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M ISSISSIPPI’ S C OMPREHENSIVE WILDLIFE C ONSERVATION STRATEGY 2005 - 2015 VERSION 1 Coordinated by the Mississippi Department o ...

MISSISSIPPI’S COMPREHENSIVE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION STRATEGY 2005 - 2015 VERSION 1. COORDINATED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF W ...

Our Mission: It is the mission of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks to conserve and enhance Mississip ...

FOREWORD The Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks was created in 1932. Since its inception, our state has seen ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................. ...

Agriculture Fields, Hay and Pasture Lands, Old Fields, Prairies, Cedar Glades and Pine Plantations ...................... 101 2 ...

Streams (Lotic Communities) ................................................................ 193 12.1 Mississippi River 12.2 No ...

Appendices Chapter V. Status and Trend Monitoring and Survey and Research Needs Chapter VI. Review and Revision of Mississippi’ ...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction Mississippi's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) is part of ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 wildlife, fisheries and museum biologists, an Expert Team of 46 biologists from around the state and region, ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 affecting natural communities such as: soil type, water availability, vegetation, water chemistry, region an ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 B. Lotic and Lentic Systems Tombigbee Drainage Northeast Hills, Tennessee River Drainage Ephemeral Ponds Pa ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 rather to take a meaningful look at the landscapes and habitats as they exist today and to develop plans on ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 projects initiated or completed. Due to limited baseline information and the strategic scope of this documen ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 This review process will be synchronized with MDWFP's annual budget planning cycle. MDWFP will also use its ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8 Our stakeholder and public outreach efforts included many approaches. In 2004, we invited by personal invita ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9 with stakeholders to identify partnerships for implementing conservation actions and to ensure this entire p ...

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HURRICANE KATRINA’S IMPACT 11 O n August 29, 2005 hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi and Louisiana. This category fi ...