MS trustees continue restorations

The Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group is continuing implementation of the Restoring Living Shorelines and Reefs in Mississippi Estuaries project - a Phase IV Early Restoration project approved in 2015. Components of the project already completed have resulted in the construction of 1.8 miles of living shoreline and breakwaters, about 137 acres of subtidal reef habitat creation, and five acres of intertidal reef habitat creation. In September 2018, the Trustees released a Notice of Project Change, cancelling three components of the original Project: The St. Louis Bay Living Shoreline; The Little Island Living Shoreline; and ​The Channel Island Living Shoreline and Subtidal Reef. The St. Louis Bay Living Shoreline component was cancelled in 2018 because some of the adjacent property may not have been owned by the State of Mississippi. Since initiating implementation, however, the State is resolving ownership matter. (Gulf Spill Restoration 10/07/22)  Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group's latest Gulf Spill Restoration news update >>