The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has posted its July 11 update on oil material in Mississippi: MDEQ JULY 11 UPDATE ON OIL MATERIAL IN MISSISSIPPI

The July 9th issue is online now: Front page image: ______________________ PDFs of the entire newspaper (these are large files and may take a few minutes to download): Pages 1-5 from the July 9 issue Pages 6-11 from the July 9 issue Pages 12-19 from the July 9 issue Pages 20-25 from the July 9 [...]

My Coast Community Program Series:  How to Identify Mississippi’s Sea TurtlesBILOXI, Miss. – A seminar for fishermen and others interested in protecting sea turtles of the northern Gulf of Mexico will be held 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the Mississippi State Coastal Research and Extension Center located at 1815 Popps Ferry Road in [...]

MDEQ JULY 8 UPDATE ON OIL MATERIAL IN MISSISSIPPI BILOXI, Miss. – Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) staff through aerial surveillance with the Mississippi National Guard, MDEQ response staff, and Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Teams (SCAT) have observed the following Thursday (as of 7:00 p.m.) and sent to Unified Command for review and appropriate response:

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR), and the Mississippi State Department of Health issued a beach closure Wednesday for a portion of the beach in Hancock County extending from Nicholson Avenue to the Silver Slipper Casino.

MDEQ JULY 7 UPDATE ON OIL MATERIAL IN MISSISSIPPIBILOXI, Miss. – Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) staff through aerial surveillance with the Mississippi National Guard, MDEQ response staff, and Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Teams (SCAT) have observed the following Wednesday (as of 6:00 p.m.) and sent to Unified Command for review and appropriate response:

Local nonprofits and businesses on the Mississippi Gulf Coast invite the public to an information fair on Thursday, July 8, to provide updates about claims and other resources available for community members and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR), and the Mississippi State Department of Health extended the existing beach advisory in Harrison County to the west from Third Avenue (Henderson Point) in Pass Christian on the west to Azalea Avenue in Biloxi on the east.

BILOXI, Miss. – Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) staff through aerial surveillance with the Mississippi National Guard and MDEQ response staff have observed the following Thursday (as of 5:00 p.m.) and sent to Unified Command for review and appropriate response:

Mississippi Sound Closed to all Commercial and Recreational Fishing; Bays and Rivers Remain Open BILOXI, Miss. – The executive directors of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in an abundance of caution, are closing an additional portion of Mississippi’s territorial marine waters, effective immediately to all commercial and [...]