Cooperative Agreement F14AC00996

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded $734,525 to Wildlife Mississippi under the Soil and Water Conservation cooperative agreement program (CFDA 10.902) from September 2022 through September 2027. Wildlife Mississippi will provide outreach, education, and technical assistance to private landowners and other organizations in Mississippi. Specifically, the organization will deliver conservation technical assistance through a network of conservation professionals to help recipients...

The Mississippi State University was awarded a $299,860 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 under the Geographic Programs – Gulf of Mexico Program (CFDA 66.475). The award will support expansion of MSU's established Plan-It Marsh educational training program on growing native plants for habitat restoration and development of a new Plan-It Dunes program. At least four new educational modules will be developed for the programs to provide skills training to...

The National Park Service awarded a $270,300 cooperative agreement to the Mississippi Park Connection on September 16, 2022 through the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944). The project will develop best management practices to maintain and restore floodplain forest habitat along the Mississippi River in Minnesota through September 2025. As the principle means by which NPS evaluates and improves watershed, landscape, and coastal resource health while sustaining biological...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $1,160,625 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674) to Wildlife Mississippi, a non-profit organization and foundation. The funding will support efforts to reduce wildfire fuel loads and control extreme fire behavior on approximately 8,000 acres of private land in Mississippi over a 5-year period from September 2023 to October 2028. Project...

The Mississippi Forestry Commission received a $1.9 million Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) to implement the Fiscal Year 2021 Conservation Reserve Program in Mississippi. The grant will support the Commission's delivery of services from August 2021 through June 2023 to promote long-term active management of non-industrial private forest lands in the state. As the direct recipient of the federal funding,...

Under a $114,654 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain will restore 80.39 acres of wet pine savanna habitat near the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Refuge. The project utilizes mechanical mulching, chemical mowing, and bush hogging techniques to establish alternative restoration methods and explore their ecological and economic viability. This effort builds on the...

This $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) supports Wildlife Mississippi, a non-profit organization, in promoting NRCS programs and practices through education, demonstration, and community partnerships to improve conservation leadership skills across Mississippi. The award will fund a 5-year project from October 2024 to September 2029 to develop and implement a range of...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $491,825 project grant to the Mississippi Forestry Commission under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678). The grant will support conservation efforts on non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Mississippi from January 2021 through September 2022. Specifically, the Mississippi Forestry Commission will promote and enable the long-term active management of forest lands to sustain their multiple environmental,...

The U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI FWS) awarded the State of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks $385,159.54 under the State Wildlife Grants (SWG) Program (CFDA 15.634) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This formula grant supports subgrants to universities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) projects that advance Mississippi's State Wildlife Action Plan objectives....

The Mississippi Forestry Commission received a $1.769 million Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region to implement the Fiscal Year 2022 Conservation Reserve Program in Mississippi. The grant was awarded on September 2, 2022 with a completion date of June 30, 2025. Funding will support the Forest Stewardship Program, as outlined in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 10.678, to promote long-term active management of non-industrial...