Mississippi Ecological Field Services Office

Refuge Finder Office Finder Service Finder Contact Finder Home Staff, hours, and directions Field Office Fact Sheet Our Programs - What we do Lower Mississippi River Endangered Species Conservation Planning & Federal Projects Environmental Education & Outreach Media Outreach & News Releases Partners Program Frequently Asked Questions Special Projects & Issues Field Supervisor : Stephen Ricks 6578 Dogwood View Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 phone: 601-965-4900 fax: 601-965-4340	Mission Statement The Mississippi Field Office will work proactively with other Service programs and external partners to conserve and enhance trust species and their habitats. We will strive to be dedicated and professional, promoting scientific excellence and a strategic approach to address landscape scale conservation, not only in Mississippi but throughout the Southeast.

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	Project Planning and Review Section 7 ESA & Conservation Planning Assistance Conservation Planning and Federal Projects Communication Towers Species information and guidance Bald Eagle Guidance Critical Habitat Data Threatened or Endangered Species by County Habitat Descriptions of Mississippi's Federally Listed Species Newsroom Mississippi Field Office Press Releases Southeastern Region Press Releases National Press Releases National Stock Film Footage Partners Program Contacts and Information	Information on Federally Threatened or Endangered Species Federally Listed Species by Mississippi County Habitat Descriptions of Mississippi's Federally Listed Species Information on Federal Natural Resource Laws Digest of Federal Resource Laws Federal Register Federally Listed Species in Mississippi Plants Louisiana quillwort Pondberry Price's potato bean Mussels Heavy pigtoe Southern combshell Southern clubshell Ovate clubshell Black clubshell Alabama moccasinshell Orange-nacre mucket Cumberlandian combshell snuffbox Slabside pearlymussel Fat pocketbook Inflated heelsplitter Rabbitsfoot Sheepnose Insects Mitchell's satyr butterfly Fishes Gulf sturgeon Pallid sturgeon Bayou darter Pearl darter Amphibians & Reptiles Dusky gopher frog Alabama red-bellied turtle Ringed map turtle Yellow-blotched map turtle Green sea turtle Kemp's ridley sea turtle Leatherback sea turtle Loggerhead sea turtle Gopher tortoise Black pine snake Birds Interior least tern Mississippi sandhill crane Piping plover Red-cockaded woodpecker Red knot Mammals Gray bat Indiana bat Northern long-eared bat Louisiana black bear West Indian manatee	Pearl Darter News Release - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to List Pearl Darter as Threatened Questions and Answers Pearl Darter Proposed for Listing as Threatened Angular Dwarf Crayfish News Release - Enangered Species Act Protection Not Needed for Four Southeastern Animals Questions and Answers Angular Dwarf Crayfish White Fringeless Orchid News Release - Southeastern Orchid Placed on Federal Threatened and Endangered Species List White-Fringeless Orchid Listing Questions and Answers White-Fringeless Orchid Fact Sheet Louisiana Black Bear The Teddy Bear is Back: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Delists Louisiana Black Bear Due to Recovery Black Pinesnake Black Pinesnake Listed: What Does This Mean for me? Questions and Answers: Final Rule to List the Black Pinesnake under the Endangered Species Act Federal Register - Threatened Species Status for Black Pinesnake with 4(d) Rule News Release - Black Pinesnake Added to Threatened and Endangered Species List Questions and Answers: Final Rule to List the Black Pinesnake under the Endangered Species Act News Release - Service Proposes to Designate Critical Habitat and Announces Re-Opening of Comment Period on Proposed Listing of Black Pinesnake Federal Register: Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Black Pinesnake Screening Analysis of the Likely Economic Impacts of Critical Habitat Designation for the Black Pinesnake Incremental Effects Memorandum for the Economic Analysis of the Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Black Pinesnake Webinar Presentation--VIDEO - Black Pinesnake Proposed Listing and Critical Habitat Rules Webinar Presentation--PDF - Black Pinesnake Proposed Listing and Critical Habitat Rules Black Pinesnake Proposed Critical Habitat Map Black Pinesnake Proposed Critical Habitat Questions and Answers News Release - Service Proposes to List the Black Pinesnake as Threatened Federal Register: Proposed Threatened Species Status for Black Pinesnake Black Pinesnake Range Map Black Pinesnake Proposed Listing Questions and Answers Dusky Gopher Frog News Release - Recovery Plan for the Dusky Gopher Frog Available Notice of Availability of a Final Recovery Plan for the Dusky Gopher Frog Final Recovery Plan for the Dusky Gopher Frog (Rana sevosa) Northern Long-eared Bat USFWS Northern Long-Eared Bat Website Northern Long-eared Bat Questions and Answers Fungus That Causes White-nose Syndrome Discovered in Mississippi Fungus That Causes Deadly Bat Disease Discovered in Mississippi White-nose Syndrome Map Lower Mississippi River U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Honors U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Innovative Landscape-Level Conservation Approach Biological Opinion for USACE Lower Mississippi River Channel Improvement Program Conservation Plan for the Interior Least Tern, Pallid Sturgeon, and Fat Pocketbook Mussel in the Lower Mississippi River Lower Mississippi Strategic Habitat Conservation Plan Spring Pygmy Sunfish Proposed Rule—Designation of Critical Habitat for the Spring Pygmy Sunfish