Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Ramp Closures at the Rez

The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District issued the following statement.


Barnett Reservoir officials on Tuesday announced the closing of several boat ramps at the lake due to low water levels. They also advised boaters to use extreme caution when launching at other ramps. The lake is being lowered to a target level of 295 feet above mean sea level as Pearl River Valley Water Supply District and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks prepare for the next effort to eradicate Giant Salvinia, the invasive plant that was found in the Pelahatchie Bay area of the 33,000-acre reservoir.

At 2 p.m. Tuesday, the reservoir stood at 295.40 and will continue to fall. The ramps closed include:
* Fannin Landing on the main lake and Highway 471 ramp, adjacent to Pelahatchie Bay Trading Post,
in Rankin County.
* Goshen Springs Campground, Lake Harbor Road, Harbor Lane and Brown’s Landing ramps in the Mississippi Highway 43 area.
* Twin Harbor Landing in Madison County.
* Glen Cove, Harbor View and Turtle Creek ramps in Pelahatchie Bay subdivisions.

Also, the left ramp at Rankin Landing at the east end of the dam is closed.

PRVWSD urges all boaters to use caution while launching at any ramp and recommends the facilities at Madison Landing and the main Goshen Springs Landing. Those ramps have floating piers that provide easier access to boats. In Pelahatchie Bay, the Pelahatchie Shore Park Landing remains open, but lacks floating piers.

Boaters should be aware off increased obstacles in the lake during this low water period, which is scheduled to last through winter. PRVWSD is scheduled to begin raising the lake back to normal levels on March 1.

10 comments:

Crapper John said...

That pretty much ends crappie fishing north of Lost Rabbit.

Anonymous said...

The ramps Tommy's are open

Anonymous said...

It's going to be good white perch fishing for the rich people who own docks and boatslips.

Anonymous said...

Browns Landing just got sold to the highest bidder I believe. About to clear the woods around it and put in some McMansions. There are only a few pockets of land between the Rez shoreline and the Natchez Trace. Some of the most beautiful spots around and have the natural barrier of water on one side and federal property (Natchez Trace buffer). They are ideal spots for preserving a little bit of nature for the public, but the Pearl River valley water supply district can’t get the bulldozers fired up quick enough when some developer flashes a little cash. A group went in a few years ago and built some hiking trails around Browns landing, shame to see them go.

Anonymous said...

12:44 - are they going to build houses where the mountain bike trails are? First they took Little Colorado (arguably some of the best mountain biking in the SE), now this? I guess I'll just have to drive to Monroe...oh well.

Anonymous said...

3:49. That’s correct.

Anonymous said...

Canton or Pisgah School District? Helluve drive to MRA.

Anonymous said...

Is that where the shooting range is?

Community Planner said...

Well, 9:31, Turcotte (the shooting range) is sorta directly across highway 43 from this landing.

And these school-aged children will not have to take the Trace or Yandell Road to get to MRA. Clearly Admiral John Sigman will have airboats taking them from Brown's Landing to Lost Rabbit where they'll be summarily bused right down Hoy to MRA. Breakfast will be served. Ladies getting to tennis lessons is an altogether different matter. Clay courts near the Rez stump-garden is an option.

The good news is the store just a mile to the north on 43 does have an attached package store.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish, can you scratch up any info on this? Are PRVWSD dealings public? Board minutes, etc? This has all the makings of a developer coming in and making the quick sell then declaring bankruptcy when things don’t take off like promised, and the public is left with a once nice public use area becoming an inaccessible eyesore.

If you haven’t walked that property, go enjoy it while you can. Absolutely beautiful place.



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