A Report by the Gulf Restoration Network December 14, 1999 Written and researched by Mark Boerkrem, Cynthia Sarthou. Special Thanks to Linda Young, author of Enough Is Enough: Appalachicola River Maintenance Dredging.   Edited by Heidi Lovett Design and Layout by Chris Dorsett.

Our very special thanks to Melissa Samet, Ansley Sansom, and Nathalie Walker, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, for the countless hours they spent assisting us with the production of this report. We would also like to thank to the National Wildlife Federation, particularly David Conrad, Peter Marino, and Susan Reiff, Ducks Unlimited, the Nature Conservancy, and GRN members and friends across the Gulf for their help with the research and graphics used in this report.

The Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) is a diverse network of 43 local, regional, and national environmental, environmental justice, social justice and public interest groups concerned about the short and long-term health of the Gulf of Mexico, and committed to restoring it to an ecologically and biologically sustainable condition. Members of the Network are located in each of the states along the Gulf of Mexico.

Contents
(Click on an underlined entry to read those parts
of the document related to Clear Creek)

Executive Summary
Introduction
Dubious Decisions and Doubtful Practices
Flood Control Follies

Dubious Dredging: The Big Sunflower River Maintenance Project
Calamitous Channelization: The Case of Clear Creek Texas
Draining the Delta: Yazoo Backwater Pumps

Nasty and Nonsensical Navigation

Enough is Enough: Apalachicola River Maintenance Dredging
A Dubious Decision with Destructive Results: The Jackson Access Channel
and Port Facility
A Lock Without Logic: New Lock and Connecting Channels for the Inner Harbor
Navigation Canal

Multiple Projects, Minimal Analysis

Too Many Projects, Too Much Destruction: White & Cache River Navigation,
Diversion, Irrigation and Water Management Projects

Piecemeal Permitting

Too Many Permits, Too Little Analysis: Mississippi Gulf Coast Casinos
Creating a Disaster Waiting to Happen: Permitting in the
Econlockhatchee River Basin

Conclusions

Recommendations

Endnotes