Wildlife Mississippi

NRCS CHIEF PRIORITY - PROMOTE NRCS PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES THROUGH EDUCATION AND/OR DEMONSTRATION, DEVELOP COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PAR TNERSHIPS, AND IMPROVE CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

FY22 MS WRE/WRP EASEMENT REPAIRS

UNDERSIGNED PARTIES TO RECOGNIZE AND VALUE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM – WETLAND RESERVE EASEMENT (ACEP-WRE) AND WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM (WRP) IN MISSISSIPPI

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY EXPANSION

WETLAND RESTORATION

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE TO EFFICIENTLY OBTAIN QALITY RESTORATION OF ACEP-WRE AND WRP EASEMENTS.

ACEP-WRE ENHANCEMENTS FY2020

THE PROPOSED WORK WILL REDUCE FUEL LOADS AND CONTROL EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON APPROXIMATELY 8,000 ACRES ON PRIVATE PARCELS IN FOCAL COUNTIES. ALL SITES WILL BE EVALUATED FOR SUCCESS AND MONITORED AT LEAST THREE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTED PRACTICES ARE MAINTAINED TO PROMOTE POINT PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. PROJECT COSTS WILL INCLUDE FUNDING FOR PRESCRIBED BURNING, MECHANICAL FUEL REDUCTION, AND HERBICIDE FUEL REDUCTION (E.G., DIRECT APPLICATIONS OF SELECTIVE HERBICIDES).

PEARL RIVER VALLEY WETLANDS CONSERVATION I

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WETLANDS CONSERVATION I

WILDLIFE MISSISSIPPI WILL USE FUNDS FROM THIS AWARD TO RESTORE AND OR ENHANCE BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD HABITAT ON APPROXIMATELY 1,713 ACRES IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SPECIFICALLY, HABITATS WILL BE MANAGED ON THE MAIMAISON, O KEEFE, SHIPLAND, AND PHIL BRYANT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS. WORK WILL INCLUDE INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL, REFORESTATION, AND TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENTS. THESE EFFORTS WILL RESTORE WETLAND AND FLOODPLAIN FUNCTION, IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH, AND MAKE THESE HABITATS MORE RESILIENT TO CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.

OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

WETLAND MITIGATION BANKING PROGRAM FY22

WILDLIFE MS LONGLEAF PINE (NORTH/SOUTH)

THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE IRA LEGISLATION BY RESTORING NATURAL HYDROLOGY ACROSS THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT NWR COMPLEX WHICH SPANS THE STATES OF MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES ON PRIVATE LANDS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.1. HABITAT PROTECTION2. RESTORATION3. ENHANCEMENTTHE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FACILITATE FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANT HABITAT PROTECTION, RESTORATION, ANDENHANCEMENT, PRIMARILY FOR FEDERAL TRUST RESOURCES INCLUDING MIGRATORY BIRDS, ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES,UPLANDS, PRAIRIES, WETLANDS AND AQUATIC RESOURCES, FLOODPLAIN AND RIPARIAN AREAS, THROUGH COOPERATION BETWEENTHE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND WILDLIFE MISSISSIPPI. SUCH COOPERATION WILL FOCUS ON THE PLANNING ANDIMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND PRACTICES ON PRIVATE LANDS IN MISSISSIPPI. THIS AGREEMENT WOULD TRANSFERPARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM FUNDING FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) TO THE WILDLIFEMISSISSIPPI (WM) FOR CARRYING OUT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO THE SCOPE OF WORK OUTLINED IN THEAGREEMENT.

MISSISSIPPI FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

EASEMENT MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT CREATION

ENDANGERED SPECIES

COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

MISSISSIPPI AQUATIC RESTORATION PROJECT

PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE

FANNYE COOK CONSERVATION EDUCATION COMPLEX: DEMONSTRATING THE MANY BENEFITS OF BUILDING WITH WOOD

FACILITATE COLLABORATIVE ASSISTANCE ON HABITAT PROJECTS

THE PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT PRIVATE LANDOWNERS CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY MANAGE A LIVESTOCK GRAZING OPERATION AND RESTORE AND MANAGE A PORTION OF THEIR LAND TO NATIVE PRAIRIE WHILE MAINTAINING POSITIVE ECONOMIC RETURNS AND MEETING NATURAL RESOURCE CONCERNS.

ADD FUNDING TO AGREEMENT

ESTABLISH VIABLE HABITAT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE ON PRIVATE LANDS

THE FUNDING PROVIDED BY THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE USED FOR IMPLEMENTING HABITAT PROTECTION, RESTORATION, AND ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES ON PRIVATE LANDS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL REGION OF MISSISSIPPI IT WOULD PROVIDE FOR A FULL TIME POSITION OR MULTIPLE PART TIME POSITIONS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF EXPERTISE FOR THE COASTAL REGION OF MISSISSIPPI TO FACILITATE PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPLEMENT SPECIFIC HABITAT PROJECTS ON PRIVATE LANDS MUTUALLY APPROVED BY THE SERVICE, WILDLIFE MISSISSIPPI, AND THE LANDOWNER THIS POSITION WOULD BE HOUSED ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST

DETERMINING BLUEMASK DARTER ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES TO SUPPORT REINTRODUCTIONS IN THE CALFKILLER RIVER SYSTEM

RESTORATION OF PINE-GRASSLANDS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI

COASTAL PILOT POLLINATOR PROJECT

JFSP 12-5-01-25 SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE SYMPOSIUM

TO EFFICIENTLY OBTAIN QUALITY RESTORATION OF ACEP-ACEP, WRP AND EWPP-FPE EASEMENT LANDS IN MISSISSIPPI.

WILDLIFE MISSISSIPPI WILL USE THIS AWARD TO RESTORE AND OR ENHANCE APPROXIMATELY 1,713 ACRES OF BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD HABITATS ON FOUR OF MISSISSIPPI S WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS. ADDITIONALLY, TO FACILITATE FUTURE HABITAT MANAGEMENT, WILDLIFE MISSISSIPPI WILL USE AWARD FUNDS TO COLLECT FOREST INVENTORY DATA FOR ANOTHER 4,624 ACRES OF BOTTOMLAND HARD WOOD HABITATS ON THESE FOUR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS.

RESTORE WETLANDS IN THE NORTHERN MS DELTA AND DEER CREEK

WETLAND EASEMENT RESTORATION FY2018 (ENROLLED FY2016)