Michael McEwen
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Michael McEwen
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Coastal Desk Reporter, @WWNO.org and Gulf States Newsroom.

Formerly at MS Public Broadcasting, WLRN; Latin American Studies @ FIU - SIPA, FSW Honors College and UPOLI - Managua
The last major opening of the Spillway, which drains into the MS Sound through Lake Pontchartrain, was devastating for the seafood industry, particularly the estuary's historic oyster fishery.

Six years later, many are still dealing with the impacts:

www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/f...
Five years after disaster, Coastal Mississippi wants more of a say in Spillway openings
A new report shows Gulf South communities lost millions in wages and seafood profits due to freshwater inflow that permanently changed the Mississippi Sound.
www.mpbonline.org
April 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM