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 17,2012
Tags: agency, barge, boat, boater, boating, Commerce, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, federal, goods, government, lake, level, navigation, port, river, ship, shipper, shipping, traffic, transportation, water
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Amid strong concerns about the declining level of the already low Mississippi River, the Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from an Illinois lake to add to the flow of the Mississippi. Last Saturday, Corps of Engineers officials began releasing water at Carlyle Lake in southern Illinois, saying the additional water [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: angl;er, angling, crappie, enironment, fish, fisherman, fishing, lake, outdoors, state agency, state park, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — If you’re fishing one of Mississippi’s 19 state-operated lakes this winter and you catch a crappie with a dark stripe running down its back, don’t worry. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s a relatively new breed of fish known as a “Magnolia crappie” that state conservation officials have been experimenting with for [...] [...]
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: July 30,2012
Tags: angling, boat, boater, boating, camp, camping, ecosystem, environment, fish, fisherman, fishing, habitat, lake, outdoors, recreatiom, state government, swim, swimmer, swimming, water, water sports
BOLIVAR COUNTY — State wildlife officials say Lake Charles Capps in Bolivar County will reopen in September. The Bolivar Commercial reports the lake was closed in 2006 by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks for renovation. Dennis Riecke, a fisheries biologist with the MDWFP, said that one of the main reasons that the [...] [...]
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