U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Midwest Region Offices and Activities

Missouri Missouri Missouri

1 2 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Service Facilities in Missouri

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Table of Contents Office/Program Page Office/Program Page Map of Service Facilities in Missouri 3 Missouri Private Lands Office 13 Introduction 4 Columbia ESFO 14 Midwest Regional Highlights 5 Neosho NFH 15 Midwest Regional Offices Map 6 Columbia FRO 16 Highlights of Service Activities in Missouri 7 Independence LE 17 Big Muddy NFWR 8 St. Peters LE 18 Great River & Clarence Cannon NWR 9 Missouri NAWMP 19 Mingo NWR 10 Missouri Federal Assistance 20 Squaw Creek NWR 11 Missouri Migratory Bird Conservation 21 Swan Lake NWR 12

3 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Introduction U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Quick Facts The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency • 545 national responsible for conserving, protect- wildlife refuges ing, and enhancing fish, wildlife, and • 96 million acres of plants and their habitats for the fish and wildlife continuing benefit of the American habitat people. • 81 ecological services field stations The vast majority of fish and wild- • 69 national fish life habitat is on lands not owned by hatcheries the federal government. Partner- • 63 fish and wildlife ships with Native American tribes, management offices state and local governments, non- restores fish and wildlife habitat such • 7,500 employees government organizations and as , administers the Endan- private citizens are critical to the gered Species Act, and helps foreign Service fulfilling our mission. Pro- governments with their conservation grams such as Partners for Fish and efforts. The Service also administers Wildlife, Partners in Flight, the a number of grant programs that Coastal Program, and partnership promote the restoration of fish and activities with individuals are the wildlife resources and their habitat on primary mechanisms for assisting in tribal and private lands. voluntary habitat restoration on non-Service lands and fostering The Service also oversees the Federal conservation practices throughout Assistance program that distributes the Region. federal excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state natural The Service manages the 95 million- resource agencies. This program is a acre National Wildlife Refuge cornerstone of the nation’s wildlife System that consists of 545 National management efforts, funding fish and Wildlife Refuges and thousands of wildlife restoration, boating access, small wetlands and other special hunter education, shooting ranges and management areas. The Service related projects across America. also carries out its mission through the 81 ecological services field Approximately 7,500 people are stations, 69 national fish hatcheries, employed by the Service at facilities and 63 fish and wildlife management across the United States. It is a offices located nationwide. decentralized organization with a headquarters office in Washington, The agency enforces federal wildlife D.C., seven geographic regional laws, manages migratory bird offices, and nearly 700 field units. populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and

4 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Highlights Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin

Quick Facts The Region is Committed to • Expanded partnerships offering • Employment: 1,088 innovative opportunities to enhance people the Region’s fish and wildlife re- • Acres Managed: sources 1.29 million • Healthy fish and wildlife trust • The Fiscal Year 2006 species populations and habitats to Budget for Regional support them Service activities • Providing the public with quality totaled $86 million hunting, fishing, wildlife watching, • More than 7.7 and other wildlife-dependent recre- million people visited ational opportunities on Service Refuges throughout lands Region 3 to hunt, fish, • An organization dedicated to participate in interpre- employee excellence, reflecting the tive programs, and nation’s rich diversity, and providing view wildlife quality service to and decision- • More than 150,000 making for the resources for which school children partici- we have trust responsibility (migra- pated in Service tory birds, threatened and endan- Federal Assistance Program educational programs gered species, interjurisdictional In Fiscal Year 2006, the Region’s • 130,655 acres of fish). Federal Assistance Office managed wetlands restored $153 million to help strengthen sport • 483 miles of Regional Programs and Offices fish and wildlife restoration pro- streams restored • 55 National Wildlife Refuges, grams throughout the eight-state • 105,747 acres of including the newest – Glacial Ridge region. upland habitat restored in northwest Minnesota • 12 Management Districts Fiscal Year 2006 Federal Assistance • More than 300,000 acres in water- Program Grants by State fowl production areas (In Millions) • 6 National Fish Hatcheries Illinois, 19, 13% • 6 Fishery Resources Offices Wisconsin, 19, 13% • 2 Sea Lamprey Control Stations Indiana, 12, 8% • 8 Private Lands Offices Ohio, 18, 12% • 9 Ecological Services offices • 18 Law Enforcement offices

Iowa, 13, 9%

Missouri, 18, 12%

Michigan, 31, 19%

Minnesota, 24, 14% 5 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Offices Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin

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6 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Missouri Fish and Wildlife Service Highlights

Quick Facts Federal Assistance to State Fish and Wildlife Programs Missouri State Facts • In 2006 Missouri received: • Employment: The - $9.6 million for sport fish restora- Service employs more tion than 84 people in - $7 million for wildlife restoration Missouri and hunter education • The Fiscal Year 2006 Resource Management Missouri River Endangered Species budget for Service The Columbia Field Office helped activities in Missouri develop a biological opinion on the Bagnell Dam totaled $6.5 million impacts of Missouri River dams and The Columbia Field Office is partici- • Ten National Wildlife navigation operations on endangered pating in a review of the Osage Hy- Refuges in Missouri and threatened species. The Service droelectric Relicensing Project, total more than 60,831 provided the U.S. Army Corps of specifically Bagnell Dam, which acres Engineers with an assessment of created Lake of the . The • In 2004, more than threats to endangered species — office participates in stakeholder 239,000 people visited including the pallid sturgeon and meetings and works closely with the national wildlife refuges least tern — and provided recom- Missouri Department of Conserva- in Missouri to hunt, fish, mendations to minimize impacts as tion and others to address the loss of participate in interpre- river operations continue. endangered freshwater mussels tive programs and view below the dam. wildlife Conserving River Wetlands The Columbia Field Office continues Keeping Communication Open to provide input to the Corps of The Columbia Missouri Field Office Engineers on the impacts of a pro- reviews 300 to 500 cellular posed project along the communication tower projects each that would jeopar- year. The Columbia Office has come dize the state’s last remaining wet- up with a streamlined process to land connected to the river. The review projects so that delays are Service has provided information on avoided while impacts to migratory expected impacts of the project and birds are considered. The alternative ways to accomplish streamlined process has provided an project purposes while conserving effective outreach and education tool irreplaceable wetland habitat for fish that is paying off in a noticeable and wildlife. reduction in the number of cell towers posing threats to migratory birds. Feedback indicates communications companies are building more migratory bird friendly cell towers in Missouri as a direct result of Columbia’s streamlined review and concurrence process. 7 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Quick Facts Natural History • The pre-settlement Missouri River was subject to large seasonal Refuge Facts variations in flows which coursed • Established: 1994 through a 1,500-foot to one-mile- • Acres: 10,400 wide braided channel, providing • Authorized to expand diverse riverine and flood plain to 60,000 acres in 25 to habitat 30 units in the Missouri • Because of extensive human River flood plain from development of the flood plain, most Kansas City to St. Louis of that diversity is gone • Many landowners • The refuge is part of a major were interested in migration corridor for waterfowl and selling their Missouri other migratory birds River bottomland follow- • Habitat consists of bottomland ing the floods of 1993 forests, lakes, sloughs and cropland • The Service was • The lower Missouri River pro- originally authorized to vides habitat for seven threatened acquire these lands from and endangered species willing sellers with funding from Emergency Refuge Objectives Supplemental Appropria- • Restore portions of the Missouri tions River flood plain • The Service continues • Improve and restore wetland to acquire land from habitat willing sellers with Land • Improve fishery and wildlife and Water Conservation resources Funds • Provide public opportunities for • Environmental education and outdoor recreation and environmen- interpretation Financial Impact of tal education • Wildlife observation and photogra- Refuge phy • Seven person staff Management Tools • Hiking • 5,000 visitors annually • Wetland rehabilitation • FY 2006 Budget: • Reforestation Contacting the Refuge $941,000 • Water management Refuge Manager: Thomas G. Bell • Archaeological resource 4200 New Haven Road Refuge Location protection Columbia, MO 65201 The refuge is located in • Outreach and environmental eight units along the education Phone: 573-876-1826 Missouri River, head- Fax: 573-876-1839 quarters is located in Public Use Opportunities TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) Columbia, Missouri • Hunting and fishing E-mail: [email protected] http://midwest.fws.gov/bigmuddy 8 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Great River and Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuges

Quick Facts Natural History • The Mississippi River, including Refuge Facts refuge lands, is one of the most • Established: 1958 and important migration corridors on 1964 (respectively) the continent for waterfowl and • Acres: 15,000 many other birds • Great River NWR was • The Long Island Division lands formerly known as the were originally purchased by the Annada District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as Mark Twain NWR and part of the river navigation project; was made a separate wildlife management of the land was refuge in 2000 transferred to the Service • The 3,750-acre Clarence Cannon NWR Refuge Objectives (MO) also serves as • Protect and enhance habitat for headquarters for the endangered and threatened species Great River NWR • Provide optimum habitat for • Great River NWR is migratory birds and resident wild- separated into three life divisions: Fox Island • Protect and enhance habitat for (MO), Long Island and wood duck and neotropical songbird Delair (IL) production • Provide recreational and public Contacting the Refuge Financial Impact of use opportunities Refuge Manager: David Ellis Refuge P.O. Box 88 • Five person staff Management Tools Annada, MO 63330 • 25,000 visitors • Cooperative farming annually • Prescribed burning Phone: 573-847-2333 • FY 2006 Budget: • Wetland restoration Fax: 573-847-2269 $898,143 • Water management TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) Refuge Location • Moist soil management E-mail: [email protected] The refuge headquarters • Reforestation http://midwest.fws.gov/greatriver is located one mile east of Annada, Missouri, via Public Use Opportunities Highway 79 to County • Hiking Road 206 • Hunting and fishing • Environmental education • Wildlife observation and photog- raphy

9 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Mingo National Wildlife Refuge

Quick Facts Natural History • Refuge lies in a basin formed in an Refuge Facts ancient abandoned channel of the • Established: 1944 Mississippi River, bordered on the • First land was ac- west by the foothills of the Ozark quired in 1945 uplift, and on the east by a terrace • Acres: 21,676 (7,730- called Crowley’s Ridge acre wilderness area) • The only remaining large tract of • The Mingo Job Corps bottomland forest (15,000 acres) of Civilian Conservation the original 2.5 million acres native Center is located on the to the boothill of Missouri is on the southeast corner of the refuge refuge • Refuge contains seven natural • Also administers Pilot areas and 99 archaeological sites Knob NWR and Ozark • 6,190-acre State Duck Creek Cavefish NWR WMA joins the refuge on the north and east boundary Financial Impact of • Refuge provides wintering habitat education Refuge for over 150,000 ducks and 75,000 • Timber management • Seven person staff geese • Crop and grassland management • More than 70,000 visitors annually Refuge Objectives Public Use Opportunities • FY 2006 Budget: • Provide resting, nesting and • Hunting and fishing $1.3 million feeding habitat for waterfowl and • Environmental education other migratory birds • Wildlife observation Refuge Location • Provide habitat for resident • Hiking The refuge is located wildlife • Visitor center two miles north of • Protect endangered and threat- • 25-mile auto tour route Puxico, Missouri, on ened species State Highway 51 • Provide for biodiversity Contacting the Refuge • Provide public opportunities for Refuge Manager: outdoor recreation and environmen- Kathleen A. Burchett tal education 24279 State Highway 51 Puxico, MO 63960 Management Tools • Wetland restoration Phone: 573-222-3589 • Prescribed burning Fax: 573-222-6343 • Water management TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) • Archaeological resource protec- e-mail: [email protected] tion http://midwest.fws.gov/mingo • Outreach and environmental

10 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuges

Quick Facts Natural History • Refuge lies in the Missouri River Refuge Facts floodplain • Established: 1935 • Refuge protects a majority of an • Acres: 7,350 historic wetland basin, once a large • Refuge is filling in due marsh with meandering creeks that to siltation were straightened for agricultural • Large wintering area drainage for bald eagles and snow • Refuge includes a portion of the geese hills, an unusual geologic formation caused by wind deposited Financial Impact of soil, which hold some of the last Refuge remnants of native prairie • Seven person staff • Refuge hosts 301 bird species, 33 • 121,000 visitors mammal species, and 35 reptile and annually amphibian species • FY 2006 Budget: $850,000 Refuge Objectives Public Use Opportunities • Provide resting, nesting and • Wildlife observation Refuge Location feeding habitat for waterfowl and • Environmental education The refuge is located 35 other migratory birds • Auto tour route miles northwest of St. • Provide habitat for resident • Hiking Joseph, Missouri, on wildlife • Picnicking Interstate 29, then three • Protect endangered and threat- • Hunting miles west on Highway ened species • Mushroom picking 159 • Provide for biodiversity • Provide public opportunities for Contacting the Refuge outdoor recreation and environmen- Refuge Manager: Ronald Bell tal education P.O. Box 158 Mound City, MO 64470 Management Tools • Wetland restoration Phone: 660-442-3187 • Cooperative farming Fax: 660-442-5248 • Water management TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) • Outreach and environmental E-mail: [email protected] education http://midwest.fws.gov/squawcreek • Grassland management

11 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Quick Facts Natural History • The majority of the current ref- uge land was once cleared and Refuge Facts converted to farmland • Established: 1937 • The refuge has turned this low- • Acres: 10,795 lying farmland into productive • Designated as a wetlands for migratory birds regional site under the • Refuge lies entirely within the Western Hemisphere floodplain of the Grand River near Shorebird Reserve its confluence with the Missouri Network River • Large wintering area • The Yellow Creek Research for the eastern prairie Natural Area is one of the few population of Canada remaining old growth bottomland geese and Mississippi hardwood habitats in the state flyway duck populations • Peak fall migration of Refuge Objectives ducks exceeds 100,000 • Provide resting, nesting and birds Public Use Opportunities feeding habitat for waterfowl and • Over 100 wintering • Hunting and fishing other migratory birds bald eagles on refuge • Environmental education • Provide habitat for resident • Wildlife observation wildlife Financial Impact of • Hiking • Protect endangered and threat- Refuge ened species • Three person staff Contacting the Refuge • Provide for biodiversity • 17,000 visitors Refuge Manager: John Guthrie • Provide public opportunities for annually Route 1, Box 29A outdoor recreation and environmen- • FY 2006 Budget: Sumner, MO 64681 tal education $319,000 Phone: 660-856-3323 Management Tools Refuge Location Fax: 660-856-3687 • Wetland restoration The refuge is located 30 TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) • Cooperative farming miles southeast of E-mail: [email protected] • Water management Chillicothe, Missouri, on http://midwest.fws.gov/swanlake • Outreach and environmental County Road RA education • Grassland management • Moist soil management

12 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Missouri Private Lands Office

Quick Facts Overview of the Program • Working with others to restore Wetland Restorations and enhance fish and wildlife habitat (1987-2006) on private lands • 357 sites • Restoring habitat for migratory • 10,954 acres birds, threatened and endangered species, interjurisdictional fish and Upland Restorations other wildlife (1987 - 2006) • Restoring habitat within the • 134 sites watersheds of our national wildlife • 11,301 acres refuges • Voluntary participation Stream Restorations (1987 - 2006) Opportunities on Private Lands • 40 sites • Wetland restoration • 28 miles • Native prairie restoration • Stream restoration • Migratory bird habitat • Endangered species habitat • Invasive species control Program Benefits Partner Involvement • Increased wildlife abundance • Private landowners • Enhanced wildlife diversity • Nonprofit organizations • Improved soil, water and air qual- • Corporations ity • Local, state and federal agencies • Increased recreational opportuni- • Tribal governments ties • Broad coalition of partnerships supporting voluntary habitat resto- ration on private lands

Contacting the Program Kelly Srigley Werner Missouri Private Lands Coordinator 101 Park DeVille Columbia, MO 65203

Phone: 573-234-2132 Fax: 573-234-2181 TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) Email: [email protected] http://midwest.fws.gov 13 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Columbia, Missouri Ecological Services Field Office

Quick Facts Our History Missouri is home to 33 For over 60 years Ecological Services federally listed has protected and restored fish, endangered, threatened, wildlife, plants and their habitats. Our or candidate species, roots trace back to the River Basins including the gray bat, Program that reviewed Federal Ozark hellbender, Ozark water development projects. Since cavefish, scaleshell 1945, Ecological Services’ responsibili- mussel, and pondberry. ties have expanded to include reviews For more information of most Federal construction projects, about these and other endangered species, environmental rare and declining contaminants, and a variety of conser- Missouri species, please vation partnerships and grants. the list of threatened and endangered see our website at http:/ species; working to recover listed /midwest.fws.gov/ Project Planning species, and working with other Fed- endangered Through early and wise planning we eral agencies to ensure that their work to conserve fish and wildlife and projects do not irreparably harm listed their habitats by minimizing the species. Highlight impact of Federal construction The Columbia Missouri projects. Besides traditional Corps of Grants Field Office achieves Engineers’ projects and permits, we We administer Endangered Species Act conservation from the work on energy development projects grants to provide funding to States, Ozarks to the Missouri (hydro and wind power), highway Tribes, organizations, and individuals and Mississippi Rivers projects, and proposed activities in for listed species conservation activi- and other parts of National Forests. ties. Missouri through partnerships and Environmental Contaminants Partnerships collaboration. Efforts The Environmental Contaminants We work to restore habitat on private include the St. Louis program is the only program in the lands through the Partners for Fish and Urban Migratory Bird Federal Government solely Wildlife Program. We work with others Treaty to enhance responsible for evaluating the impact to restore Great Lakes coastal habitats migratory birds for all its of environmental contaminants on through our Coastal Program. citizens, recovery of the fish and wildlife. We work to endangered Missouri prevent, reduce, and eliminate the Contacting the Field Office bladderpod to a adverse effects of environmental Supervisor: Charlie Scott threatened plant, and contaminants. 101 Park DeVille Drive, Suite A promoting stakeholder Columbia, MO 65203 collaboration on the Threatened and Endangered Species Missouri River. Our responsibilities under the Phone: 573-234-2132 Endangered Species Act include Fax: 573-234-2181 conserving declining species before TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) listing is necessary, adding species to E-mail: [email protected] http://midwest.fws.gov/RockIsland 14 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Neosho National Fish Hatchery

Quick Facts Hatchery Mission • Raise endangered pallid sturgeon Hatchery Facts for recovery effort in Lower Mis- • Established: 1888 souri River • FY 2006 Budget: • Raise rainbow trout for Lake $612,000 Taneycomo • Staff: six permanent • Protect the endangered blind employees Ozark cavefish • Oldest operating • Raise freshwater drum to serve as federal fish hatchery “host fish” for rearing the Neosho mucket mussels Geographic Area • Provide environmental education Covered • Missouri-Ozark Fish Species and Capability Ecosystem • 225,000 (over 85,000 lbs.) 9.5 - 10- • Kansas-Platte Rivers inch rainbow trout • Lower Missouri River • 3,000 9-inch endangered pallid sturgeon • Maintain blind Ozark cavefish Contacting the Hatchery stock Hatchery Manager: David Hendrix • Experimental juvenile mussel East Park Street rearing Neosho, MO 64850

Public Use Opportunities Phone: 417-451-0554 • Over 45,000 visitors annually Fax: 417-451-4632 • Blind Ozark cavefish display and TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) portable display for off-site presen- e-mail: [email protected] tations http://midwest.fws.gov/neosho • Hatchery tours • Off-site presentations • Walking/exercise perimeter road inside hatchery • Display room • Aquariums

15 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Columbia Fishery Resources Office

Quick Facts Office Goals • Restore declining populations of Office Facts endangered pallid sturgeon and • Established: 1991 Missouri River habitats • FY 2006 Budget: $1.3 • Manage fishery trust resources Million and habitat on Service and other • Staff: four permanent, federal lands within the geographic two intermittent, area served 12 term and nine student • Provide assistance to conserve interns interjurisdictional river fish and their habitats on the Missouri and Geographic Area Mississippi Rivers Served • Provide recreational fishing op- • Missouri portunities on Service and other • Iowa federal lands • Kansas and Nebraska • Participates in activities to restore - lands bordering the Services Provided To interjurisdictional fish and their lower Missouri River • Three National Wildlife Refuges habitats within the project area of responsi- • Manages the tag reading and data bility processing center for the 23-state • Pallid Sturgeon and Niangua paddlefish tagging and stock assess- Darter Recovery Teams ment project • Missouri River Natural Resources • Restores fish habitat and removes Committee fish passage barriers • Upper Mississippi River Conser- • Works with state and federal vation Committee partners to manage and control • Department of Defense and other Asian carp and other aquatic invasive federal and state agencies species • Other Fish and Wildlife Service offices Contacting the Office Project Leader: Tracy D. Hill Activity Highlights 101 Park DeVille Drive, Suite A • Cooperates with the U.S. Army Columbia, MO 65203 Corps of Engineers, Missouri De- partment of Conservation, Nebraska Phone: 573-234-2132 Game and Parks Commission, Iowa Fax: 573-234-2182 Department of Natural Resources TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) and Kansas Department of Wildlife E-mail: [email protected] and Parks in projects to evaluate http://midwest.fws.gov/ status, stocks and habitat needs of columbiafisheries the endangered pallid sturgeon and other Missouri River fish species of concern 16 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Independence Law Enforcement Field Office

Quick Facts Law Enforcement Priorities • Investigate violations that have a Office Facts significant impact on wild popula- • Established: 1991 tions of federally protected species, • Staff: one Special such as those violations involving Agent commercial exploitation and/or • The Independence habitat destruction and modification Field Office is adminis- • Investigate violations that involve tered by the Springfield, wild populations of species protected Ill., Resident Agent in by state or foreign laws, with em- Charge Office phasis on interstate and foreign commercial exploitation Law Enforcement • Provide support and assistance to Objectives enforcement activities on Service • Protect and conserve lands, such as National Wildlife native and foreign Refuges, and to other federal agen- wildlife through the cies on lands they manage enforcement of federal • Promote awareness of, and sup- laws port for, federal wildlife laws and the Contacting the Office • Promote and encour- role of law enforcement in protecting 301 West Lexington, Suite 260 age voluntary our wildlife resources and heritage Independence, MO 64050 compliance with federal wildlife laws through Laws Enforced Phone: 816-461-5245 public education and the • Migratory Bird Treaty Act Fax: 816-461-4715 creation of a • Duck Stamp Act TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) deterrent effect • Bald and Golden Eagle Protection http://midwest.fws.gov Act • National Wildlife Refuge Act • Lacey Act • Airborne Hunting Act • Endangered Species Act • Marine Mammal Protection Act • Archaeological Resource Protec- tion Act • African Elephant Conservation Act • Wild Bird Conservation Act

17 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service St. Peters Law Enforcement Field Office

Quick Facts Law Enforcement Priorities • Investigate violations that have a Office Facts significant impact on wild popula- • Established: 1991 tions of federally protected species, • Staff: one Special such as those violations involving Agent commercial exploitation and/or • The St. Peters Field habitat destruction and modification Office is administered by • Investigate violations that involve the Springfield, Ill., wild populations of species pro- Resident Agent in Charge tected by state or foreign laws, with Office emphasis on interstate and foreign commercial exploitation Law Enforcement • Provide support and assistance to Objectives enforcement activities on Service • Protect and conserve lands, such as National Wildlife native and foreign Refuges, and to other federal agen- wildlife through the cies on lands they manage enforcement of federal • Promote awareness of, and sup- laws port for, federal wildlife laws and Contacting the Office • Promote and encour- the role of law enforcement in pro- 1230 Jungerman Road age voluntary compliance tecting our wildlife resources and St. Peters, MO 63376 with federal wildlife laws heritage Phone: 636-441-1909 through public education Fax: 636-447-3566 and the creation of a Laws Enforced TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) deterrent effect • Migratory Bird Treaty Act http://midwest.fws.gov • Duck Stamp Act • Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act • National Wildlife Refuge Act • Lacey Act • Airborne Hunting Act • Endangered Species Act • Marine Mammal Protection Act • Archaeological Resource Protec- tion Act • African Elephant Conservation Act • Wild Bird Conservation Act

18 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Missouri North American Waterfowl Management Plan Quick Facts State Contact Dave Erickson Habitat Missouri Department of Accomplishments Conservation • More than 95,000 P.O. Box 180 acres of habitat pro- Jefferson City, MO 65102 tected, restored and Phone: 573-751-4115 ext. 3142 enhanced Fax: 573-526-4663 • Seeded retired Email: [email protected] cropland to native grasses About the Plan • Protected floodplain • An international agreement and stream habitat signed in 1986 • Federal, state and county lands • Restored bottomland • Goal is to return waterfowl popu- • Private lands statewide through hardwood forests lations to levels of the mid 1970s • Achieve goal by restoring and voluntary participation Financial Assistance protecting wetland and grassland Public Benefits • Matching dollars from habitat • Increased recreational opportuni- partners totaling more • Includes 13 habitat joint ventures ties than $72 million and three species joint ventures in • Enhanced wildlife diversity • North American the U.S., Canada and Mexico • Improved community relations Wetland Conservation • Enhanced floodwater storage Act grants; 15 grants Partner Involvement • Improved water quality totaling over $11.6 • Private landowners • Broad coalition of partnerships million • Nonprofit organizations • Corporations supporting voluntary wetland preser- • Local, state and federal agencies vation • Tribal governments Contacting the Program Missouri Projects Joint Venture Coordinator Wetland, grassland and bottomland Barbara Pardo restorations within: BHW Federal Building • Missouri Bootheel Partners 1 Federal Drive • Nodaway Valley Conservation Ft. Snelling, MN 55111-4056 Area Wetlands Restoration • Lewis and Clark Floodplain Phone: 612-713-5433 Heritage Partnership Fax: 612-713-5393 • Four Rivers Wetland, phase III TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) • B.K. Leach Memorial Conserva- E-mail: [email protected] tion Area addition http://midwest.fws.gov/NAWMP • Perry Conservation Area 19 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Missouri Quick Facts Federal Assistance

MO Anglers and How the Dollars are Administered ment, a portion of the federal fuel tax, Hunters Spent • The goal of the Federal Assistance and import duties on fishing tackle and • 12 million days Program is to work with States to pleasure boats. angling conserve, protect, and enhance fish, • Over 757 million wildlife, their habitats and the hunt- What the Money Can be Used For dollars in total fishing ing, sportfishing, and recreational Fish and wildlife research, habitat expenditures boating opportunities they provide. enhancement, assistance to private • 6.7 million days • In fiscal year 2006 total grant funds landowners, environmental review of hunting in the Midwest Region exceeded $153 public projects, land acquisition, opera- • Over 490 million million. Missouri received $17.9 tion and maintenance of lands and dollars in total hunting million. These monies were distrib- facilities, boating and angler access expenditures uted through programs such as: improvements, comprehensive plan- Sportfish and Wildlife Restoration, ning for fish and wildlife resources, and MO Licensed Anglers Coastal Wetlands Program, Land- hunter and aquatic education. and Hunters owner Incentive Program, Section 6 • 982,000 licensed of the Endangered Species Act, Contacting the Program anglers Boating Infrastructure Grant Pro- Chief: Bob Bryant • 413,000 licensed gram, State Wildlife Grants and the BHW Federal Building hunters Clean Vessel Act Program. 1 Federal Drive Ft. Snelling, MN 55111-4056 United States Where the Money Comes From Phone: 612-713-5130 • Over 82 million U.S. Funding for most Federal Assistance Fax: 612-713-5290 residents 16 years old and programs comes from federal excise TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) older fished, hunted, or taxes paid by hunters, anglers, and E-mail: [email protected] wildlife watched in 2001. boaters on hunting and fishing equip- http://midwest.fws.gov • Sportspersons spent a Fiscal Year 2006 Funds Granted to the State Through Federal Assistance Programs total of $70 billion in g (in thousands) 2001—$36 billion on Clean Vessel Act, 72, 0% Landowner Incentive National Coastal Wetlands fishing, $21 billion on Program - Tier II, 241, 1% Landowner Incentive Grants, 0, 0% Boating Infrastructure Grant hunting, and $14 billion Program - Tier I, 180, 1% Program, 200, 1% Endangered Species Grants, on items used for both 78, 0% Aquatic Education, 783, 4% hunting and fishing (the State Wildlife Grants - sum of expenditures totals Apportioned, 1,380, 8% Hunter Education - Sect. 10 $71 billion due to rounding). Enhanced, 227, 1% http://fa.r9.fws.gov/surveys/ surveys.html Sport Fish Restoration, 7,537, 43% Where Can I Find More Information Wildlife Restoration, 4,936, Detailed grant informa- 29% tion is available at our public website— faims.fws.gov. Hunter Education - Sect. 4c, 960, 5% 20 Boating Access, 1,288, 7% U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Missouri Migratory Bird Conservation

Quick Facts Inventory and Monitoring • Mourning Dove Call Count Sur- • 1.3 million bird vey watching participants • Mid-Winter Waterfowl Survey • Resident Canada goose breeding • 102 million bird population survey watching days • Waterfowl banding program • Nongame bird inventories on • More than 33,000 National Wildlife Refuge System duck hunters lands

• More than 39,000 Research Federal Duck Stamps • King rail population and habitat • Ducks Unlimited sold (2002-2003) studies at Great River National • Columbia Environmental Research Wildlife Refuge Center (U.S.G.S) • Partners in Flight Management • North American Waterfowl Man- • Wetland protection, restoration agement Plan and enhancement • U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan • Grassland protection, restoration • North American Waterbird Conser- and enhancement vation Plan • Bottomland hardwood restoration • Develop hunting regulations Contacting the Program • Issuance migratory bird permits Chief: Steve Wilds USFWS Division of Migratory Birds Outreach 1 Federal Drive • International Migratory Bird Day Ft. Snelling, MN 55111-4056 • Junior Duck Stamp Contest • St. Louis Urban Treaty for Migra- Phone: 612-713-5480 tory Bird Conservation Fax: 612-713-5393 TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) Partnerships E-mail: [email protected] • Missouri Department of Conser- http://midwest.fws.gov/midwestbird vation • U.S. Geological Survey • University of Missouri

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Missouri State Briefing Book January 2007

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