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Pear River Navigation Canal Project Authorized by congress in 1935. Included channelization of the W. Pearl River, construction of 3 low head sills, an approximately 20 mile parallel canal, and navigation 3 locks
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Lock One River Mile 28.5
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Lock One 65 Feet Wide X 310 Feet Long
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Bogue Chitto Sill 250 Feet Long Pools Bluff Sill 350 Feet Long
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Bogue Chitto River Sill
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Pools Bluff Sill
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Pearl River Navigation Canal Project Currently considered in caretaker status by USACE Has not been fully functional in over 30 years Last recorded barge movements in 1991
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Aquatic Species Affected Eighteen species of migratory fish are affected Includes the federally listed threatened Gulf sturgeon Mature sturgeon migrate upstream to spawn
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Alabama Shad
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Threadfin Shad
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Striped Bass
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Alligator Gar
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Limited Habitat Below the Sills Pearl River 10%. Over 250 miles of Pearl River unavailable Bogue Chitto River 3% Over 60 miles of Bogue Chitto River unavailable
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Restricted Access Currently restricts access for boaters in the Pearl and Bogue Chitto Rivers
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Sills are Hazardous to Boaters, Swimmers, and Shoreline Anglers 2 Fatalities at the Bogue Chitto Sill in 2011.
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