I am surprised to see the very little interest from the duck hunting crowd. The crappie fishermen have jumped in with both feet.

As stated above, "declaring" oxbows as officially public won't help with ramp issues, but it will be a start. Right now, there is nothing in the law books that says they ...

In the last 6 months, the public has lost access to at least 2 significant public water bodies in Mississippi. Flower Lake in Tunica County and Albemarle Lake in Warren County. Rumor has it that the ramp on Chotard Lake is next. All of these lakes are oxbow lakes, once channels of the MS River. The ...

From the headlines:

Senators designate $22.5 million for 2007

The U.S. Senate's version of the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill includes $22.5 million for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District's Upper Yazoo Project. The funding is spearheaded by U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Trent ...

The YMD Levee Board was just allocated another 22.5 million to complete the Upper Yazoo Project. Work on the channels through Greenwood is now complete and the project is now focusing on the areas of Marks, Tutwiler and Glendora. They will be moving on up the Tallahatchie and Coldwater Rivers to ...