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Links to Information
and Opinions on Environmental Issues within the Lower Mississippi
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Backwater Pump: The
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to build the world's largest pump
to control flooding in the Yazoo River Backwater area.
Pro: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Anti: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EARTHJUSTICE Legal Defense Fund
Endangered Species: The clearing of 80% of the original 22 million acre bottomland hardwood forest in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and control of the Mississippi River for navigation and flood control have lead to the extinction, extirpation and dramatic population declines of many aquatic and terrestrial species. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Southeast
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Gulf
Hypoxia: Each spring
a large, oxygen-depleted area (5000-7000 square miles) forms in the Gulf
of Mexico. While this hypoxic zone has been observed for at least
25 years, it was only after the 1993 flood, when this zone increased
dramatically in size, that this phenomena received nationwide
attention. The consensus scientific opinion is that this hypoxia
develops in response to large algae blooms feeding off the nutrient rich
discharge of Mississippi River.
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