Mississippi Sound Coalition Blog Archive

At the Mississippi Sound Coalition’s request, Congress has approved $5 million in federal funding for completion of the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the FY2026 appropriations package. The new funding was signed into law by the President last week. In the

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT:Allison BuchananThe Focus Groupabuchanan@focusgroupms.comCell: (228) 596-3192 Mississippi Sound Coalition Releases Video Urging Action on Northern Gulf Estuary Act For assets related to this release visit this Dropbox link. (GULFPORT, Miss., January 29, 2026) – The Mississippi Sound Coalition released a video today, Through the Eye

INTRODUCTION: The Times-Picayune and Nola.com in New Orleans published a compelling article on November 26, 2025 by Mike Smith, their acclaimed environmental reporter, entitled: Mississippi River spillways have kept Louisiana dry and safe. That may no longer be enough about the Mississippi River’s effects on the Mississippi Sound. The article

INTRODUCTION: The Times-Picayune and Nola.com in New Orleans published a compelling article on November 26, 2025 by Mike Smith, their acclaimed environmental reporter, entitled: Mississippi River spillways have kept Louisiana dry and safe. That may no longer be enough about the Mississippi River’s effects on the Mississippi Sound. The article

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT:Allison BuchananThe Focus Groupabuchanan@focusgroupms.comCell: (228) 596-3192 Mississippi Sound Coalition Holds Public Update Meeting For assets related to this release visit this Dropbox link. (GULFPORT, Miss., October 2, 2025) – The Mississippi Sound Coalition, led by its Chairman, Marlin Ladner, held a Public Update Meeting on

A NOAA-supported scientific team led by LSU Scientist, Nancy Rabalais, PhD, announced in a press release this week that the Gulf of America hypoxic ‘dead zone’ — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 4,772 square miles (12,360 square kilometers),

Representatives Mike Ezell (R-MS) and Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) led a letter with four other Members of Congress to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development asking them to provide at least $7.5 million for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMRCMS) in the next fiscal year.

The Mississippi Sound Coalition extends heartfelt appreciation to Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), for his questions about the Bonnet Carré Spillway at a Senate confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Adam Telle.