State
Hurricane Sally damage to Florida facility impacts Coast recycling programs
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, Miss. (WLOX) - Recycling programs on the Coast are in limbo after Hurricane Sally damaged a recycling center in Florida.
Katrina Key: Mississippi's largest artificial reef, popular fishing spot is getting bigger
Clarion Ledger
Katrina Key, located near the southeast end of Deer Island, is Mississippi's largest artificial reef and thanks to construction on the coast, the popular fishing spot is growing.
Battling wild hogs: Ag Department taking applications for use of 'smart' traps
Clarion Ledger
The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is taking applications for the use of hog traps in its Wild Hog Control Program.
Mississippi Aquarium offers car tags for sale
WXXV
The Mississippi Aquarium is offering a specialty tag license plate to help support conservation.
Turtle soup almost wiped out wild terrapin on the Mississippi Coast
Sun Herald
Not all animal hibernations can be claimed by cold-weather states. Even on the tepid Mississippi Gulf Coast and in the Louisiana marshes, the Diamondback Terrapin takes a winter snooze.
'Legacy' of pine plantations falls short of projections
Commercial Dispatch
For the uninitiated, it might be assumed the terms "timber" and "lumber" are interchangeable, different words to describe the same segment of the forestry industry.
State Government
Mississippi’s lottery is making more money than expected. It could soon go to education.
Sun Herald
Sales of lottery tickets are averaging $10 million or more a week statewide, and if that trend continues, education will get some of the proceeds from the Mississippi Lottery this fiscal year.
Regional
Feds: Relax protections for woodpecker endangered since 1970
AP
The red-cockaded woodpecker, a bird declared endangered in 1970 and surviving today in 11 states' scattered longleaf pine forests, has recovered enough to relax its federal protection, officials said Friday.
National
New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes
AP
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Nearly 50 years ago, a power company received permission from North Carolina to build a reservoir by damming a creek near the coastal city of Wilmington. It would provide a source of steam to generate electricity and a place to cool hot water from an adjacent coal-fired plant.
E.P.A. to Promote Lead Testing Rule as Trump Tries to Burnish His Record
NYT
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to overhaul the way communities test their water for lead, a policy change that will be pitched ahead of Election Day as a major environmental achievement for a president not noted for his conservation record.
1 In 7 Americans Have Experienced Dangerous Air Quality Due To Wildfires This Year
NPR
Wildfires near cities have become commonplace in the Western United States, but this year the reach and intensity of the dangerous air pollution they produce has been the worst on record.
Farm to table to dirt to farm: This local business wants to make composting the next recycling
WCPO
When Ben Bessler graduated with an accounting degree from Northern Kentucky University, he didn't expect his work would one day have him shoveling dirt and food scraps in his parents' backyard. But what began as a hobby at home has grown into a budding business addressing an environmental challenge alongside an emerging consumer demand.
Press Releases
Trump Administration Proposes Downlisting of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Under Endangered Species Act
DOI
9/25/2020
FORT BENNING, Georgia – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Fort Benning Garrison Commander, Col. Matthew Scalia, were joined by public and private representatives today to celebrate the proposed downlisting of the red-cockaded woodpecker from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
