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Harrison County officials: federal wetlands designation limits county help for eroding Gulfport property
Summary
A Gulfport homeowner asked Harrison County supervisors for help after erosion next to a federally designated wetland damaged her house; county staff said federal wetland rules and prior enforcement limit county work on private property in that area.
A Gulfport homeowner and a family representative asked the Harrison County Board of Supervisors to help lift and stabilize a house at 2903 Fort Worth Place after erosion and a natural drainage area reduced the yard and damaged structures.
The homeowner, identified in the record as Patricia Griffin (speaking through a family representative), said a ditch or low natural drainage area behind her property—adjacent to what the county now calls the skate‑park property—has eroded her land and caused structural settling; she said an engineering survey shows about five inches of settlement to the main structure and more for an outbuilding, and that the backyard has lost roughly two feet in places.
Why it matters: The property borders land the transcript shows the federal…
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