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MMNS has initiated a program in south Mississippi to address conservation and monitoring needs identified in Mississippi’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS).  Mississippi’s CWCS is a blueprint aimed at conserving wild species and their habitats.

Current and Future Work
— Coordination of Mississippi Amphibian Monitoring Program
— Longleaf restoration on Mars Wildlife Management Area
— Coordination of efforts to restore yellow blotched map turtle nesting sandbars on Pascagoula river
— Participation in monitoring efforts for swallow tail kite, plovers, gopher frog, gopher tortoise
— Participation on Mississippi Prescribed Fire Council
— Coordination with state and federal agencies on issues relating to species of greatest conservation need and their habitats
— Development of recovery plans for the following individual species of greatest conservation need and their habitats:
      — Dry longleaf pine forests/mesic longleaf pine savannahs/forests
            – Mississippi gopher frog
            – Red cockaded woodpecker
            – Northern bobwhite
            – Black pine snake
            – Gopher tortoise
      — Bottomland hardwood forests
            – Swallow tail kite
            – Swainson’s warbler
            – Black bear/Louisiana black bear
            – Rafinesque’s big eared bat
            – Ivory billed woodpecker
      — Pascagoula drainage
            – Bald eagle
            – Swallow tail kite
            – Migrant songbirds
            – Yellow blotched and Pascagoula map turtle
Links of Interest
Mississippi Amphibian Monitoring Program