Series 2886: PRBDD Correspondence. 1968-1997.
Planning and Development Districts (RG 114). Pearl River Basin Development District (SG 3).

Series 2886: PRBDD Correspondence. 1968-1997.
Planning and Development Districts (RG 114). Pearl River Basin Development District (SG 3).

      This series consists of sparse correspondence obtained from the massive collection acquired from the Pearl River Basin Development District (PRBDD). Due to the large size of the collection, further processing may be necessary in the future. Please note that correspondence was kept various other files and series if the correspondence provided more context as part of a whole. So this series itself at this moment consists of miscellaneous correspondence acquired from the collection or duplicates. Feel free to browse the various other series belonging to the PRBDD Agency. Arrangement of this Finding Aid is chronological.

      Agency History: The Pearl River Basin Development District was created by the Mississippi legislature in 1964 to serve as local coordinator for federal programs of water resource development including: pollution abatement, flood management, soil conservation, and water recreation. County membership in the district fluctuated over the course of the agency’s history but included the following counties: Attala, Copiah, Hancock, Hinds, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Marion, Neshoba, Pearl River, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson and Walthall. The District was governed by a 30 member Board of Directors. Two members were appointed by each county's Board of Supervisors, four appointed from major state agencies and one appointed by the Governor. Notable projects initiated by the PRBDD include: The Pearl River Boatway, which consists of twelve parks stretching from Neshoba County to the Gulf Coast, the Shoccoe Dry Dam Project, the Highway 25 Clearing Project, and Riverside Park (now LeFleurs Bluff State Park) in Jackson.