State
HYDE-SMITH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PUMPING STATION
Delta Democrat Times
CLEVELAND — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is optimistic that the momentum behind a massive pumping station to relieve chronic flooding in the South Delta is unstoppable.
LEVELING LAND FOR THE PEARSON STREET LEVEE
Clarksdale Press-Register
Work on the Pearson Street levee began last week with heavy equipment clearing trees and scraping the ground for the flood control project.
...The building of any structure in a flood plain or wetland also requires approval from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
A Discovery Channel fishing reality TV show is coming to film on the Mississippi Coast
Sun Herald
A fishing reality show that airs on the Discovery Channel will be filmed in Bay St. Louis next week, with a meet and greet this weekend.
Big fish, big prizes on tap in deep sea fishing tournament in Biloxi
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - We’re knee deep, or reel deep in the deep sea fishing tournament season here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
MDWFP to celebrate National Fishing and Boating Week
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) is celebrating National Fishing and Boating Week beginning Saturday, June 5 through Sunday, June 13.
Hattiesburg gets perfect water score for third straight year
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - When residents of Hattiesburg pour a glass of water, wash their dishes, or take a shower, they will be using water with a perfect score.
State Government
One on One with Gov. Tate Reeves
WLOX
Regional
Pete Buttigieg said U.S. DOT won't intervene in Byhalia pipeline construction
Commercial Appeal
Opponents of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline who were hoping that the federal government would intervene and block the 49-mile proposed crude oil pipeline will need to pin their hopes beyond the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Red tide limits harvesting at aquatic farms in Tampa Bay
AP
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Fears over red tide prompted Florida officials to briefly prohibit aquaculture farmers from harvesting in lower Tampa Bay, although the ban was lifted Saturday morning, state officials said.
National
Expanding Wind Power While Killing Fewer Migratory Birds Is Biden’s Quandary
WSJ
President Biden has taken steps to restore criminal penalties for accidental killing of migratory birds, a move that if adopted as expected later this year would add pressure to wind power developers who are working to fulfill his mandate to boost wind-farm developments as sources of clean energy.
Why Dayton says it had to file $300M lawsuit against Wright-Patt over water contamination
Dayton Daily News
Dayton exhausted all possibilities to avoid suing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Department of Defense, city leaders said, including taking out millions of dollars in loans to closely monitor so-called “forever chemicals” and prevent them from tainting its drinking water supply.
New Mexico moves ahead with review of contamination at bases
AP
New Mexico is several months into an investigation to determine the extent of contamination at two U.S. Air Force bases, and state officials said Friday that the work is on track to be completed by summer 2022.
Press releases
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries to Propose Regulatory Revisions to Endangered Species Act
June 4, 2021
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (together the “Services”) have released a plan to improve and strengthen implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Secretary Haaland Promotes Outdoor Recreation, Designates Ten New National Recreation Trails
DOI
