State
COAST LEADERS FILE MOTION IN BONNET CARRE SPILLWAY CASE; SPILLWAY OPENED FRIDAY
WXXV
Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Mississippi River Commission open the way for the Bonnet Carre Spillway to open earlier today to alleviate Mississippi River flooding as well as lives and property near the City of New Orleans.
Bonnet Carre Spillway opened Friday to reduce flood potential in New Orleans
NOLA.com
Workers atop the Bonnet Carre Spillway control structure near Montz began pulling 10-foot and 12-foot long creosote timber "needles" from the first of 10 bays to be opened on Friday to redirect part of the flow of the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain to reduce the strain of high water on levees in the New Orleans area.
Guntown seeking comments on sewer project
Daily Journal
GUNTOWN - Officials are asking the public to mail in their comments on planned sewer extension instead of attending a public hearing next week.
5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CHARLES KNIGHT
Northside Sun
1. When he isn’t working, he enjoys learning about history in his spare time.
2. He enjoys art, and even does a bit of painting himself.
3. As a kid, his room was always full of pet lizards, turtles and other animals that he caught.
4. His father and brother are both aquatic biologists, and his mother was a science teacher.
5. He has been scuba diving in several rivers in Mississippi during his career as a biologist.
State Government
Miss. Governor to detail hospital surge plans during daily COVID-19 briefing
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves will host his daily briefing Monday afternoon to discuss his latest efforts to combat COVID-19 in the state.
Gov. Tate Reeves shares ‘stories of Mississippi’s resilience’
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Governor Tate Reeves streamed live on Facebook on Saturday afternoom to the latest on the coronavirus and to share some hope.
Coronavirus in Mississippi: State gets disaster declaration to speed aid
AP
JACKSON — Mississippi on Sunday become the latest U.S. state declared a major disaster area by President Donald Trump amid the new coronavirus outbreak, giving the state access to more federal assistance to confront the pandemic.
Hotel industry takes gut punch from beach closure due to COVID-19
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Edgewater Inn in Biloxi is hurting. With a lot of reservations on the books for spring break, Bernie Weiter was hoping to salvage something this weekend despite the pandemic.
Coronavirus in Mississippi: What we know Monday
Clarion Ledger
This story will be updated throughout the day with the latest news about coronavirus and its effects in Mississippi.
National
Advocates raise questions about proposal to allow some nuclear waste to be disposed in landfills
The Hill
Scientists and advocates are raising concerns about a proposed relaxation on regulations for disposing of nuclear waste, saying that the government should halt the proposal as the scientific community focuses on the coronavirus.
How Environmental Movement Plans to Leverage the Coronavirus Pandemic
WSJ
One hopeful development arising from the coronavirus pandemic: Global air quality is improving dramatically as the outbreak sends many countries into lockdown, climate scientists say.
Coronavirus Lockdowns Clear the Air, but the Green Effect Could Be Fleeting
WSJ
SYDNEY—The Los Angeles smog has lifted, water in Venice’s canals has cleared and China’s factory emissions have fallen so dramatically the change can be seen from space.
Lake history: Lake-building boom in Oklahoma rooted in catastrophe
Tulsa World
It’s difficult now to imagine Oklahoma without its lakes.
For centuries, the rivers came and went without stopping, and the biggest body of water between the Panhandle and the Gulf of Mexico was a buffalo wallow somewhere west of the Cross Timbers.
Press Releases
MDMR guidance on complying with Gov. Reeves’ Executive Orders
April 3, 2020
BILOXI, Miss. – The following guidance is provided in carrying out and complying with Governor Tate Reeves’ Executive Orders and subsequent guidance:
UPDATE on MDWFP’s response to COVID-19
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) for the safety of our employees and the public and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be making the following temporary changes to its business operations effective immediately.
