State
Port of Gulfport’s construction plans on hold after opponents file appeal
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s an uncertain future for the property near 33rd Street and 34th Avenue, where the Port of Gulfport wants to build a staging and laydown area for military shipments. The Seabees and National Guard are now moving equipment through the port.
ATTORNEY GENERAL SUING U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
MPB
Mississippi's attorney general says he's suing the federal government over damages caused to the Gulf Coast by reopening a controversial spillway. MPB's Desare Frazier reports.
FEDS: ONE LAKE WILL NOT JEOPARDIZE THREATENED SPECIES ON PEARL
Northside Sun
Jackson, Miss. (Oct. 24, 2019) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) today issued a report stating that the proposed Pearl River flood control project in Jackson, Mississippi would not jeopardize threatened species or critical habitats within and around the project area.
Portion of Wolf River Preserve closed to public due to prescribed burn
WLOX
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Contractors with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will conduct a prescribed burn on the Delisle Unit of the Wolf River Preserve Thursday, October 24.
Harrison County prescribed burn helps keep habitat intact for endangered species
WLOX
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Did you know that fire can be a frog’s best friend? In the case of the endangered dusky gopher frog, it is.
MDEQ LIFTS THREE BEACH WATER CONTACT ADVISORIES AND ISSUES ONE ONE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories Thursday for Station 14 (Front Beach), Station 19 (Pascagoula Beach West), and Station 20 (Pascagoula Beach East). Water samples at these stations show the areas have attained acceptable bacteria levels.
MSU deer study: Why you may not be seeing many bucks
Clarion Ledger
Data from a study on how buck movement is affected by hunting pressure is being analyzed and what is coming to light may surprise you.
MDWFP to monitor and test for chronic wasting disease during hunting season
WDAM
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks have established collection sites across the state for hunters to drop off deer heads for chronic wasting disease testing.
Oil Spill
Gulfport High School STEM outdoor learning area considered for BP settlement funding
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The BP advisory board met this week and voted to recommend 14 projects on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for funding to the Mississippi Development Authority.
Louisiana scientists post video showing desolate sea floor at the site of BP spill
NOLA.com
Above the plugged wellhead at the site of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, oily marine snow blankets a yellow cement cap, covering the 11 stars that memorialize the workers killed in the blowout.
National
Rise of the mammals: Trove of 66-million-year-old fossils discovered from post-dinosaur era
USA Today
Sixty-six million years ago, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also ushered in the age of the mammals – an age that continues to this day.
Press Releases
EPA Proposes Rule to Update Pesticide Application Exclusion Zone Requirements
Proposal makes important, targeted improvements to the Application Exclusion Zone requirements to provide greater workability while continuing to protect farm workers
10/24/2019
WASHINGTON (Oct. 24, 2019) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing narrow updates to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide regulation to improve the long-term success of the agency’s Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) requirements.
