Miss. Flood Project May Be Revived
Tommy Horton
The battle lines are about to be drawn again in the South Delta, and this time the final decision on the embattled Yazoo Pump Project might be decided by a judge.
Recent heavy rains in the region have once again caused serious flooding in backwaters and called attention to a problem that was supposed to have been resolved by a flood control project first approved by Congress in 1941.
This project was initially proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a way to protect farmland and wildlife from excessive flooding on the backwaters of the Mississippi River's tributaries. Specifically, the area is near the confluence of the Yazoo and Big Sunflower Rivers north of Vicksburg, Miss.
source : cottonfarming
Tommy Horton
The battle lines are about to be drawn again in the South Delta, and this time the final decision on the embattled Yazoo Pump Project might be decided by a judge.
Recent heavy rains in the region have once again caused serious flooding in backwaters and called attention to a problem that was supposed to have been resolved by a flood control project first approved by Congress in 1941.
This project was initially proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a way to protect farmland and wildlife from excessive flooding on the backwaters of the Mississippi River's tributaries. Specifically, the area is near the confluence of the Yazoo and Big Sunflower Rivers north of Vicksburg, Miss.
source : cottonfarming
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