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MDWFP Technical Guidance efforts on Private lands

MDWFP Technical Guidance efforts on Private lands. MS GAME and FISH ORIGIN - 1980. “to understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” -William Faulkner. Age of exploitation. Recovery effort is born. Restocking. Restocking. >3,200 deer 1931-1965

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MDWFP Technical Guidance efforts on Private lands

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  1. MDWFP Technical Guidance efforts on Private lands

  2. MS GAME and FISH ORIGIN - 1980 “to understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.”-William Faulkner

  3. Age of exploitation

  4. Recovery effort is born

  5. Restocking

  6. Restocking • >3,200 deer 1931-1965 • Sources include: • Alabama: ? • Kentucky: 31 • Louisiana: >35 • Mexico: >195 • North Carolina: 35 • Wisconsin: 358 • Within-state: 2,554

  7. MS GAME and FISH 1975 - 2005 “We All love Mississippi, But it doesn't always love us back. ”-Willie Morris

  8. Changing resource

  9. Wildlife Bureau

  10. Strikes and Gutters • Gutters • Forest Stewardship • Farm Bill • Strikes • Fed-Aid Technical Guidance • Partners for Fish and Wildlife • MSU/MDWFP Research DMAP Cooperators

  11. MS Dept of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks 2005 - Present “I think there’s more deer here than I think there are?”-Jim Lipe

  12. WILDLIFE bureau V2.0 • Public Lands • 52 WMA’s = 830,000 ac (75% staff) • Private Lands Technical Guidance • Species Programs + Private Lands Habitat • WF, SG, Turkey (5) = >100 SV, 60,000 ac • PLHP (4) = >200 SV, >100,000 ac • DMAP (4) = >600 clubs, 1.3 million ac • Private Lands Habitat Program • Technical Guidance • Management Plans • Information& Education • Initiatives and Strategic Conservation

  13. Planning and Prioritization of Efforts “I can’t believe y’all are talk’n about get’n a chandelier , when what we really need in here is some lights?”-Uncle Versey (via Jerry CLower)

  14. Planning and Prioritization • Range-Wide Conservation Plans • NAWMP, America’s Longleaf, NBCI • Endangered Species Recovery Plans • State-Wide Conservation Plans • SWAP, Nutrient Reduction • MDWFP Priorities • Landowner Goals & Objectives • All partners active in planning!

  15. Habitat & Working Lands Work with multiple partners and funding sources Grain Prices = new CRP & WRP Grain Prices = field buffers, winter water, CRP/WRP rehab Cattle inputs rain = Native forages Pine Sawtimber = Longleaf reforestation Pulpwood = Timber stand improvement Mixed HW ST = HW management Best Management Practices Prescribed Fire! Natural Disasters

  16. Black Belt Prairie Restoration Initiative • Restore Black Belt Prairie • Started by partners in 2005 (LIP) • Plant new grasslands (CP38) • Renovate existing CRP grasslands • Potential for native grass forages • Monitoring grassland bird response • MSU conducts monitoring (MDWFP/SWG) • Significant response from Dicksissel • Bobwhite response less distinct • Need winter and spring stop-over data? • Funding has been a problem • No T&E species • Poorly understood linkages with aquatics • BBPRI initiative with Alabama partners

  17. Fire on the Forty • Increase Burning in focal areas on PL • Cost-share burning in focal areas • Hands-on burning field days • Targeted effort from partners • Cost-share >23,000 ac + 5,000 ac • Seven field days, >20 presentations

  18. Winter Water for Wildlife • Continue MBHI success • Targeted rice, aquaculture, WRP • Incentives for early/late water • Gain cultural acceptance for WW

  19. Questions?

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