Miss. Flood Project May Be Revived
Tommy Horton
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.
After decades of negotiating between the Mississippi Levee Board and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA vetoed the entire project in August of 2008.
Responding To EPA
source : cottonfarming
Tommy Horton
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.
After decades of negotiating between the Mississippi Levee Board and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA vetoed the entire project in August of 2008.
Responding To EPA
source : cottonfarming
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