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Take action! Tell the Corps to dump the Yazoo Pumps!
Some of the richest natural resources in the nation are in the heart of the Mississippi River flyway. The Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) wants to spend $211 million of your tax dollars on a project that could drain and damage more than 200,000 acres of the wetlands in this area. (26 Nov 2007) ED
26 November 2007
We need your help. Over 200,000 acres of wetlands in the Mississippi
River flyway are at risk of destruction.
Take
action to save
these precious wetlands!
Some of the richest natural resources in the nation are in the heart of
the Mississippi River flyway. The Army Corps
of Engineers (Corps) wants to spend $211 million of your tax dollars on a
project that could drain and damage more than 200,000 acres of the wetlands in
this area.
In one of the most sparsely populated regions in the state of Mississippi, the Corps would like to build
the world's largest hydraulic pumping plant.
In a throwback to another era - and contrary to federal policy - the Yazoo
Pumps would be used to drain wetlands so agribusiness can intensify production
to reap more farm subsidy payments.
We need your help today. The Corps has released its final recommendation
for the Yazoo Pumps, and we must put a stop to this wasteful and destructive
project.
Send an
email! Tell the
Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of
the Interior to dump the Pumps and protect these wetlands.
Submitted by: Environmental Defense
