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In wake of bond issue failure, golf course fights to stay playable

Associated Press — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:37:40 +0000

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 [...]

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Eight years after Katrina’s destruction, Coast park reopens

Associated Press — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:29:25 +0000

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 [...]

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State lakes being stocked with non-reproducing fish

Associated Press — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:41:38 +0000

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 [...]

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Percy Quin lake to be drained for dam, spillway repairs

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:54:35 +0000

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 [...]

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State park closes due to budget cuts

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:42:35 +0000

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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