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WOODS: MSU’s waterfowl research revealing

John Woods — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:30:32 +0000

Waterfowl research being conducted by Mississippi State University professors and graduate students could have important impacts on habitat conservation and duck hunting in the Delta region of Mississippi. Specifically one recent piece of work being conducted and continues deals with a study of mallard duck survival in relation to habitat use. Ultimately a better understanding [...]

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PEER reviews wildlife programs, makes recommendations

MBJ Staff — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:11:04 +0000

JACKSON — Questions have arisen over the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ management of selected wild game in Mississippi (i.e., the waterfowl, turkey and deer management programs), according to the PEER Committee. Also, some citizens have questioned the expanded use of privately owned pens for deer management and whether the use of such [...]

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Duck study could shape conservation, management programs

MBJ Staff — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:53:33 +0000

MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Results from a Mississippi State University study of mallard ducks in the state’s South Delta revealed information that could help shape conservation and habitat management programs. For several years, Brian Davis, assistant professor in MSU’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture and researcher in MSU’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, has been [...]

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Congressman to reintroduce bill on hunting rolled rice fields

Associated Press — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:20:45 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Congressional delegations from Mississippi and Arkansas have backed legislation to clarify that hunting over a rolled rice field is not illegal field baiting. The legislation promoted by U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both R-Miss., died in the past Congress. U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., whose district is the largest rice [...]

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Hunters could see bounty year as duck numbers hit record high

Associated Press — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:39:51 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — If the weather cooperates, Mississippi duck hunters could be on track for a season that leaves them talking for years to come. According to the recently released Trends in Duck Breeding Populations report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Canadian Wildlife Service, the North American breeding duck population is at a [...]

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Snow-ing geese

Wally Northway — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:01:17 +0000

On a rainy day last week, Bubba Simmons inspected his 5,500-acre farm near Hollandale in the Delta to see if his land was again being compromised. And, it was. The “vandals” are snow geese, whose numbers have been exploding since the mid- to late-1980s. It is a common sight in the Delta to see fields [...]

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Scientists studying dwindling duck numbers

Wally Northway — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:07:38 +0000

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University (MSU) researchers are gathering information that will help biologists and managers determine where and when habitats should be made available for migrating and wintering ducks. They are trying to determine why fewer ducks are heading south each winter. “In the past few years, we have observed that ducks are not [...]

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