by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: appropriation, bond, funding, Golf, golf course, golfer, golfinmg, sports, state park, tourism, tourist, visitor
MCCOMB — The state parks director is optimistic his agency can come up with the money to restore bug-eaten greens at Quail Hollow Golf Course this summer, despite the failure of the Legislature to approve a parks bond issue. Ramie Ford spoke to some 60 golfers on the patio behind the Quail Hollow clubhouse at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2013
Tags: beach, camp, camper, camping, damage, destroyed, destruction, fish, fishing, hurricane, outdoors, park, recreation, state park, storm surge, Weather
WAVELAND — Buccaneer Bay Water Park will open in the summer for the first time since Hurricane Katrina destroyed it in 2005. That’s according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Buccaneer State Park’s structures, water parks and support facilities were destroyed during Katrina, and the park has reopened in phases over the [...] [...]
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: 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 [...] [...]
YALOBUSHA COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks says George P. Cossar State Park on Enid Reservoir will close Oct. 31, putting 11 people out of work. Agency spokesman Jim Walker said the closure is necessary because of a 20 percent cut in general funding — about $4.2 million. The agency also [...] [...]
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