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Tidelands program: 89 applications; public access awards paused for current cycle

Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources · November 19, 2025
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Summary

The agency received 89 Tidelands applications requesting about $34 million; FY26 appropriations totaled $6.3 million and the legislature did not award public access projects this cycle, with $3.8 million allocated to managed projects and prior-year/bond funds.

Sonia Slater, Tidelands coordinator, updated the commission on the Tidelands application cycle and funding. For the cycle reviewed in the 2027 legislative session, the agency received 89 applications — 50 public-access projects and 39 managed projects — requesting a combined total of about $34 million.

Slater told commissioners that…

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