State
'It's a ferocious-looking animal': 38 million-year-old whale parts found in Yazoo County
Clarion Ledger
It looks like the stuff of nightmares and it lived and died in a part of the Gulf of Mexico that no longer exists. Millions of years later, some of its fossilized bones have been discovered in a Yazoo County creek.
MDEQ awards solid waste grants
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality awarded solid waste assistance grants to the following:
Supes discuss dam, gun rights at meeting
Starkville Daily News
The stricken Oktibbeha County Lake Dam was once again a topic of discussion at the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday.
State officials hope for federal funding to fix flood damage
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - State leaders say they believe Mississippi should meet the threshold to receive a federal declaration left by flood damage.
Vicksburg District opens gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure
WJTV
The Mississippi River is cresting in moderate flood stage right over 48-ft. and leaving the Steele Bayou Gates only open by less than an inch.
The Forgotten Flood: Boat patrols protected both lives and property
Vicksburg Post
The streets beneath their feet, the ones they had dutifully patrolled for years, were still there. They could even look around and see some landmarks like houses and the occasional street sign.
LOCAL WATER DISTRICT PAYS MORE THAN HALF OF DEMAND FROM STATE
WCBI
The Town Creek Master Water Management District has paid a little more than half of a demand from the state.
Lee County purchases new automated garbage truck
Daily Journal
County leaders have agreed to purchase a new automated garbage truck to continue a trend away from traditional garbage trucks.
National
Baby dinosaur skull held ‘evidence of DNA’ from 75 million years ago, NC State says
Sun Herald
“Evidence of DNA” and cartilage have been pulled from the skull of a 75-million-year-old baby dinosaur found in northwest Montana, according to a joint report by N.C. State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Press Releases
Vicksburg District opens gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure
Published March 3, 2020
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District opened the gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure, located approximately 10 miles north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 3.
EPA Publishes “Story Map” Illustrating Progress and Continued Efforts to Protect America’s Waters
03/03/2020
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WASHINGTON (March 3, 2020) — Today, at an event hosted by the National Ground Water Association in Washington, D.C., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Dave Ross highlighted the agency’s efforts to protect the nation’s waters as part of EPA’s 50th anniversary celebration.
EPA Grant Will Help Reduce Nutrient Pollution in Louisiana
03/03/2020
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214 665-2200
DALLAS – (March 3, 2020) Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $100,000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under a cooperative agreement to support high-impact work to reduce nutrient losses from watersheds into the Gulf of Mexico.
EPA Announces Supplement to Science Transparency Proposed Rule
03/03/2020
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EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)
WASHINGTON (March 3, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to the Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science proposed rule. This notice is not a new rulemaking; rather, it provides clarifications on certain terms and aspects of the 2018 proposed rule. The Agency anticipates promulgating a final rule later this year.
MDMR to host shark identification workshop March 10
March 3, 2020
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will host a shark identification and safe handling workshop Tuesday, March 10, at 9 a.m. in the Bolton Building, located at 1141 Bayview Ave. in Biloxi.
