by Associated Press Published: December 18,2012
Tags: agency, angling, boat, boater, boating, dam, ecosystem, environment, fish, fisherman, fishing, government, lake, outdoors, recreation, state, stock, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, wildlife
SALTILLO — It may not look ready, but according to state wildlife officials, Lake Lamar Bruce is ready to be stocked with fish — very small bluegill and redear sunfish as well as catfish fingerlings. “Tupelo Fish Hatchery and Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks have partnered to raise the fish to put back [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: barge, bill, boat, boater, boating, dam, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, executive, federal, government, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, level, navigation, port, reservoir, river, shiop, shipper, shipping, state, towboat, transportation, travel, water
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is urging U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to sponsor legislation that would force the Army Corps of Engineers to release water from dams on the Missouri River to raise the water level on the Mississippi River, where drought conditions could soon halt barge traffic. Beshear, a Democrat, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 6,2012
Tags: dam, flood, flooding, home, house, hurricane. rain, lake, real estate, residence, resident, residential, strom, tropical, water, Weather
LAMAR COUNTY and PIKE COUNTY — Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says the release of water from two damaged dams in Lamar and Pike counties continues. MEMA director Robert Latham says while it uncertain how any additional rainfall may impact these dams, work will continue until the risk to the public is eliminated. Neither dam has [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2012
Tags: dam, evacuation, flood, flooding, hurricane, lake, rain, tropical weather, water, Weather
LAMAR COUNTY — Officials are using pumps to drop water levels in an earthen dam at the southern end of the Lake Serene system in Lamar County near Hattiesburg that was damaged by the heavy rains of Hurricane Isaac. More than a foot of rain that fell in the area last week saturated the barrier [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2012
Tags: dam, disaster, evacuation, flood, flooding, hurricane, lake, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
LAMAR COUNTY — A portion of the Buccaneer Drive Dam that separates two lakes in Lamar County is sliding, which could cause flooding downstream, so emergency management officials have called for a precautionary evacuation. The sliding, initially reported Monday, is also causing cracks on the roadway. WDAM-TV reports there is no immediate danger and the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 31,2012
Tags: dam, flood, flooding, hurricane, lake, rain, severe weather, tropical storm, tropical weather, water, Weather
PIKE COUNTY — Gov. Phil Bryant and local emergency officials are meeting today to discuss the next step in dealing with a lake swollen with rain from the remnants of Isaac inside a southwest Mississippi park. The 2,300-foot-long earthen dam — a levee on which a two-lane roadway runs — has not been breached. Yesterday, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 27,2012
Tags: boat, boating, dam, fish, fishing, outdoors, park, recreation, spillway, state park, swimm, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, vacationer, vacationing, visitor
MCCOMB — Visitors to Percy Quin State Park will see a rare sight this fall — the bottom of the lake. Park manager Will Busby said the lake would be lowered an estimated six feet to 10 feet for repairs to the dam and spillway valve. Busby said the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — A judge has scheduled a hearing today in Hattiesburg to discuss a proposal for division of a $1-million settlement reached in a lawsuit stemming from the 2004 collapse of Big Bay Lake Dam. The Hattiesburg American reports Circuit Judge Tony Mozingo will hear from a court-appointed “special master” charged with recommending how to [...] [...]
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