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CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ACTIONS^174

THREATS TO BALD CYPRESS/GUM SWAMP FOREST COMMUNITIES


Channel Modification high
Incompatible Forestry Practices high
Invasive Species high
Groundwater and Surface Water Withdrawal high
Operation of Dams/Impoundments medium
Incompatible Agricultural Practices medium
Over Exploitation/Incidental Capture medium
Incompatible Water Quality low
Road Construction/Management low


PRIORITY CONSERVATION ACTIONS


A Plan and conduct additional research (i.e. habitat needs, status surveys, breeding status, disease,
etc.) on SGCN.


A Discourage/limit human access in highly critical areas and special habitats, when possible.


A Develop/implement/continue recovery plans for individual SGCN.


A Encourage restoration and improved management of altered/degraded habitat when possible.


A Encourage and improve agricultural/forestry/watershed land-use planning and BMPs to address
nonpoint pollution, erosion and water quality issues.


A Monitor/address SGCN harvest/over harvest issues (including bycatch or incidental take).


A Maintain/improve/restore hydrologic (depth, hydroperiod, flow) and geomorphic (channel
sinuosity, floodplain, microtopography) integrity.


A Encourage buffers and improve land use practices adjacent to streams (SMZs) and other aquatic/
wetland habitats.


A Encourage retention, preservation, and conservation of remaining natural habitat through
purchase, easements or MOAs.


A Prohibit gravel mining in stream channels, discourage gravel mining in floodplains and improve
oversight and planning for such mines on upland sites.


A Improve environmental review and permit process and oversight and enforcement of existing
regulations in important habitats/populations.


A Reduce wetland filling and ensure/encourage local, comparable mitigation for wetland loss and
maintain updated flood zone maps.


A Limit/discourage surface and ground water withdrawals that are not sustainable and significantly
alter flow, depth or salt intrusion.


A Control exotic and invasive species (plant and animal).


A Enhance viability of SGCN by providing habitat corridors between disjunct populations or
subpopulations.


A Provide public education about conservation of SGCN and/or their habitats.

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