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As additional planning and analysis of priority conservation areas is developed for the state of Mississippi in the future,
a more detailed list of conservation actions is needed that also defines potential partners for implementation and allows
for quantitative measurement of results. Additional information about monitoring actions and research and survey needs
which were identified by the Expert Team and Technical Committee are listed and discussed in Chapter V.

CODE PRIORITY CONSERVATION ACTIONS

Education

/Outreach

Habitat/Species

Management

Planning/

Policy

Research/

Survey

A1

Plan and conduct additional research (i.e. habitat needs, status

surveys, breeding status, disease, etc.) on SGCN. X

A2

Encourage and improve management of habitat by controlled burning

at necessary frequencies and seasons. X X

A3

Discourage/limit human access in highly critical areas and special

habitats, when possible. X X

A 9 Develop/implement/continue recovery plans for individual SGCN. X X

A10

Encourage restoration and improved management of

altered/degraded habitat when possible. XX

A12

Encourage and improve agricultural/forestry/watershed land-use

planning and BMPs to address nonpoint pollution, erosion and

water quality issues. X

A13

Monitor/address SGCN harvest/over harvest issues(including by

catch or incidental take). X X

A15

Maintain/improve/restore hydrologic (depth, hydroperiod, flow) and

geomorphic (channel sinuosity, floodplain, microtopography) integrity. X

A17

Discourage incompatible forestry practicessuch as bedding as a

method of site preparation and planting extremely high stocking

densities. X X

A20

Encourage buffers and improve land use practices adjacent to streams

(Streamside Management Zones) and other aquatic/wetland habitats. XX

A 21 Limit bulk-heading along coastal drainages. X

A22

Encourage retention, preservation, and conservation of remaining natural

habitat through purchase, easements or MOAs. X

A23

Initiate propagation program or establish nest box programfor

selected SGCN. X

A24

Monitor/limit commercial/residential/industrial point source erosion

and sedimentation or pollution into streams/atmosphere. X

A28

Develop/improve urban/suburban/infrastructure land use development

planning/zoning to address SGCN habitats. X

A29

Prohibit gravel mining in stream channels, discourage gravel

mining in floodplains and improve oversight and planning for such

mines on upland sites. X

A30

Improve environmental review and permit process and oversight and

enforcement of existing regulations in important habitats/populations. X