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Senator Wicker Commends Advancement of Yazoo Flood Control Solution
June 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release:

Plan has been promised to Yazoo since 1941

One of Senator Wicker's longstanding priorities

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Vicksburg District today released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Yazoo Backwater Study Area. The federal government authorized the pumps 80 years ago, but the project has been held up by bureaucrats and red . . .

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