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Followthescience.org coalition warns of ethanol increase in fuel

April 7, 2010 From News Reports

The Environmental Protection Agency is set this summer to decide on whether to allow a 50-percent increase in the amount of ethanol in the nation’s gasoline supply, and the implications worry members of a coalition of boating groups who warn that testing will be inadequate to ensure the safe usage of these new (mid-level) forumulations.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., – This summer, the Environmental Protection Agency will decide on whether to allow a 50-percent increase in the amount of ethanol in the nation’s gasoline supply, from the current E10 (or containing 10 percent ethanol) up to E15 (containing 15 percent ethanol) – a move that a broad coalition of consumer groups fears would be devastating to older-model engines.

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Cover: April 2010

March 31, 2010 Mississippi Sportsman

It’s April. If you want to catch a lunker bass, now’s the time to do it, and this issue tells you where. […]

It’s April, and the spawn is on!

March 31, 2010 Paul Johnson

It’s April, and it’s the peak of the annual crappie spawn on most lakes in Mississippi. If there were only one month out of the year that a fellow could choose to go crappie fishing, most anglers would pick April. […]

Is your inattention killing your battery?

March 31, 2010 Allan Tarvid

My truck pulls a travel trailer or a boat much of the year, but there are weeks when it just sits in the garage. Thinking it had been two weeks or so since I’d driven it, I figured I’d give it some exercise while running a few errands. […]

April a tale of two months

March 31, 2010 John E. Phillips

Many Mississippi Gulf Coast anglers consider a temperature gauge the best tool for catching fish during April. A temperature gauge will tell you the most-abundant and the easiest-to-catch fish on the Gulf Coast and the locations of those fish, and often identify the baits these April fish will prefer to eat. […]

Top methods for Columbus spawners

March 31, 2010 Paul Elias

During April, I like to fish the Columbus Pool of the Tombigbee River because that’s when the bass usually spawn there. The bass stay very shallow, and are really accessible this month. You often can catch a nice string of good-sized bass in April at Columbus. They will be holding in all the backwater areas and around the banks. […]

Do you know the biology of the spawn?

March 31, 2010 Hal Schramm

The largemouth bass are spawning. In South Mississippi, bass have been bedding for a couple weeks in ponds and in backwaters of the Pascagoula and Pearl rivers. In central Mississippi waters, the spawn is heading toward a peak. […]

Go Big or Go Home

March 31, 2010 Cliff Covington

It’s no secret to most Magnolia State anglers that Southwest Mississippi offers their best bet for catching lunker largemouths. The numbers of monster bass that are pulled each year from the scenic waters of Calling Panther Lake, Lake Okhissa and Natchez State Park Lake are legendary. […]