Conservation in Mississippi
Mississippi is part of the Mississippi Flyway and provides important winter habitat for waterfowl that are produced in the Prairie Pothole Region and Great Lakes states. In most years, Mississippi winters significant numbers of mallards and wood ducks across the state. Northwestern Mississippi comprises an important portion of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, known regionally as the Delta. Historically, flooded forests of the Delta provided reliable, high quality habitat for millions of mallards, wood ducks, and other waterfowl. DU has worked to conserve over 250,000 acres of waterfowl habitat throughout Mississippi. Our goal is to perpetually secure habitat and the future of Mississippi as a key wintering area in North America. Your support of DU will help us achieve that goal.
Mississippi Habitat Projects
Mississippi Alluvial Valley
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Southeastern Coastal Plain
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Phase II Habitat Project Completed at Mahannah WMA
RIDGELAND, Miss., Jan. 25, 2006 – More than 425 acres of land at the Mahannah Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is now waterfowl and wildlife habitat as part of an improvement project by Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU), the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District, and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP). These 425 acres will be managed for moist-soil vegetation and flooded cropland.
“Mahannah WMA is unique because waterfowl management is the primary goal, and the area has potential to support a large number of wintering birds,” said Chris Cole, director of conservation programsfor DU in Mississippi...
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DU and Forest Service Partner to Enhance Wetlands on Delta National Forest
Concrete water control structure installed on Rookery Lake
RIDGELAND, Miss., Dec. 1, 2005 — Ducks Unlimited and the USDA Forest Service just finished work on more than 85 acres of waterfowl habitaton Rookery Lake at Delta National Forest (DNF) in Sharkey County, Mississippi.
The project required the installation of one cast-in-place concrete stoplog structure, refurbishment of water distribution ditches, and removal of woody vegetation from within the forested wetland. DU provided funding to offset one-third of all project costs associated with the water control structure, while the Forest Service covered all other expenses related to enhancement activities...
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