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In 2019, the Bonnet Carré Spillway was opened for 123 days, releasing over 10 trillion gallons of freshwater into the Mississippi Sound.

This freshwater diversion caused an environmental disaster, killing dolphins, sea turtles, and devastating the local seafood industry.

A Mississippi coalition has proposed federal legislation to modernize flood control structures and include environmental impacts in management decisions.

The proposed law seeks to give Mississippi a voice in how Mississippi River high-water events are managed.

Freshwater may seem like a harmless thing, but in 2019 the Mississippi coast experienced the deadly effects of it . Dolphins and endangered sea turtles were killed along with valuable oysters, crabs and other seafood and a Mississippi orga

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