Stream of conservation plans started with communities
MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) – About 250 people across the Gulf Coast participated in planning conservation efforts for nine streams in Mississippi’s three southern counties.
Now, the Mississippi Nature Conservancy is finalizing a conservation plan and creating engineering proposals in preparation for its next round of funding.
Alex Littlejohn, the Nature Conservancy’s associate state director, tells The Sun Herald the process started within the communities along the nine streams.
The process started with a series of 18 public meetings in 2015 — two for each stream, including Turkey Creek, Bear Point, Brickyard Bayou, Watts Bayou, Magnolia Bayou and Bayou Chico.
Each of the nine streams will get its own conservation plan. Each has unique challenges but one common to most is erosion.
Littlejohn says he would like to see the work being in 2017.
