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Mud Creek Wildlife Management Area Purpose: DU partnered with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries on the purchase and installation of a new dewatering system at Mud Creek WMA. The new system will give the staff of Mud Creek Wildlife Management Area greater flexibility in managing water on the 185-acre unit, and will afford staff the ability to implement a moist soil - hot crop forage rotation. DU and the ADCNR each contributed $25,000 toward the project. Location: Mud Creek WMA covers 8,193 acres in Jackson County near Scottsboro Acres impacted: 185 Habitat type: Moist-soil and wetlands. Partners: Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, and Ducks Unlimited Timeline: Purchase and installation completed 2007. DU Contact: Chris Cole Director of Conservation Programs, Alabama 193 Business Park Drive, Suite E Ridgeland, MS 39157 (601) 206-5446 ccole@ducks.org