Author: Mississippi. State Game and Fish CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Mississippi's Wildlife Conservation Program
Author: Mississippi. State Game and Fish CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Fish and Wildlife Management
Author: Adam T. RohnkePublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1626741980
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Featuring over five hundred illustrations and forty tables, this book is a collection of in-depth discussions by a tremendous range of experts on topics related to wildlife and fisheries management in Mississippi. Beginning with foundational chapters on natural resource history and conservation planning, the authors discuss the delicate balance between profit and land stewardship. A series of chapters about the various habitat types and the associated fish and wildlife populations that dominate them follow. Several chapters expand on the natural history and specific management techniques of popular species of wildlife, including white-tailed deer, eastern wild turkey, and other species. Experts discuss such special management topics as supplemental, wildlife-food planting, farm pond management, backyard habitat, nuisance animal control, and invasive plant species control. Leading professionals who work every day in Mississippi with landowners on wildlife and fisheries management created this indispensable book. The up-to-date and applicable management techniques discussed here can be employed by private landowners throughout the state. For those who do not own rural lands but have an interest in wildlife and natural resources, this book also has much to offer. Residents of urban communities interested in creating a wildlife-friendly yard will delight in the backyard habitat chapter specifically written for them. Whether responsible for one-fourth of an acre or two thousand, landowners will find this handbook to be an incalculable aid on their journey to good stewardship of their Mississippi lands.
The Mississippi Wildlife Conservation Manual
Author: Mississippi. State Game and Fish Commission. Public Relations DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife management
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Fannye Cook
Author: Dorothy ShawhanPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496814134
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding Book Conservationist Fannye Cook (1889-1964) was the most widely known scientist in Mississippi and was nationally known as the go-to person for biological information or wildlife specimens from the state. This biography celebrates the environmentalist instrumental in the creation of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission (now called the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks) and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. To accomplish this feat, Cook led an extensive grassroots effort to implement game laws and protect the state's environment. In 1926 she began traveling the state at her own expense, speaking at county fairs, schools, and clubs, and to county boards of supervisors on the status of wildlife populations and the need for management. Eventually she collected a diverse group of supporters from across the state. Due to these efforts, the legislature created the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission in 1932. Thanks to the formation of the Works Progress Administration in 1935, Cook received a WPA grant to conduct a comprehensive plant and animal survey of Mississippi. Under this program, eighteen museums were established within the state, and another one in Jackson, which served as the hub for public education and scientific research. Fannye Cook served as director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science until her retirement in 1958. During her tenure, she published many bulletins, pamphlets, scientific papers, and the extensive book Freshwater Fishes of Mississippi.
A Plan for Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Mississippi Outdoors
Author: Fish and Wildlife Management
Author: Adam T. RohnkePublisher: University Press of Mississippi/Wildlife Mississippi
ISBN: 9781628460278
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to encouraging fish and wildlife conservation, land management, and maximum enjoyment of resources
Wildlife Value Orientations
Author: Adam T. RohnkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
My dissertation served two primary purposes: 1) assess the measurement and structural model properties of the Wildlife Value Orientations (WVO) scale in a unique geographical context, and across two historically underserved groups in wildlife conservation, namely African American and females; and 2) examine Mississippians’ value orientations, beliefs, attitudes, norms, and behavior towards wildlife that could be used by wildlife professionals to create more salient and effective wildlife conservation programs. I conducted a statewide survey of the general public in Mississippi resulting in 1,335 respondents. Using this data, I conducted confirmatory factor analysis on the 4- construct WVO model and found, after model respecification, a 3-construct model met acceptable model fit thresholds. I determined the scale was metrically invariant across race and gender subgroups which was critical for unbiased cross-group comparisons. Structural equation modeling analysis of the WVO cognitive model resulted in an alternative model where wildlife-related recreation subjective norms were found to be a mediator between wildlife-related beliefs and recreational attitudes. Multi-group analysis found that African Americans and Caucasians similarly conceptualized the WVO cognitive model with the exception of wildlife-related recreation attitudes not being as strong of a behavioral predictor for African Americans compared to Caucasians. Similarly, wildlife-related subjective norms were a stronger predictor of recreation behavioral intentions for males than females. Females demonstrated a significantly stronger negative relationship between mutualism and wildlife management attitudes towards lethal control of wildlife. Lastly, I found three WVO types existed in Mississippi: utilitarian, pluralist, and mutualist. African Americans were found to be more mutualistic, possess less favorable attitudes towards wildlife-related recreation, and participate less in those activities than Caucasians. Similarly, females demonstrated more mutualistic orientations and in turn expressed less favorable attitudes towards lethal control of wildlife and wildlife-related recreation, and participated less in recreation compared to males. In sum, I found the WVO scale and WVO cognitive model were reliable and valid predictors of behavioral intention. While further refinement of the scale and model are needed, the instruments presented in this study should prove to be valuable in developing wildlife conservation programs that reflect the values and attitudes of Mississippians.
North Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge Compex
Author: U. S. Fish U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServicePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505731163
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has developed this Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) to provide a foundation for the management and use of the North Mississippi National Wildlife Refuges Complex (Complex), headquartered in Grenada, Mississippi. The North Mississippi National Wildlife Refuges Complex is comprised of Coldwater River, Dahomey, and Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuges and the Farm Service Agency tracts of land in the area. The Complex provides habitat for large concentrations of wintering waterfowl and numerous species of neotropical migratory birds. This comprehensive conservation plan is intended to serve as a working guide for the Complex's management programs and actions over the next 15 years.
North Mississippi National Wildlife Refuges Complex
Author: Fish and Wildlife ServicePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781490586595
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has developed this Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) to provide a foundation for the management and use of the North Mississippi National Wildlife Refuges Complex (Complex), headquartered in Grenada, Mississippi. The North Mississippi National Wildlife Refuges Complex is comprised of Coldwater River, Dahomey, and Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuges and the Farm Service Agency tracts of land in the area. The Complex provides habitat for large concentrations of wintering waterfowl and numerous species of neotropical migratory birds. This comprehensive conservation plan is intended to serve as a working guide for the Complex's management programs and actions over the next 15 years.