Mississippi Lt Gov: Corps ignored spillway operating manual
July 20, 2021 GMT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers ignored its own operating manual when it twice opened a Mississippi River spillway in 2019, causing an environmental and economic disaster in Mississippi and Louisiana, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday.
He spoke on the way to Pass Christian to see endangered sea turtles released after being rehabilitated in Mississippi from cold-stunning in New England, and said he planned to bring up the topic then.
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“We’re excited that Mississippi and Mississippi State University and our group here the Institute of Marine Mammal Study and (director) Moby Solangi and the others have been able to provide help to these turtles,” said Hosemann, who participated along with Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser.
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By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Created: June 22, 2021 03:55 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Mississippi Aquarium plans to release seven endangered sea turtles this week, but other institutions in New Orleans and Mississippi are still treating turtles rescued in the fall from frigid New England waters
They re among 75 turtles brought to New Orleans and Gulfport, Mississippi, after washing up in New England, injured and sick from the cold.
All are Kemp s ridley turtles, the smallest and most endangered of the six species found in U.S. waters, but the species most common in the northern Gulf of Mexico. All six species inhabiting U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened.