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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Thursday March 21, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Ducks Unlimited Receives $10 Million for Biodiversity and Habitat Restoration Efforts
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 21 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is funding the largest climate investment in history to connect forest landowners with emerging climate markets as part of the Investing in America agenda. This investment includes $10 million awarded to Ducks Unlimited's (DU) Flyway Forests program, which seeks to restore bottomland hardwood forests and wildlife habitat on private lands in the lower Mississipp  more

Important Milestone in Fight for Safe Drinking Water: Mississippi Poor People's Campaign and People's Advocacy Institute Granted Intervention in Federal Lawsuit
JACKSON, Mississippi, March 21 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: After months of public advocacy, legal challenges, and community mobilization, a federal court granted Mississippi Poor People's Campaign and the People's Advocacy Institute intervention in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) lawsuit that resulted in the de facto takeover of Jackson's water system. Being granted intervention means they are now an official part  more