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  • October

    The Proctor Creek Ecosystem Restoration study, which began in 2015, is looking into potential plans to restore the Proctor Creek Ecosystem that has been ravaged by years of unsustainable land use practices and encroachment. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency Urban Waters Team was awarded the 2017 Samuel J. Heyman People’s Choice Service to America medal, which included the Proctor Creek study in its nomination packet.

    Proctor Creek Ecosystem Restoration study helps EPA Urban Waters Team take home coveted service medal

    The Proctor Creek Ecosystem Restoration study, which began in 2015, is looking into potential plans to restore the Proctor Creek Ecosystem that has been ravaged by years of unsustainable land use practices and encroachment. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency Urban Waters Team was awarded the 2017 Samuel J. Heyman People’s Choice Service to America medal, which included the Proctor Creek study in its nomination packet.

  • January

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District (USACE), Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Landon Raby addresses attendees during a public scoping meeting for the proposed Pascagoula River Drought Resiliency Project Jan. 24 at the George County Senior Citizens Building in Lucedale, Miss. During the meeting, the USACE collected public comments on the project that will be used in the development of an Environmental Impact Statement. More than 200 members of the public attended to voice their opinions on the project.

    USACE hosts public scoping meeting on proposed Pascagoula River Drought Resiliency Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District (USACE), hosted a public scoping meeting Jan. 24 at the George Country Senior Citizens Building in Lucedale, Miss. to solicit feedback from the public on a proposal to construct two water supply lakes in southeastern Mississippi. The applicants, the George County Board of Supervisors and the Pat Harrison Waterway District, filed a request with the USACE for a Department of the Army permit to construct the lakes back in August 2015.