LIVE AT LEFLEUR'S BLUFF STATE PARK FOR US TONIGHT SCOTT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE DRIVING UP TO FIND THIS STATE PARK IS STILL SHUT DOWN. IT HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE LAST WEEK WHEN THE PEARL RIVER ROSE HIGHER. NOW ...IT APPEARS THE PARK COULD REMAIN SHUT DOWN FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK. JUDY HALL WANTED TO GO INTO THE LEFLEUR'S BLUFF STATE PARK MONDAY BUT THE SIGN SAID SHE COULDN'T. < JUDY HALL/VICKSBURG: NOW I AM NOT SCARED. NOW I DID GET SCARED BECAUSE THERE IS AN ALLIGATOR DOWN ON THE GOLF COURSE TRAIL. THE RISING PEARL RIVER...IS CRAWLING OVER ROADWAYS AND CAMP AREAS ...AND BRINGING WILDLIFE CLOSER THAN SOME WOULD WANT. AND THAT'S ENOUGH REASON TO STAY OUT FOR HER. < JUDY HALL/VICKSBURG: ME AND THE GATORS ..FIRST TIME I SAW ONE DOWN THERE MY SISTER SAID DON'T FEED THE GATORS.. I SAID I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD FOR HIM AND ME BOTH. STATE OPERATORS WERE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN THE STATE PARK..BECAUSE THE PEARL RIVER GOT TOO HIGH IN THIS AREA OF JACKSON. < ANDRE HOLLIS/MS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS/DIRECTOR OF PARKS:WE HAD TO GET THE CAMPERS OUT LAST WEEK BECAUSE THE WATER LEVEL CAME OVER 26.5 FEET. ANYTIME YOU GET OVER 26.5 FEET THE WATER STARTS COMING OVER THE ROADS. THAT FORCED OPERATORS TO CANCEL RESERVATIONS AND A HOST OF EVENTS...STARTING LAST WEEK AND CONTINUING INTO THIS ONE. EASILY A LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...BUT HOLLIS SAYS IT IS NOT WORTH TAKING A RISK WITH THE RIVER IN THIS AREA. < ANDRE HOLLIS/MS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS/DIRECTOR OF PARKS: IT IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF IT GETS TOO HIGH THEY GET TRAPPED AND THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF THERE. THE WAY THIS RIVER IT CAN COMPLTELY WASH THE CAMPER OR THEM DOWN THE STREAM. < SPILLWAY NATS OPERATORS OF THE PEARL RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT WERE ABLE TO SLIGHTLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER BEING RELEASED FROM THE SPILLWAY GATES MONDAY. < JOHN SIGMAN/PRVWSD: RIGHT NOW THE LAKE IS FULL IN FACT. IN FACT, IT IS A HALF FOOT...OVER FULL. WE NEED TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF THE LAKE. THE RESERVOIR WAS ABLE TO HOLD BACK A LOT OF THE RAIN THAT FELL IN THE UPPER PEARL LAST WEEK BUT NOW OPERATORS ARE TRYING TO GET READY FOR WHAT'S NEXT.. < JOHN SIGMAN/PRVWSD: WE DON'T WANT THE LAKE TO GET TOO HIGH WE WANT IT TO GET DOWN WHERE WE CAN ADD A LITTLE SWTORAGEAND MAYBE REDUCE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM FLOODING. AS WE GO SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IT DOWN ANOTHER FOOT. BEFORE THE NEXT BIG RAIN FALL EVENT. AND FOR JUDY HALL THAT COULD MEAN HER WAIT TO GET BACK INTO LEFLEUR'S BLUFF STATE PARK...WILL LAST A LITTLE LONGER. < JUDY HALL/VICKSBURG: EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T GET IN HERE I WILL STAY UP HERE UNTIL THEY SAY IT IS OPEN..AND THEN I WILL COME BACK IN. AND A LOT OF THAT DEPENDS ON THE NEXT FEW DAYS OF PROJECTED RAIN. IF ALL GOES WELL AND THE RIVER CONTINUES TO