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SUMMARY:Gerald Blessey Appears on WMXI News Radio 98.1FM
DESCRIPTION:MSSC Manager Gerald Blessey makes a live appearance on WMXI New Radio 98.1 FM to talk to Michael Pol and Ted Tibbett about the Coalition’s efforts to Save our Sound.
URL:https://saveoursoundms.org/event/gerald-blessey-appears-on-wmxi-news-radio-98-1fm/
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SUMMARY:Biloxi Business Men’s Club Presentation
DESCRIPTION:MSSC leader Gerald Blessey presented to the Biloxi Businessman’s Club at Mary Mahoney’s to discuss the Coalition’s recent efforts to #SaveOurSound.
URL:https://saveoursoundms.org/event/biloxi-businessmens-club/
LOCATION:Mary Mahoney’s\, 110 Rue Magnolia\, Biloxi\, MS\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gerald Blessey Comments | CPRA Board Meeting - February 21\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:Gerald Blessey provides insights into the Mississippi Sound Coalition’s vision toward win-win solutions during the public comments segment of the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) Board Meeting on Feb. 21\, 2024. \n \nTranscript: \nI’m Gerald Blessey. I’m the Counsel and Manager for the Mississippi Sound Coalition\, former Mayor of Biloxi. The Sound Coalition is the combination of the city and county governments\, commercial fisheries and tourism industry on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. \nThe 2019 Bonnet Carre opening\, as you probably know\, killed all of the natural oyster reefs in the western Mississippi Sound. They’re still dead. It killed 10% of our dolphin population\, and it created\, because it was the longest that went on into the summertime\, an algae bloom that ended up closing our waters and our beaches. And so it killed the tourism season. \nSo we’re going to participate very actively in the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study and we invite you and the Corps to join us in looking for win-win solutions to the management of the Mississippi River. By that\, I mean\, of course\, flood protection\, coastal restoration and protecting the environment\, including the Mississippi Sound because we’re directly affected. \nI want to comment briefly\, Mr. Chairman\, that the Mid-Breton Diversion concerns us\, just as it does Plaquemines Parish. We do have science from the Northern Gulf Institute—that’s Mississippi State and the University of Southern Mississippi. It [the science] shows that the Mid-Breton Diversion will ultimately have the same devastating and long-term\, permanent impact on the Mississippi Sound. \nIt’s peer-reviewed science\, it changes the salinity forever. And once it becomes changed\, as you know\, if you go below five parts of 1000 salinity\, it kills the oysters. They’re not coming back. So\, my point is that we really want to see win-win solutions. We are very concerned about\, of course\, the Bonnet Carre and Mid-Breton\, but we think the whole lower Mississippi River the whole concept must be rethought. \nSurely\, we can find in this great country of ours\, the best minds in America to figure out how to do these win-win solutions. And we offer our hands in friendship. We try to do that\, Mississippi and Louisiana together.
URL:https://saveoursoundms.org/event/blessey-comments-cpra-meeting/
LOCATION:The Water Institute\, 1110 River Road S.\, Baton Rouge\, MS\, 70802\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gulf Coast Business Council: Mississippi Sound Coalition Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Leaders of the Mississippi Sound Coalition participate in a panel discussion moderated by Gulf Coast Business Council (GCBC) President & CEO Jamie Miller to provide updates on the Coalition’s latest efforts. MSSC has teamed up with Senator Roger Wicker at the GCBC meeting to urge local business leaders to support the Coalition’s mission to protect and restore the Mississippi Sound and the livelihoods of those who call the coast home.
URL:https://saveoursoundms.org/event/gulf-coast-business-council-mississippi-sound-coalition-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Knight Nonprofit Center\, 11975 Seaway Rd\, Gulfport\, MS\, 39503\, United States
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SUMMARY:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Mark Your Calendars! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host two public scoping meetings for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMR Comp) on Tuesday\, February 27th at Hancock County Library. \nAddress: 312 Hwy 90\, Bay St. Louis\, MS 39520 \nMeeting Times: 2-4 PM & 6-8 PM \nThe Mississippi Sound Coalition (MSSC) recommends that Mississippians attend and comment at a meeting or submit comments online. \nHOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE? \nParticipate in the Public Scoping Meetings in late February and early March either in-person or online. \nDuring the Public Scoping Meetings\, we want to learn from you: \n\nRegional NEEDS or PLANS that the Corps should be aware of and take into consideration\nOPPORTUNITIES you’d like to see realized (or not see)\nRecommendations for how to address the major CONCERNS you have about the Lower Mississippi River/Bonnet Carré Spillway\nCHANGES you’d like to see to the management of the Lower Mississippi River\nIdeas for how the Corps should COMMUNICATE with you throughout the Study process\nThe purpose of the study is to identify recommendations for the comprehensive management of the region across multiple purposes\, including: hurricane and storm damage reduction\, flood risk management\, structure and nonstructural flood control\, floodplain management strategies\, navigation\, ecosystem and environmental restoration\, water supply\, hydropower production\, recreation\, and other purposes as determined by the Secretary of the Army.\n\nThe study area encompasses seven states: Arkansas\, Illinois\, Kentucky\, Louisiana\, Mississippi\, Missouri and Tennessee. Because of the size and scope of the study\, active participation and collaboration from the public and stakeholders throughout the five-year endeavor will be critical to identifying practical and sustainable recommendations for successful management of the river.
URL:https://saveoursoundms.org/event/u-s-army-corps-of-engineers-public-meeting/
LOCATION:Hancock County Library\, 312 Hwy 90\, Bay St. Louis\, MS\, 39520\, United States
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