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1. MS Sound Coalition pushes for Northern Gulf Estuary Protection

The Mississippi Sound Coalition is pushing for a proposed Congressional Act named the Northern Gulf Estuary Protection Act. The legislation would take a holistic approach to managing the massive 31-state Mississippi River Basin –– from addressing the way fresh water from the river and its tributaries is dispersed and managed –– to directing resources to focus on pollution dumped into the river.

If enacted, the group said the legislation would turn protecting and restoring the Mississippi Sound (along with the other estuaries of the Northern Gulf of America) in

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