State
Court hearing in Tennessee-Mississippi water rights dispute
AP
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for Tennessee and Mississippi are presenting evidence in a court hearing related to a water rights dispute between the two states.
‘Renew Our Rivers’ volunteers remove eight tons of debris from along Pascagoula River
Mississippi Press
GAUTIER, Mississippi -- For anyone participating in or observing the annual “Renew Our Rivers” cleanup along the lower Pascagoula River Friday morning, it was difficult to avoid drawing one conclusion.
People can be pigs.
Committee set to review garbage service
Vicksburg Post
The Warren County Board of Supervisors Monday appointed a five-member committee to review proposals for residential garbage pickup in the county.
Alligator spotted on beach in Pass Christian
WLOX
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WLOX) - Residents along the Gulf Coast are still seeing effects from recent flooding that happened throughout Harrison County. Officials say the flooding has displaced many animals and insects, including this alligator spotted in Pass Christian Monday.
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New Land Cover Maps Depict 15 Years of Change across America
USGS
Release Date: MAY 20, 2019
Today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released the latest edition of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) for the U.S. – the most comprehensive land cover database that the USGS has ever produced. The NLCD 2016 documents land cover change in the Lower 48 states from 2001 to 2016. During this 15-year period, 7.6 percent of the conterminous U.S. changed land cover at least once.
