Mississippi Business Journal » public land http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 State buys more property on Gulf island for $8M http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/03/state-buys-more-property-on-gulf-island-for-8m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-buys-more-property-on-gulf-island-for-8m http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/03/state-buys-more-property-on-gulf-island-for-8m/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 11:30:55 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74174 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The state of Mississippi has bought 217 more acres of Cat Island to set aside for public use. About one-third of Cat Island is part of the National Park Service’s Gulf Islands National Seashore and BP purchased about one-third of the island following the 2010 oil spill from the Boddie family, [...]

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