Corps Approves the Yazoo Backwater Pumps!

imNEWSLETTER pact “Where people come first” Spring 2021 • Vol. 19, No. 1 Corps Approves the Yazoo Backwater Pumps! “Levee Board, Legislators Praise Corps for Approving Yazoo Backwater Pumps” Reprinted from The Leland Progress Newspaper - January 21, 2021

ississippi legislators and solve our critical flood control problems,” the Mississippi Levee Board said U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. “We M commended the U.S. Army Corps look forward to continued cooperation of Engineers (Corps) last week for signing with the State of Mississippi and federal its Record of Decision finding that the agencies as the project proceeds.” Yazoo Backwater Pumps can proceed. Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Energy “We are grateful for the work performed and Water Development Appropriations by the Corps to demonstrate, again, that Subcommittee, which has funding the Pumps are needed and will not damage jurisdiction over the Corps and its the environment,” said Peter Nimrod, Mississippi Rivers and Tributaries (MR&T) Finish The Pumps - Hwy 61 at Ballard Plantation Chief Engineer with the Levee Board. “We program. appreciate the cooperation of the Corps “I’ve considered this a priority project with the U.S. Environmental Protection since becoming a Senator and I am fully Agency (EPA) and other agencies to committed to finishing the job in the develop a modified Yazoo Backwater years to come. We reached this point Project that does not fall within the out-of- with bipartisan support and interagency date EPA 2008 veto.” cooperation. More of that will be The Corps’ December 11, 2020 Final necessary in the years ahead to secure Supplemental Environmental Impact additional funding, further educate Statement (FSEIS-2) provided thorough project opponents, and overcome other scientific proof that the Pumps – which challenges,” Hyde-Smith said. Backwater Tour Group photo - Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and will lessen the height and duration of According to Nimrod, the Levee Board EPA Region IV Mary Walker (March 19, 2019) flooding – will have only modest impacts remains deeply disappointed that some on the fish and wildlife resources. The out of state project opponents continue to proposed mitigation plan offsets those ignore the scientific data demonstrating impacts and provides broader benefits by that removal of high flood water will not including wells to supplement upstream damage wetlands, wildlife or fisheries. tributaries during dry periods. On January 12, 2021, certain national “Today is a monumental day for the South groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Delta. For too long, residents have suffered statement in EPA’s November 30, 2020 losses and damages from preventable letter to the Corps that this project is not backwater flooding. The Yazoo Backwater subject to the 2008 veto and can proceed. Cong. Bennie Thompson at Valley Park Public Meeting Pumps will bring much-needed relief “We will vigorously oppose this lawsuit (April 5, 2019) and certainty,” said U.S. Senator Roger or any other claims that may be brought Wicker. “I commend the U.S. Army Corps against the project. We can only hope of Engineers and the EPA for listening to that, after fully reviewing the science and the voices of so many Delta residents and the facts, other organizations will agree moving this project forward.” that this project should go forward,” said The Record of Decision signifies that the Nimrod. federal environmental review process Signing of the Record of Decision by required by the National Environmental USACE Mississippi Valley Division Policy Act is complete. Upon receiving Commander Maj. General Diana Holland funding, the USACE can start construction. brings the project one step closer to flood “I am pleased that the federal agencies have damage relief for the Mississippi South YBW Project - ROD signing - Gary Young, Eddie Belk, Kent worked together to develop a plan that can See PUMPS on Page 3 g Parrish & Gen. Diana Holland (January 15, 2021) 2020 Highwater Event

e can look in the rearview mirror and say 2019 will go down in W history as the longest period of time that Greenville, Mississippi remained above flood stage for any flood of record. This all began in the fall of 2018 when heavy rain over the Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee Valleys caused the lower Mississippi River to never reach low levels in October and November. Greenville went above the 48.0ft flood stage on February 17, 2019 and finally went below flood stage on July 21, 2019 having been above flood stage for 154 consecutive Crew Building Sandbag Ring Around Sandboil Crew & Corps placing Filter over Sandboil at Buck Chute days. This breaks the 1927 record of 115 at Buck Chute (Feb. 27, 2020) (April 14, 2020) days. 4th – June 9th for a total of 78 days. This average stage until the end of September 2020 didn’t start out looking much better caused some minor sand boils which the 2020. with the Greenville gage staying above Mississippi Levee Board crew monitored. The larger issue was, once again, the average for the first half of the year. The River at Greenville finally dropped to closure of the Steele Bayou Structure gates The Greenville gage was above flood its historical average stage briefly in the and the second year in a row of Yazoo stage from Jan. 20th – Feb. 13th; Feb. 18th first part of July 2020. The River rose again Backwater Area flooding. n – Mar. 8th; Mar. 24th – May 1 and June and fluctuated but generally staying above

2020 Backwater Flood

n 2020 the Backwater saw its 2nd from February 19th until May 12, 2020 for highest crest at 96.9' on April 23, 2020. 84 consecutive days. I At 96.9' 500,000 acres were flooded In 2019 the Backwater was above 90' including 202,000 acres of crop land. Hwy from February 17th until August 7, 2019 for 465 down near Eagle Lake and Hwy 16 172 consecutive days. In 2020 the Backwater between Rolling Fork and Holly Bluff went was above 90' from January 16th until June underwater again. Eagle Lake Residents 18, 2020 for 154 consecutive days. had to travel the Mainline Mississippi River Finally, by mid-June, 2020 the rains Levee (MRL), the Brunswick Extension had stopped, the Mississippi River started Levee (BEL), and the Yazoo Backwater to significantly drop, the Steele Bayou Highway 16 at Sunflower WMA Levee (YBWL) to get to Hwy 61. Structure Gates were re-opened on June 13, From 1978 until 2018 the Backwater 2020 and the Backwater started significantly had been above 94' for a total of 45 days falling. during this 41 year period of record. In 2019 The river stages on June 30, 2020 were the Backwater was above 94' from March approximately 20' lower than they were on 1st until July 25, 2019 for 147 consecutive June 30, 2019. n days. In 2020 the Backwater was above 94' STEELE BAYOU DRAINAGE STRUCTURE The Steele Bayou Drainage Structure Gates Flooded Church at Floweree, MS were closed 4 different times in 2020:

Closed Opened Consecutive Crest Days January 14th February 2nd 20 days 93.26’ February 27th March 3rd 5 days 96.54’ March 30th April 20th 22 days 96.90’ June 1st June 13th 14 days 91.80’ Dead Fawn 2  MISSISSIPPI LEVEE BOARD Major General Diana M. Holland Commanding General, Mississippi Valley Division

aj. Gen. Diana M. Irma and Maria in 2017 and Holland assumed Hurricanes Florence and Mcommand of the Michael in 2018. Mississippi Valley Division Other previous (MVD), U.S. Army Corps of assignments include platoon leader in the 79th Engineer Combat Engineers (USACE), June Commandant of Cadets at Battalion (Heavy), in Germany. 30, 2020. Holland serves as the United States Military Maj. Gen. Holland is a native of Santa the senior military officer in Academy, West Point; Barbara, California. She graduated from the division, headquartered Deputy Commanding the United States Military Academy and in Vicksburg, Mississippi, General for Support, 10th was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in responsible for water resources Mountain Division (LI) the Corps of Engineers in 1990. She earned engineering solutions in a at Fort Drum, New York, a Master of Arts degree at Duke University 370,000-square-mile area, Maj. Gen. Holland and Operation Freedom’s and a Master of Military Arts and Sciences extending from Canada to Sentinel in Afghanistan; degree from the U.S. Army Command and the Gulf of Mexico and encompassing executive officer to the Director of the General Staff College and the School of portions of 12 states. The mission of the Army Staff at the Pentagon; commander Advanced Military Studies. division is to serve the Mississippi Valley of the 130th Engineer Brigade at Schofield Maj. Gen. Holland’s military awards and region by providing vital public engineering Barracks, Hawaii, and Joint Task Force decorations include the Army Distinguished services and stewardship of water resource Sapper in Afghanistan; United States Service Medal, Legion of Merit (with one infrastructure, partnering in peace and Army War College Fellow at Georgetown Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star (with two war, to strengthen our nation’s security, University; commander of the 92nd Oak Leaf Clusters), the Defense Meritorious energize the economy and reduce risks Engineer Battalion (Black Diamonds) Service Medal, the Meritorious Service from disasters. The division’s work is and Task Force Diamond in Afghanistan; Medal (with four Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint carried out by district offices located in plans officer in the Operations Directorate, Service Commendation Medal, Army St. Paul, Minnesota; Rock Island, Illinois; United States Central Command at Commendation Medal, Army Achievement St. Louis, Missouri; Memphis, Tennessee; MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida; Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vicksburg, Mississippi; and New Orleans, operations officer in the 92nd Engineer Afghanistan Campaign Star, Global War on Louisiana. Combat Battalion (Heavy); division plans Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War Prior to coming to MVD, Maj. Gen. officer for the 3rd Infantry Division, and on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Holland served as Commander of the South Operation Iraqi Freedom 3; battalion Service Medal, the North Atlantic Treaty Atlantic Division (SAD), USACE. During logistics officer and then commander of Organization Medal (NATO) medal, her command, Maj. Gen. Holland oversaw Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the Combat Action Badge, the Senior an annual program of $4 to 7 billion to plan, 30th Engineer Battalion (Topographic), Parachutist Badge, the German Parachutist design and construct projects to support 20th Engineer Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Badge and the Silver Order of the de Fleury the military, protect America’s water Carolina; company executive officer and Medal. She was also recently honored as a resources, mitigate risk from disasters, battalion assistant operations officer in the 2018 Women Making a Mark Honoree by and restore and enhance the environment. 94th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) Atlanta Magazine. n She also led SAD’s response to Hurricanes in Germany; and vertical construction

terrestrial, aquatic, and waterfowl PUMPS from Front Page 1 resources. Delta. The ROD concludes, “All practicable The Record of Decision (ROD) marks means to avoid or minimize adverse full Corps support for the Proposed Plan, environmental effects have been which Include: incorporated into the Proposed Plan. (1) A new location for the pump station, All applicable laws, executive orders, approximately eight miles northeast of the regulations and local government plans 2007 proposed location. were considered in the evaluation of the (2) System operated by natural gas rather Proposed Plan. The public will be best than diesel to reduce the carbon footprint. served by implementing the Proposed Flooded Home on Hwy 61 (3) The Installation of 34 groundwater Plan. This Record of Decision completes included language allowing the U.S. Army wells to re-establish flows for fish species the requirements of the National Corps of Engineers to use these funds to in approximately 9,321 acres of streams Environmental Policy Act process." conduct work on remaining unconstructed during dry periods. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, features of authorized projects affected by (4) The acquisition and reforestation 2021 enacted in December provides $380 recent natural disasters, such as the Yazoo of 5,105 acres of agricultural lands for million for MR&T flood control, navigation, Backwater Area Pump. n the purposes of enhancing wetlands, and dredging projects. The legislation also

IMPACT NEWSLETTER  3 Mississippi Levee Board Meeting Recaps

JANUARY 2020 Agency, Leland, MS; accepted low bids of 2.90 mils and $0.05/acre (no changes The Board took the following action on chemical purchases for the next 12 in tax rates since 2012); received Chief at the January 13, 2020 regular board months; authorized advertisement for Engineer’s Report for 2020 fiscal year; meeting: agreed to purchase two 2007 helicopter herbicide application on awarded helicopter application bid to Mack Dump Trucks from YMD Levee interior streams; approved a Permit for Provine Helicopters, Greenwood, MS; Board; authorized advertisement for Facilities for a buried fiber optic cable approved a Permit for Facilities for a package insurance policy, chemicals under Steele Bayou at Low-Water Bridge fence at Sta. 3892+50 to 3895 for W.L. for 2020 application; authorized issuing Road by Franklin Telephone Company; Burle, Engineers; and received report right-of-way to Corps of Engineers for and received report from the Chief from the Chief Engineer on all ongoing Items 452L and 458L; and received report Engineer on all ongoing projects in the projects in the Mississippi Levee District. from the Chief Engineer on all ongoing Mississippi Levee District. projects in the Mississippi Levee District. OCTOBER 2020 JULY 2020 The Board took the following action MAY 2020 The Board took the following action at the October 5, 2020 regular board The Board took the following action at at the July 13, 2020 regular board meeting: authorized advertisement the May 11, 2020 board meeting, having meeting: seating of Issaquena County for worker’s compensation insurance; postponed the April 6, 2020 regular board Commissioner Roy Nichols, Bolivar approved a Permit for Facilities for an meeting due to Coronavirus restrictions: County Commissioner Katherine Crump aerial electrical crossing at Sta. 401+20 seating of Bolivar County Commissioner and Washington County Commissioner BEL for Twin County Electric; cancelled Katherine Crump appointed to fill seat David Cochran; elected Kenny Rodgers, the 2020 Annual Levee Inspection due to of Frank Brown until July General Humphreys County Commissioner, COVID-19; and received report from the Election; accepted low bid on package as Board President and Nott Wheeler, Chief Engineer on all ongoing projects in insurance policy from Home Insurance Bolivar County Commissioner, as Board the Mississippi Levee District. n Vice-President; set ad valorem tax rate 2020 MISSISSIPPI LEVEE BOARD

David Cochran, Katherine Crump & Roy Nichols taking their Oaths (7-13-20)

STAFF PROFILE Willie Farris COMMISSIONERS: Kenneth Rodgers, President, Humphreys County Levee Board Maintenance Crew Operator Nott Wheeler, Jr., Vice-President, Bolivar County Roy Nichols, Issaquena County ississippi Levee Board Hank Burdine, Washington County Maintenance Crew Operator Paul Hollis, Sharkey County MWillie Farris has been with the Levee Board since April 2014. Katherine Crump, Bolivar County Willie was engaged in farming for 20 David Cochran, Jr., Washington County years prior to starting with the Levee Board. He enjoys all aspects of his work STAFF: but particularly mowing the levee. Peter Nimrod, Chief Engineer Willie is a native of Benoit, Robert M. Thompson, Assistant Engineer Mississippi and attended Nugent Center. Dustin Herman, Assistant Engineer He enjoys fishing and barbecuing in his Heath Douglas, Attorney down-time. Rachel McIntire, Treasurer He and his wife are the parents of Farris one daughter. n Ginger Morlino, Secretary Steve Poole, Maintenance Superintendent 4  MISSISSIPPI LEVEE BOARD Commissioner Commissioner Katherine Crump David Cochran, Jr. First female Levee Commissioner avid Cochran, Jr. was elected in June 2020 as Mississippi Levee Board atherine Crump, Mississippi Levee D Commissioner for Washington Board Commissioner for Bolivar County to fill the vacancy created by the KCounty, was sworn in at the May 11, retirement of Fred Ballard. 2020 regular Board meeting. She had been David was sworn in at the July 13, 2020 appointed by the Bolivar County Board of regular Board meeting. Supervisors in March 2020 to fill the seat of Cochran was born in Greenville, MS and Frank J. Brown who passed away on March grew up in Longwood, MS. Cochran 3, 2020. Katherine then ran unopposed in the He graduated from Washington School general election of June 2020 to take the seat and from Mississippi State University with a BS in Agricultural Crump for a full 4 year term. Economics. Cochran is a partner in CoCo Planting Company Crump, a native of Rosedale, is engaged in her family’s which grows soybeans, wheat and cotton. He is vice-president of agriculture land management business. A Mississippi State the Avon Gin. He is currently serving as a delegate of the National University graduate with BS and MS degrees, Crump, a former Cotton Council. He is a board member of the Planters Cotton Oil pecan producer, has worked at the USDA Sedimentation Lab; Mill in Pine Bluff, AR. as the catfish inspector in charge for the U.S. Department of Cochran just finished serving as the Chairman of the Board of Commerce and with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture Directors of the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. in the Grain Division. He is the Chairman of the Washington County FSA. During the harvest season she works for Farmer’s Grain David and his family are members of the St. James Episcopal Terminal at the Port of Rosedale as a soybean grader. Church in Greenville, MS and he currently serves on the vestry. She is actively involved in community service with her church, David and his wife Ginny are the proud parents of two the Bolivar County Library and the Kings Daughters and Sons daughters Catherine & Virginia. Ginny is the Director of the Foundation. St. James Episcopal Day School, Catherine works at a public Katherine and her husband Robert, an attorney, live in Rosedale relations firm in Washington DC, and Virginia is an occupational and are the parents of two children, Rob and Florie. n therapist in Greenville, MS. David just became a grandfather as his grandson, Charles Turner Tarr, was born in mid-March. n

Levee Board Attends Meetings in DC Annual meeting with the Mississippi Congressional Delegation seeks appropriations for flood control projects and provides ongoing project updates he Mississippi Levee Board On Feb. 10, 2020, President Trump traveled to Washington, D. C. released his FY ‘21 Appropriations T and met with the Mississippi budget which included only $210 million Congressional Delegation during March for the Mississippi River & Tributaries 9-11, 2020. This annual trip, under the (MR&T) Project. auspices of the Mississippi Valley Flood Through our joint lobbying efforts Control Association (MVFCA), provides with the MVFCA on Dec. 21, 2020 the delegation with a status update Congress passed an Omnibus Bill which of ongoing flood control projects included $380 million for the MR&T in the Mississippi Delta and it is an Project. Mississippi Levee Board in front of U.S. Capitol (3-10-20) opportunity for the Levee Board to The MVFCA was established in discuss funding requirements for U. S. 1922 and it includes members from 16 Army Corps of Engineers flood control states. The Mississippi Levee Board projects in the Mississippi Delta as well was one of the founding members of as Federal legislation which affects the MVFCA and its Board President Levee Board projects. sits on the Executive Committee of Joining the Levee Board this the Association. The MVFCA hosted year were representatives from the a reception the evening of March 10th Greenville Port. The Port discussed the which gave an opportunity to informally need for annual dredging money to help meet with the U.S. Army Corps of keep the ports operating at full capacity Engineers Headquarters personnel and during the low-water season which with Congressional staff. n Senators Roger Wicker & Cindy Hyde-Smith with the Levee Boards coincides with the farm harvest season. and Ports (3-10-20) IMPACT NEWSLETTER  5 President Fred Ballard Steps Down Longest Serving President in the 156-Year History of the Mississippi Levee Board

red A. Ballard, Jr., part of the District. This longtime President of the Project has completed 44 FMississippi Levee Board, miles and currently has 12.1 decided not to seek re-election miles under construction. in 2020. During Fred’s time as Elected in July 1988, for the President the Mississippi first of his eight terms, Fred Levee Board successfully served as one of two Washington fought the Epic 2011 Flood County Commissioners for 32 and implemented measures years. He was chosen by his after the flood at 11 different fellow board members to serve sites which included the Fred Ballard Family - (left to right) Bo, Baby as President and he held this installation of additional Doll, Fred, Sammy, and Leah. position for 22 consecutive years seepage berms and relief thereby setting the record for the wells. longest serving Board President Fred Ballard with Corps Award (5-11-20) A persistent proponent of the Yazoo Backwater Pump Project, of the Mississippi Levee Board in Ballard remains hopeful that the Pump Project will soon begin its 156 year history. construction. During the July 13, 2020 Board Meeting the Levee Board During President Ballard’s tenure the Board initiated the Levee gave Fred Ballard a Resolution honoring him for his service to the Enlargement Project which has been raising 69 miles of levee, Levee Board and bestowed him the title of President Emeritus. n constructing seepage berms and installing relief wells in the lower Corps of Engineers IN MEMORIAM Presents Award to Levee Board Frank Brown Levee Board has received Corps

ississippi Award for 61 straight years Levee Board MCommissioner for Bolivar County Frank J. Brown passed away on March 3, 2020. Brown had been appointed by the Bolivar County Board of Supervisors to fill the seat of Commissioner Jimmy House who died in March 2019. Mr. Brown was sworn in at the July 8, 2019 regularly (left to right) Peter Nimrod, Bobby Thompson, Roy Nichols, Katherine Crump, Col. Robert scheduled Mississippi Levee Brown Hilliard, Fred Ballard, Kenny Rodgers, Nott Wheeler, Paul Hollis, Steve Poole, Dustin Herman, Heath Douglas and Hank Burdine. Board Meeting. Commissioner Brown had Mr. Brown, of Beulah, was 27 years of service in the n May 11, 2020 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented born in Inverness, MS. He was Mississippi National Guard. the Mississippi Levee Board the 2019 Certificate of Merit for a graduate of West Bolivar He was the Pastor of New Othe Operation and Maintenance of Flood Control Projects. High School and Coahoma Gospel Temple Church in Colonel Robert A. Hilliard, District Engineer of the Vicksburg Junior College. Beulah, MS for the past 8 District, commended the Board on achieving this award which Mr. Brown had a long years. recognizes the Levee Board’s “superior management of resources career in public service He is survived by his in the operation and maintenance” of the levee system. The including law enforcement wife Samuel L. Brown, one plaque states that the Mississippi Levee Board “organization fully and an 8 year stint as Mayor daughter and three sons. n exemplifies the Corps values of Safety, Integrity, and Respect by of the Town of Beulah. continuing to actively support the flood damage reduction mission and sustain the public’s trust.” n 6  MISSISSIPPI LEVEE BOARD Helicopter Application 151.2 Miles Sprayed in 2020 in the Northern Half of the Mississippi Levee District he U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work on the Big Sunflower T River & Tributaries Project in 1947. This project included channel improvements to over 700 miles of interior streams located within the Mississippi Delta. These streams provide the outlet for flood water in the Delta. In 1950, the Mississippi Legislature authorized the two Mississippi Delta levee boards to participate as local sponsors of Corps of Engineers projects within the Yazoo Basin. The Mississippi Levee Board is responsible for minor maintenance for 350 miles of interior streams within the Mississippi Levee District. To perform this much needed maintenance, the Mississippi Levee Board Spraying the Big Sunflower River contracts with a helicopter applicator to streams have adequate flood storage and northern half of the Mississippi Levee spray a portion of the interior streams passage capacity. All our interior streams District. Provine Helicopters sprayed each year. A mixture of aquatic herbicides are being sprayed once every two years. on October 6, 8, 17 and 19-21, 2020. is sprayed on the underbrush and privet In the fall of 2020 the Mississippi Levee Streams treated this year included the that is encroaching into the required clear Board treated 151.2 miles of its interior Hushpuckena River, Big Sunflower River, width of the channel. This required clear streams. This included 1,407 acres of Snake Creek, Clear Creek, Bogue Phalia, width must be maintained to ensure the interior streams located primarily in the Bogue Hasty and Dowling Bayou. n

Levee Enlargement Projects

ork is progressing on the levee 2019 and is currently 78% complete. This enlargement and berm projects berm project is located between Wayside W in the Mississippi Levee District. and Avon, MS. The Corps has completed 44 miles of The Vicksburg District is advertising for levee and currently has another 12.1 miles Item 526L, 452L and 458L. These items will under contract of the original 69 miles be awarded in mid-2021. The Vicksburg of deficient levee. Item 463L, a 2.7 mile District has asked for right-of-way (r.o.w.) levee enlargement project, is currently for Item 460L, a 2.4 mile levee enlargement 96% complete. This item goes from just & berm project at Eagle Lake, MS. This item Item 465L – Placing Material on Riverside Embankment above Chotard Resort to just below Laney’s will be awarded in late 2021. n Camp on MS Hwy 465. Item 511L, a 3.4 mile levee enlargement project, is currently 95% LEVEE ENLARGEMENT complete. This item goes from Leota to PROJECT UPDATE: Lake Jackson. Item 465L, a 2.7 mile levee enlargement and berms project, is currently Completed Work (44 miles): 81% complete. This item ties Items 468L and Items 468L, 474L, 477L, 488L, 463L together between Goose Lake Road 496L, 502L & 509L and Chotard Resort. On-going Construction (12.1 miles): Item 462L – Aerial view of Berm and Levee Construction Item 462L, a 2.7 mile levee enlargement and berms project, was awarded to Phylway Item 524L – 0.6 miles – 78% Complete Construction, LLC on August 30, 2019 and Item 511L – 3.4 miles - 95% Complete is currently 47% complete. This item goes Item 465L – 2.7 miles - 81% Complete from Laney’s Camp to Eagle Lake and is the Item 463L – 2.7 miles – 96% Complete final project including Hwy 465 on the levee. Item 462L – 2.7 miles – 47% Complete Item 524L, a 0.6 mile levee berm project, Future work remaining (12.9 miles) was awarded to Circle, LLC on August 30, Item 462L – Hauling Borrow Material IMPACT NEWSLETTER  7 Mississippi Levee Board P.O. Box 637 Greenville, MS 38701 (662) 334-4813 (662) 378-9592 (fax) www.msleveeboard.com

ack in ime Mississippi Levee Board's B T : Delta Council Presidents ince its inception Delta Council has of Delta Council and we are honored that James Hand, Jr. from Rolling Fork (MLB been a proponent of flood control and the President for 2020-2021 is our very own 1947-1977), President 1940-1941; LeRoy P. Scontinues to support flood control Sharkey County Commissioner Paul Hollis. Percy from Greenville (MLB 1961-1968), through the activities of its Flood Control Paul, elected to the Levee Board in 2010, President 1956-1957; F.H. Nance from Committee and behind the scenes efforts is the fourth Levee Board Commissioner Cleveland (MLB 1966-1994), President 1963- and public statements of Delta Council to serve as Delta Council President and is 1964. Presidents and Executive Vice-Presidents. the only one to serve concurrently as Delta Two Mississippi Levee Board Attorneys, The Mississippi Levee Board (MLB) has Council President while seated on the Levee W.T. Wynn from Greenville (MLB 1936- long benefitted from the advice and support Board. 1938) and Walter Sillers, Jr. from Rosedale of Delta Council. The other Commissioners all served (MLB 1926-1930), were past Delta Council The Commissioners of the Mississippi as Delta Council President prior to being Presidents in 1937-1938 and 1942-1943 Levee Board are members and supporters elected to the Levee Board and include respectively. n

PAUL HOLLIS F.H. NANCE LEROY PERCY WALTER SILLERS, JR. JAMES HAND, JR. W.T. WYNN Delta Council President Delta Council President Delta Council President Delta Council President Delta Council President Delta Council President 2020-21 1963-64 1956-57 1942-43 1940-41 1937-38 Visit us online at: www.msleveeboard.com